MSc Finance and Data Analytics

If you want to explore how big data streams influence financial and statistical modelling on a daily basis and gain an understanding on how data from social networks and search engine analytics can change how an investment matures, MSc Finance and Data Analytics is for you.

The finance and investments sector need practitioners who have a fundamental understanding of financial markets who can also apply statistical modelling in the context of the growing, and increasingly complex, data available to financial firms.

This course is perfect for those with an interest in big data and data analysis who want to work in specialist roles within the finance and investments sector. Our MSc Finance and Data Analytics prepares you for the financial services industry by equipping you with the quantitative, statistical and technical skills needed in a world powered by big data.

Your future

93% of our Essex Business School students are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2020). Our graduates can analyse complex data and use this to make effective business decisions. Many works for global employers and dynamic SMEs in financial analysis, management, public administration and accountancy.