Aim of this MSc

What does the MSc offer?

Undertaking Warwick's MSc in Financial Mathematics is an investment that will provide you with a qualification which will be of value to you for the rest of your life. There is an increasing demand for mathematicians who are able to apply the sophisticated tools that finance is providing and the degree will open up avenues in all walks of industrial, commercial and academic life.

However, it is not just the future career prospects that make this such a valuable degree programme. The academic basis of the subject ensures that it is an intellectually stimulating and challenging experience in its own right. You will learn how to analyse problems in a rigorous and constructive fashion. You will develop the ability to evaluate the contribution of theoretical and empirical research to financial problems. You will be taught how to apply the most advanced computational empirical and theoretical tools in finance yourself. By the time you leave, you will have received all the training necessary to undertake research in finance on your own.

A prestigious degree from a highly rated university

The University of Warwick is uniquely well-placed to provide this MSc degree programme. It is run jointly by the Mathematics Institute, the Departments of Statistics and Economics and the Business School, a combination which gives the programme its distinctive character.

Warwick is rated among the very top in the UK. The latest survey of The Sunday Times Good University Guide placed it in the top 5 out of the 123 universities.

This degree Programme started in 1998/99 and is running alongside the other highly successful MSc's in Finance and Economics.

Please note: the information on this website for the MSc in Financial Mathematics is kept as current as possible. The University reserves the right to make changes to the programme as appropriate.

Please check carefully that you have adequate information before you apply to the Programme.