• Master of Science in Operational Research, Applied Statistics, and Financial Risk at Cardiff University is a 1-year program.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis.
  • This course will give students the opportunity to study risk models in greater depth about the models that are used in financial markets.
  • The skills students will develop are highly transferable for use within industry, business, and the public sector.
  • The student-faculty ratio of the students is 40:1.
  • This 1-year course includes a 3 month period working with a company on a real problem.
  • Students will take 110 credits of core modules and 10 credits of optional modules in the taught component of the program. This is followed by a 60 credit summer project.
  • The methods of teaching are a mixture of lectures, seminars, computer workshops, and tutorials.
  • Students are assessed by the written examinations at the end of every semester.
  • The School of Mathematics has excellent links with a number of organizations that employ Operational Researchers, Statisticians, and Financial / Risk Modellers.
  • This school also provides an innovative and stimulating environment for both studying and researching in the mathematical sciences.