Universities / Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics (BSc FM)
A four-year degree blending mathematics, statistics, economics and finance with computing, moving from stochastic calculus and asset pricing to risk management and time-series econometrics, with final-year project options.
What you’ll study
Core
- Introduction to Financial Accounting
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Introduction to Finance
- Introduction to the Methods of Applied Mathematics
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- Foundations of Financial Computing
- Real Analysis for Financial Mathematics
- Introduction to AI for Mathematical Sciences
- Econometrics I
- Introduction to Financial Mathematics
- Introduction to Statistical Methods
- Statistical Distribution Theory
- Stochastic Processes and Calculus
- Foundations of Quantitative Investments
- Quantitative Finance with Programming
- Econometrics of Time Series
- Linear Statistical Models
- Risk Management
- Probability Measures and Asset Pricing
Electives
- Debt Securities, Equity and Derivatives
- Introduction to Operational Research
- Numerical Analysis
- Financial Engineering (I)
- Final Year Project
- Finance and Markets
- Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice
- Applied Multivariate Statistics
- Financial Engineering (II)
- Numerical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations
- Deep Learning in Finance
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Before you apply
- Background
- Year-one entry: strong high school results, minimum B average. Year-two entry: A-levels BBB, IB 30 points, or US diploma GPA 3.0 plus three AP exams
- English
- Year one IELTS 5.0 (4.5 each section); year two IELTS 6.5 (5.5 each section)
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After graduation
- Typical first roles
- Quantitative analysis, Asset management, FinTech, Risk management, Data analytics
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Module list is illustrative for 2026-27. Programme is a CFA University Affiliation Program. Page also lists postgraduate pathways in finance, economics, data science and statistics.
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.
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