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Computational finance
Computational finance
Computational finance is the perfect blend of computation, economics and finance.
Your head start to financial services
To succeed in the modern finance industry, you need a mixture of competencies rooted in finance, economics and computer science. The explosion of data and computer power over recent years and decades has made classical quantitative finance techniques obsolete.
At Essex, we give you rigorous training in these disciplines by covering principles of quantitative finance and microeconomics alongside current computational skills. We focus on established and emergent technologies to deal with big data such as machine learning, and decentralised exchanges including blockchain.
If you've got a quantitative background, our Masters degrees give you advanced training in computational finance, algorithmic trading or financial technology. You'll receive practical hands-on instruction with a focus on problem-solving skills that will prepare you for a future career in the finance sector.
You'll be part of our Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents, an innovative and lab-based teaching and research centre with an international reputation for leading, interdisciplinary work that combines economic and financial modelling with computational implementation.
Why study at Essex?
- You'll be taught by experts from industry including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Invesco and Bank of England.
- Our research-led teaching looks at innovative computational models for the financial markets, such as blockchain.
- We have strong links with world-renowned researchers in academic institutions around the world, offering a network of potential.
Course
MSc Financial Technology (Computer Science)
Our MSc Financial Technology (Computer Science) course give you the understanding of the specifics and the intricacies of financial and economics markets.
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Take your research further
Our Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents - an innovative and lab-based teaching and research centre - offers research supervision in topics such as:
- algorithmic game theory
- theoretical computer science
- AI for finance
- blockchain
- high-frequency finance
- financial mathematics
We provide you with a vibrant and multidisciplinary research environment, and many of our PhD students publish papers in prestigious international conferences which often attracts the attention of industry and government around the world. Our graduates have gone on to become quantitative analysts, portfolio managers and software engineers at institutions such as HSBC and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities.
Start your application with us
Explore our research by theme or your area of interest and find a supervisor to support your through your studies. More information can be found about research degrees on our school pages. Our courses below will help guide you through the various research degree programmes we offer.
Research degree
We offer research supervision for our PhD Computational Finance and provide a vibrant research environment for our PhD students.
Research degree
We offer research supervision for our MPhil Computational Finance and provide a vibrant research environment for our research students.
Research degree
MSc (by Dissertation) Computational Finance
We offer research supervision for our MSD Computational Finance and provide a vibrant research environment for our research students.
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