Big data streams influence financial and statistical modelling daily and on an ever-increasing scale. It’s not just financial data that impacts investment decisions, even data streams from social networks and search engine analytics can change how an investment matures. The finance and investments industry needs practitioners who have a fundamental understanding of financial markets who can also apply statistical modelling in the context of the growing, and increasingly complex, data available to financial firms.
This University of Essex course is perfect for those with an interest in big data and data analysis who want to work in specialist roles within the finance and investments sector. The MSc Finance and Data Analytics prepares students for the financial services sector by equipping them with the quantitative, statistical and technical skills needed in a world powered by big data.
Tuition fee: £18,460.00 GBP
No Application Fee
Program duration: 1 year