MSc Mathematics and Finance (MMF)
A one-year mathematics-led quant finance degree covering option pricing, stochastic processes, risk and interest-rate models, with C++ and Python computing. A broad menu of machine-learning and trading electives and a summer project, usually placed with a finance firm, round it out.
What you’ll study
Core
- Fundamentals of Option Pricing
- Statistical Methods for Finance
- Stochastic Processes
- Quantitative Risk Management
- Interest Rate Models
- Computing for Finance (C++ and Python)
- Simulation Methods for Finance
Electives
- Optimisation in Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Portfolio Management
- Quantum Machine Learning in Finance
- Reinforcement Learning
- Quantitative Trading and Price Impact
- Numerical Methods in Finance
- Market Microstructure
- Stochastic Control in Finance
- Generative Modelling in Finance
- Quantitative Trading of Fixed Income Derivatives
- Volatility Modelling
Source: imperial.ac.uk ↗
Before you apply
- Background
- 2:1 (UK) in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics or Physics, or international equivalent
- Tests
- No admissions test listed
- English
- Higher university English requirement
- Other
- Applicants may be invited to interview; application fee GBP 90
Source: imperial.ac.uk ↗
After graduation
- Typical first roles
- Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative Researcher, Commodities Trader, Data Scientist, Credit Risk Analyst
- Employers
- JP Morgan, Accenture, BCG, Amazon, PwC, Squarepoint Capital, Marshall Wace
Source: imperial.ac.uk ↗
QuantNet’s 2026 ranking reports a GBP 85,000 base (QuantNet snapshot, as reported in search result) starting salary. See the ranking ↗
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QuantNet rank 1 in 2024 per Imperial, #2 in 2026 per search snippet. Employment rate and class size not fetched from official page. Salary figure unverified on the ranking page itself (403).
Checked 6 November 2026 against the sources linked on this page. Fees, units and requirements change each year, so confirm them on the programme’s website before applying.