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MSc - Master of Science
The King's Buildings Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
This programme gives you a flexible syllabus to suit the demands of employers that use modern financial tools and optimization techniques in areas such as the financial sector and energy markets.We will give you sound knowledge in financial derivative pricing, portfolio optimization and financial risk management.We will also provide you with the skills to solve some of today’s financial problems, which have themselves been caused by modern financial instruments. This expertise includes:modern probability theoryapplied statisticsstochastic analysisoptimization