Students will also learn key mathematical research skills and methods, including how to conduct a literature search, how to read mathematical papers, and how to communicate their ideas and findings, both in writing and orally.
The second year of the Mathematics and Financial Modelling programme at Birkbeck, University of London includes a dissertation that allows students to engage in a sustained investigation of an area that interests students within statistics and/or finance, implementing what students have learned from the taught modules on the programme and combining this knowledge with new research and analysis.
Over two years, students will also acquire the skills to pursue their interests in mathematics and financial modelling to a higher level and beyond the classroom, whether for a formal MPhil/PhD research degree, for their career, or simply because students have a passion for the subject.
Highlights
- This flexible course offers a wide choice of modules in mathematical and numerical methods for finance, pricing, game theory, graph theory and several other topics.
- The programme is specially designed for part-time students and delivered via high-quality, face-to-face teaching in the evenings, so that students can study without putting their life or ambitions on hold.
- Students complete a project in an area that interests most, with guidance from an expert supervisor within college department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics.
- Birkbeck's mathematicians are all active researchers, mostly in the areas of financial mathematics, algebra and combinatorics. College have developed this exciting course around those research strengths and cutting-edge research informs the syllabus.
- Birkbeck has a library and several workstation rooms. Students can also take advantage of the rich academic resources found in Bloomsbury, including the libraries of other colleges of the University of London and the collection of the London Mathematical Society, just around the corner from Birkbeck's main building.
