About Msc Mathematics And Finance in Imperial College London
Our MSc in Mathematics and Finance is designed to prepare you for a wide range of careers in quantitative finance. Ranging from quants and data scientists, to a traders and risk managers.
Mathematical finance is mathematically challenging and deployed every day by sophisticated practitioners in the financial markets. Whether in banks, hedge funds, financial software providers and other financial services companies.
This course provides you with everything you need to get into this area at a level where you can understand – and contribute to – industry practice and the latest research.
The course thus strikes a balance between the three necessary components:
- Mathematical foundations
- Finance principles and tools
- Implementation and data analysis
This course is suited to recent graduates in mathematical science and engineering, but we also welcome applications from candidates already employed in the financial services sector looking to expand their skills.
Academic qualification equivalents
- To be considered for admission to a Master's e.g. MSc, MRes, MBA etc, applicants should normally have completed a three to four year Bachelor's degree from a mainstream university (state/federal or ‘deemed' institution) passed with a required grades.
Applicants for research should hold a three to four year Bachelor's degree and Master's degree, both passed with required grades. Integrated Master's degrees with required grades will also qualify an applicant for entry to Research.
Applicants from elite institutions will be required to obtain a minimum overall average of 7 / 10 or 60%. These are the College minimum scores and particular departments may seek grades at a higher level.
Applicants from other approved institutions will be required to obtain a minimum overall average ranging from 7.5-8 / 10 or 65-70%. These are the College minimum range of required scores and particular departments may seek grades at a higher level.
English language requirements
- IELTS : 6.5 overall (minimum 6.0 in all elements)
- TOEFL IBT: 92 overall (minimum 20 in all elements)
- PTE : 62 overall (minimum 56 in all elements)
