Computational Finance with a Year in Industry MSc at Royal Holloway, University of London

Programme overview

This course, offered by the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Economics, allows you to specialise in modern quantitative finance and computational methods for financial modelling, which are demanded for jobs in asset structuring, product pricing as well as risk management. You will be taught by world-leading academics. Research in Machine Learning at Royal Holloway started in the 1990’s, at which time Vladimir Vapnik and Alexey Chervonenkis (the inventors of Support Vector Machines) were both professors here.

Department: Computer Science | Duration: 2 years full time | Study mode: full-time with placement/study-abroad year | Location: Egham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Year 1: Data Analysis, Foundations of Finance, Investment and Portfolio Management, Ethics in Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Individual Project and others; Year 2: Year in Industry, Individual Project. Optional modules: Year 1: Machine Learning, Principles of Computation and Programming, Methods of Computational Finance, Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Online Machine Learning and others.

Career pathways

Demand for data scientists is buoyant, in the UK and worldwide, with salaries much higher than other IT professions and at least double the UK average full time wage. Our graduates have an excellent track record of finding jobs at the end of (if not during) their studies.

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Entry requirements

Minimum 2:2. UK 2:2 Bachelor honours degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computing, Computer Science Engineering, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Other subjects that include a strong element of Mathematics and programming modules such as Mathematics, Economics, Physics, and other Engineering subjects (excluding Civil, Mechanical, Material and Biomedical Engineering) will be considered. Candidates with professional qualifications or relevant professional experience in an associated area will also be considered. English language: IELTS: 6.5 overall. No subscore lower than 5.5.

Domestic applicants: GBP 12,500 a year (2027/28). Full-time rate; standard two-year part-time study is charged at 50% of the full-time fee per study year. Source

International applicants: GBP 25,500 a year (2027/28). Full-time rate; standard two-year part-time study is charged at 50% of the full-time fee per study year. Source

Duration: 2 years full time

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