• MSc in Quantitative Finance at the University of Manchester is offered a program for a duration of 1 year.
  • The University of Manchester also ranked 27th in QS World University Ranking 2021.
  • This course is offered on a full-time basis.
  • The course is particularly suitable for students with a degree in Finance, Financial Economics, Actuarial Science, Engineering, and Mathematics.
  • It is also suited to those wishing to gain salary enhancements, or students wishing to pursue advanced studies in quantitative finance.
  • Through this program, students will learn:
    • how to forecast and manage risk and return
    • gain the skills to price any financial instrument
    • how to engineer new methods and financial products
    • build advanced knowledge of the main theoretical and applied concepts in quantitative finance, financial engineering, and risk management, using current issues to stimulate their thinking
    • prepare for careers involving the design and management of new financial instruments, the development of innovative methods for measuring, or predicting and managing risk
  • The course teaching is shared by Alliance Manchester Business School and the Department of Mathematics, and delivered through lectures, case studies, seminars, and group project-based work.
  • During the course, you will be taking 180 credits in all.
  • The University of Manchester is based in the north of England and is among the largest universities in the UK, with around 38,000 students (almost 9,000 international) currently enrolled alongside 10,000 staff.
  • It currently has 25 Nobel Prize winners among current and former staff and students, and 91% of Manchester’s recent graduates go straight into employment or continued studies.
  • The faculty and student ratio for this program is 1:13.
  • The average salary goes up to 72,240 USD after completing this program.
  • The Employment rate of the University of Manchester is 94%.