MSc Algorithmic Trading

Example structure
Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. The combination of compulsory and optional modules means our courses help you develop extensive knowledge in your chosen discipline, whilst providing plenty of freedom to pursue your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are, in many instances, just a selection of those available. Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current postgraduate students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
CCFEA MSc Dissertation
Big-Data for Computational Finance
High Frequency Finance and Empirical Market Microstructure
Introduction to Financial Market Analysis
Professional Practice and Research Methodology


Quantitative Methods in Finance and Trading


Trading Global Financial Markets


Cloud Technologies and Systems (optional)


Constraint Satisfaction for Decision Making (optional)
Creating and Growing a New Business Venture (optional)


Digital Signal Processing (optional)


Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Programming (optional)


Financial Engineering and Risk Management (optional)
High Performance Computing (optional)


Industry Expert Lectures in Finance (optional)
Learning and Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance (optional)
Mathematical Research Techniques Using Matlab (optional)


Programming in Python (optional)


Text Analytics (optional)


Teaching
Taught over one year on a full-time basis
Taught modules for the first two terms, followed by a dissertation in the summer
Study is highly practical and involves both lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions
Analyse and model real world financial data
Attend lectures given by practitioners, including senior staff from HSBC, Olsen Ltd, Royal Bank of Scotland and the Financial Services Authority
Assessment
Courses are awarded on the results of your written examinations, together with continual assessments of your practical work and coursework
Dissertation
Many dissertations have formed the basis of published research papers
Students have been invited to present at international conferences and renowned institutions, such as the Bank of England
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