Master of Philosophy - Computational Finance

Univeristy of Essex offers research supervision for its MPhil in Computational Finance in various fields, including agent-based modeling of financial markets, computational risk management, high-frequency finance, and the application of computational-intelligence methods for investment decision-making.

It provides a vibrant research environment that enables MPhil students to publish papers at prestigious international conferences, often attracting the attention of industry and government. One PhD student was recently invited to present their research on term structure models to the Bank of England, while many others have the opportunity to apply their research directly through internships at investment banks and hedge funds.

Graduates of the program have pursued careers as quantitative analysts, portfolio managers, and software engineers at various institutions, including major investment banks such as HSBC and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities.