Universities / London School of Economics and Political Science
MSc Statistics (Financial Statistics) (MSc Fin Stats)
Advanced statistics training with a finance focus: building and interpreting statistical models and using statistical software. Aimed at finance careers or PhD preparation.
What you’ll study
Core
- ST460 Statistical Inference: Principles and Methods
- ST436 Financial Statistics
- ST458 Financial Statistics II
Electives
- About 2 to 2.5 units of statistics, methodology and selected Finance Department courses (page inconsistent on total)
Source: lse.ac.uk ↗
Before you apply
- Background
- 2:1 or equivalent with substantial statistics and mathematics
- Maths
- statistics; mathematics
- Tests
- Not mentioned
- English
- Standard LSE level
- Other
- Competitive
Source: lse.ac.uk ↗
After graduation
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