MSc Mathematical Finance (MSc MF)
A one-year joint Statistics and Business School programme with seven core and two optional modules plus a dissertation. Content spans mathematical finance, machine learning and computational statistics, quantitative finance programming in C++, Python and R, and specialist finance knowledge.
What you’ll study
The programme doesn’t publish a unit list. Check the programme website for the current structure.
Before you apply
- Background
- 2:1 UK degree or overseas equivalent
- Maths
- Strong mathematical ability; some statistics or econometrics experience
- English
- IELTS 7.0 overall, with component minimums of 6.0/6.5 in two areas and 7.0+ in the rest
- Other
- Strong finance ability expected; no programming requirement stated
Source: warwick.ac.uk ↗
After graduation
- Typical first roles
- Investment Banking Analyst, Quantitative Investment Analyst, Trading Risk Analyst
- Employers
- Hamilton, Optiver, Rothko
Source: warwick.ac.uk ↗
QuantNet’s 2026 ranking reports 90.0% employed at 3 months; 40.0% employed at graduation employment and a £68,665 base starting salary. See the ranking ↗
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What students and graduates say
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- University of Warwick MSMF vs University College London MSCF (QuantNet)
- COMPARE University of Warwick Mathematical Finance vs UCL Financial Mathematics (QuantNet)
- University of Warwick - MSc in Mathematical Finance (QuantNet resource) (QuantNet)
Page shows 2027 entry (start 27 Sep 2027). Individual module names are on https://www.wbs.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/mathematical-finance/structure/ (not fetched). QuantNet 2025 listing showed different figures (3 months 97%, base £48,720) per search snippets.
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.