MSc Computational Finance with a Year in Industry in Egham United Kingdom | Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London | Egham United Kingdom
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Qualification
Masters Degree (Taught)
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP 23,900
(c. USD31,934.46)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
24 months

This program, provided jointly by the Computer Science and Economics Departments, enables specialization in contemporary quantitative finance and computational approaches for financial modeling - skills highly sought after for careers in asset structuring, product valuation, and risk analysis.

You'll develop competencies including:

evaluating, assessing, and implementing computational finance techniques to real-world challenges like derivative pricing and risk evaluation
examining and appraising computational finance methodologies and their relevance to particular scenarios
utilizing approaches including clustering, regression, support vector machines, boosting, decision trees, and neural networks
assessing and judging the suitability of machine learning algorithms for financial applications.

Program length: 2 years full-time


Destination of Study

Subjects of Study

Language Requirements

English
IELTS 6.5

Qualification Requirements

2:1
UK 2:1 Bachelor honours degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computing, Computer Science Engineering, Software Engineering, or other subjects including Economics that include a strong element of Maths, Physics, and other Engineering (excluding Civil, Mechanical, Material and Biomedical Engineering).

Candidates with professional qualifications or relevant professional experience in an associated area will also be considered.

IELTS: 6.5 overall. No subscore lower than 5.5.
Pearson Test of English: 61 overall. Writing 54. No subscore lower than 51.
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE): ISE III.
TOEFL iBT: 88 overall, with Reading 18 Listening 17 Speaking 20 Writing 17.
Duolingo: 120 overall and no sub-score below 100.

Tuition GBP 23,900

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