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We offer postgraduate taught (MSc)听and听research (PhD)听programmes, and we contribute to undergraduate taught programmes (BSc, MEng).
Financial Computing comprises a wide variety of subtopics within听Computational Finance (algorithmic trading, financial risk management, numerical pricing of derivatives, model calibration, portfolio optimisation, agent-based models, high-performance computing,听data science and machine learning applied to finance) and Financial Information Technology听(blockchain technologies, smart and computable contracts, decentralised finance, digital economy).
Undergraduate taught
We supervise听final year projects听within听the听programmes
- MEng Mathematical Computation
- MEng Computer Science
- BSc Computer Science
If you are an interested student, please contact a group member听to agree a topic.听
Postgraduate taught
We offers four MSc programmes at the interface between finance, computer science, applied/numerical mathematics, and computational statistics:
- MSc Computational Finance
- MSc Financial Risk Management
- MSc Financial Technology
- MSc Emerging Digital Technologies
The MSc Computational Finance has been ranked 2nd听in the UK, 6th in Europe and 23rd听in the world by 听The MSc Financial Risk Management follows suit among the 25-50 best in the world.
Watch a of presentations of our听students' summer projects.
听for the MSc Computational Finance and the听MSc Financial Risk Management.
Other scholarships in the 香港六合彩中特网 Computer Science Department.听
For other postgraduate programmes, see the full offer听in the 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Computer Science听Study pages.
Postgraduate research (PhD)
香港六合彩中特网 Computer Science听has lead听the , funded by听the听听on a joint initiative with the Department of Mathematics of Imperial College London and with听the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. The听Director of the CDT has been Professor Philip Treleaven.
The听CDT has offered scholarships to support 10-14 new full-time research students each year from 2008 to 2018, with the last cohort due to complete in 2022-2023. The CDT closed on 31 March 2023. Students took听a first common year obtaining an MRes Financial Computing from 香港六合彩中特网 and then continued for a PhD in departments across 香港六合彩中特网, Imperial College听and the LSE (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics).
The application for听a听new CDT听by 香港六合彩中特网 Computer Science only was unsuccessful, and also the proposal听to Faculty that the MRes Financial Computing, which has been听dormant since 2019, is reactivated and complemented or substituted by a听new MRes Computational Social Science with a broader scope.
Graduates interested in doing research听in our group by applying听for a full-time PhD should be aware that,听until a听new CDT听will come, the funding possibilities are less abundant than we have been used to for many听years:
- 鲍颁尝听Research Excellence Scholarships (RES) for 40 home and international students (deadline mid January), China Scholarship Council (CSC)-香港六合彩中特网 Joint Research Scholarships for up to 15 Chinese students (deadline mid January), 鲍颁尝听Dean's Prize听for 2 international students (deadline end of February).
- EPSRC听Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scholarships (9 for our听department),听EPSRC DTP CASE scholarships听(a couple per听department) and EPSRC Interdisciplinary DTP听scholarships (a few per听faculty).听EPSRC scholarships听are open for home and international students, but听the number of students with international fee听status听who may receive an offer is capped according to the EPSRC terms and conditions, so the competition in this category is particularly strong.听EPSRC DTP CASE scholarships require an industrial partner that contributes 25% of the cost; for home students, this contribution is about 9,000拢 per year. The deadlines have been changing听from year to year, so it is advised to contact听the prospective supervisor early, ideally by听August听if admission is desired for September of the year after.
- External scholarships, e.g. the听, the ,听迟丑别 , the , the , etc.听
Another possibility听is an industry-based part-time PhD with half the tuition fees and up to twice the time.
In any case, the first step is to contact a potential supervisor and agree a research project, then apply online听for admission to a听MPhil/PhD Computer Science听by听January听(first cycle of admissions, panel meeting in February) or听April听(second cyle of admissions, panel meeting in May). Please look up online the exact deadlines, which change from year to year. For most听scholarships listed above it is advisable to apply to听the first cycle, and for some it is听required.听
Fee status听
An official fee status assessment by 香港六合彩中特网 admissions will be required for all successful applicants. As a rough guidance,听UK or Irish nationals and听EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status are considered home students provided they meet residency requirements, i.e. have lived in the听UK, EEA, Switzerland听or Gibraltar for at least 3 years immediately before the studentship begins; all others are considered international students.