Entry requirements

To be accepted onto this programme a high standard in a mathematically-based undergraduate degree must have been achieved, equivalent to a UK upper second or first class degree.

Months of entry

September

Course content

This postgraduate degree is an ideal preparation for a career in economics, medicine, finance, insurance and industrial management. In the United Kingdom, there is a shortage of personnel who are highly qualified in statistics and operational research. This shortage is predicted to increase in the future.

Compulsory modules:

Linear Programming
Integer Programming
Applied Statistics
Introduction to Quantitative Finance
Exotic Options, Bonds and Further Quantitative Finance
Statistical Methods in Economics
Research Skills
MSc dissertation

Optional modules:

Statistical Inference
Medical Statistics
Combinatorial Optimization
Nonlinear Programming
Muticriteria Decision Making
Further Mathematical Finance
Topics in Management Mathematics
Research Frontiers and Current Topics in Statistics

Explore postgraduate study at Birmingham at one of our on-campus open days. Register to attend at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgopendays

If you can’t make it to one of our on-campus open days, our virtual open days run regularly throughout the year. For more information, please visit: www.pg.bham.ac.uk

Information for international students

You will need to demonstrate you have a good level of written and spoken English with IELTS, TOEFL or alternative qualifications. IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band TOEFL 87 overall: with no less than 22 in Reading, 21 in Listening, 23 in Speaking, 21 in Writing

Fees and funding

Please visit:

www.birmingham.ac.uk/pgfunding

Qualification and course duration

MSc

full time

12 months

Course contact details

Name: Postgraduate enquiry service
Email: postgraduate@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Phone: 0121 414 5005

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