Overview

One of our PhD students was recently invited to present their research on term structure models to the Bank of England and many others get the opportunity to directly apply their research through internships at investment banks and hedge funds.

Our graduates have gone on to become quantitative analysts, portfolio managers and software engineers at various institutions, including major investment banks like HSBC and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities.

The students in the Computational Finance programme at the University of Essex are normally jointly supervised by academic staff in two of our constituent departments, in order to give you an interdisciplinary perspective to your topic of research.

Your future

Graduates of our Centre have gone on to become quantitative analysts, portfolio managers and software engineers at various institutions, including major investment banks like HSBC and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Agent-based modelling of financial markets

Computational risk management

High-frequency finance
Taxation

Computational-intelligence methods for investment decision making

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-08 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

76

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PTE Academic

60

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IELTS

6

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Colchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Finance Computer Sciences View 680 other Masters in Finance in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

76

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60

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6

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Other requirements

General requirements

You will need a good Masters degree, or equivalent, in a related subject.

A well-developed research proposal is also essential. You must be experienced in at least one high-level programming language (such as Matlab, Java or Python).

You will normally be required to attend an interview/Skype interview for acceptance, and acceptance is subject to research expertise in the department.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

20625 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

5238 GBP / year

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Living costs

Colchester

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Programme Structure

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Start dates & application deadlines

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Delivered

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Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Living costs

Colchester

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