Universities / Loughborough University
BSc Financial Mathematics (BSc FM)
A maths degree co-taught with the Business School that combines economics, probability and stochastic methods, asset pricing, derivatives and computational methods. No prior economics or finance knowledge is needed.
What you’ll study
Core
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Analysis I
- Calculus I
- Linear Algebra and Geometry I
- Introductory Probability and Statistics
- Linear Algebra and Geometry II
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Introduction to Financial Economics
- Analysis II
- Calculus II
- Probability Theory
- Mechanics
- Complex Analysis
- ODEs and Calculus of Variations
- Financial Economics and Asset Pricing
- Stochastic Methods in Finance
- Corporate Finance and Derivatives
- Linear Differential Equations
- Computational Methods in Finance
Electives
- Algebra
- Economics of the Financial System
- Graph Theory
- Applied Statistics
- Operational Research
- Game Theory
- Central Banking and Financial Crises
- Statistical Modelling
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Before you apply
- Background
- A-levels typically AAA/A*AB or AAB (AAB including AB in Maths and Further Maths); IB 37 points incl. HL Maths
- Maths
- A-level Maths (grade A)
- Tests
- STEP, MAT or TMUA recommended but not required
- English
- GCSE English Language grade 4/C
- Other
- Usually selected on UCAS application alone
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After graduation
- Typical first roles
- Technical Business Analyst, Audit Assistant, Associate Accountant
- Employers
- Accenture, Goldman Sachs, IBM, Moody's Analytics, PwC, Unilever, Credit Suisse
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