The University of Essex MSc Computational Finance equips students with the core concepts and mathematical principles of modern quantitative finance, plus the operational skills to use computational packages (mainly Matlab) for financial modelling.

Essex provides practical, hands-on learning about how modern, highly computerized financial markets work, how assets should be priced, and how investors should construct a portfolio of assets. In addition to traditional topics in derivatives and asset pricing, Essex places a special emphasis on risk management in non-Gaussian environment with extreme events.