Quantitative Finance MSc

Year of entry: 2025

Course length: 12 months Full-Time

We revise our fees each academic year. For up-to-date fees information for 2025 entry, please visit our website.

About the course

This specialist course gives you a thorough understanding of the full range of quantitative methods needed for financial decision making.

Learn how to forecast and manage risk and return
Gain the skills to price any financial instrument
Learn 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 your 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

Our finance programmes are ranked 7th in the UK and 27th in the world

(QS Business World Rankings 2025)

The course is linked to The Manchester Accounting and Finance Group – one of the leading accounting and finance units in Europe.

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Where will your degree take you?

This course provides ideal preparation for a career in the finance industry specialising in designing and trading financial instruments. These financial engineers are expected to be proficient in computer programming and strong in financial mathematics. They have to be at ease with complex derivatives and creative enough to find solutions for pricing and hedging. The course also provides research skills for those who wish to pursue an academic career by studying at doctoral level.

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