List of UK Financial Engineering Programs

[clatty cake]

Hi, is there a list of all the UK Financial Engineering programs out there?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Hi, is there a list of all the UK Financial Engineering programs out there?

In our QuantNet Guide, page 40 has a list of programs in UK and Europe

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Here is a tentative list that I make with names and link to the programs website. Please contribute to this thread with any info. I would love to hear if I miss any program or anything is incorrect.

City, University of London, Bayes Business School	Mathematical Trading and Finance
City, University of London, Bayes Business School	Financial Mathematics
City, University of London, Bayes Business School	Quantitative Finance
Birkbeck College	Quantitative Finance with Data Science
Imperial College Business School	Risk Management and Financial Engineering
Imperial College London	Mathematics and Finance
King’s College London	Financial Mathematics
Kings' College London	Computational Finance
Manchester University	Mathematical Finance
Newcastle University	Quantitative Finance & Risk Management
Queen Mary University of London	Financial Mathematics
Queen's University Belfast	Financial Analytics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	Financial Mathematics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	Quantitative Methods for Risk Management
The University of Manchester	Mathematical Finance
University College London (UCL)	Computational Finance
University College London (UCL)	Financial Mathematics
University College London (UCL)	Financial Risk Management MSc
University of Cambridge	Master of Finance
University of Edinburgh	Computational Mathematical Finance
University of Exeter	Mathematical Finance
University of Leeds	Financial Mathematics
University of London	Finance (Quantitative Finance) Distance Learning
University of Manchester	Quantitative Finance
University of Oxford	Mathematical and Computational Finance
University of Warwick	Mathematical Finance
University of York	Mathematical Finance
University of York	Financial Engineering

 

[micawberw]

Warwick's old course was Financial Mathematics, now it is rebranded (and there is a single course), Mathematical Finance.

Also, Imperial's MSc Statistics has a Statistical Finance stream, it could be worth including (in my mind I would include it over the RMFE course even).

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Warwick's old course was Financial Mathematics, now it is rebranded (and there is a single course), Mathematical Finance.

Also, Imperial's MSc Statistics has a Statistical Finance stream, it could be worth including (in my mind I would include it over the RMFE course even).

I see Warwick link going from Financial Mathematics to Mathematical Finance.
There is also another Warwick Mathematical Finance program it seems here MSc Mathematical Finance
Can you please let me know they are all the same meaning they may have different webpages but essentially Warwick has only one program?

 

[micawberw]

I see Warwick link going from Financial Mathematics to Mathematical Finance.
There is also another Warwick Mathematical Finance program it seems here MSc Mathematical Finance
Can you please let me know they are all the same meaning they may have different webpages but essentially Warwick has only one program?

Yes they are - the course is jointly taught by the business school and statistics department, each has their own page on the course.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Yes they are - the course is jointly taught by the business school and statistics department, each has their own page on the course.

I updated the name of Warwick on the Tracker.
If you see any missing UK programs from the Tracker, please let me know and I will add them.

 

[CrossGamma]

Postgraduate Courses - Lancaster University

Complete list of master's and PhD degree courses at Lancaster University, grouped by subject

www.lancaster.ac.uk

Not saying it's a particularly good program but it's missing from the list.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Postgraduate Courses - Lancaster University

Complete list of master's and PhD degree courses at Lancaster University, grouped by subject

www.lancaster.ac.uk

Not saying it's a particularly good program but it's missing from the list.

Added to the Tracker as well as the list above. If there is enough data, maybe there will be a future UK rankings.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

The list of UK programs we collect is above.

 

[Mr.FlyingSock]

Kcl's computational finance is also missing

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Kcl's computational finance is also missing

I added to the list above. It's amazing the number of similar programs a UK college/university can offer. In many case, the same director manages several MS programs.

 

[CrossGamma]

Added to the Tracker as well as the list above. If there is enough data, maybe there will be a future UK rankings.

They cancelled it again due to lack of enrollment.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

They cancelled it again due to lack of enrollment.

Not surprising. There will be a UK ranking this year and from the initial data I gather, too many programs for a very few applications.

 

[flashz]

Lse also has financial statistics which is under the stats department, but not sure if it can lead to quant jobs.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Lse also has financial statistics which is under the stats department, but not sure if it can lead to quant jobs.

I have a feeling that these UK programs do not have as strong a dedicated career service for MFE graduates compared to their US counterparts. Anyone familiar with the UK programs please share any insight if they can.

 

[quanthopefully]

I have a feeling that these UK programs do not have as strong a dedicated career service for MFE graduates compared to their US counterparts. Anyone familiar with the UK programs please share any insight if they can.

Yes I don't know of any program that has a dedicated career service just for one specific course. Usually they just make use of the university wide career service or at best have one for the whole department e.g. through the business school. Bear in mind UK courses are much much cheaper than the US.

 

[pepequantmaster]

Not surprising. There will be a UK ranking this year and from the initial data I gather, too many programs for a very few applications.

Thanks Andy! Will it be possible to share some early stats for this upcoming cycle for the uk progs? I think itd be really useful for applicants like us!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Thanks Andy! Will it be possible to share some early stats for this upcoming cycle for the uk progs? I think itd be really useful for applicants like us!

We are very early in the planning stage for such a huge undertaking so it will take some time before any data is available. It will be exciting to see how the final ranking takes shape.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Looks like the Birkbeck Mathematical Finance program is gone.