MSc Financial Mathematics

The MSc Financial Mathematics at the University College Dublin is designed for students who wish to gain a competitive advantage in the financial sector by acquiring the background demanded by upper-level quantitative roles.

Quick Facts

Duration 1 year full-time
Start Date September
Tuition Fee €21,460 per year
Location Dublin, Ireland

The MSc Financial Mathematics at the University College Dublin will equip students with the relevant contemporary knowledge and skills, including new digital innovations such as machine learning with financial applications, computational finance and statistical and data analysis.

In the Summer Trimester students will explore their theoretical and applied knowledge in greater depth by completing a dissertation or they will be able to apply their theoretical knowledge to real-world situations via a work placement with a financial firm. Among our industry partners we list: AIB, FINCAD (Zafin Capital Markets Group) and Grant Thornton Advisory, Quantitative Risk.

Courses included:

  • Stochastic Calculus
  • Advanced Financial Models
  • Counterparty Credit Risk
  • Computational Finance
  • Statistical Machine Learning
  • Optimization for Machine Learning
  • Data Programming with Python
  • Data Programming with R

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Career Opportunities

Graduates with training in Financial Mathematics can cover upper-level quantitative roles in several sub-sectors such as:

  • Quantitative analysis in financial firms and hedge funds
  • Risk modelling in banking and insurance
  • Computational modelling in fintech
  • Research and academia

Why study with us?

UCD is consistently ranked in the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide. In the 2022 QS World University Rankings, UCD was again named as one of the best universities globally, and was placed 173rd in the world.

UCD is the most international and diverse university in Ireland with 8,500 international students from 130 different countries. Our network of 288,000 successful and influential alumni can be found in 169 different countries around the world.

The UCD campus is one of the largest urban campuses in Europe and is situated just 5 kilometres from Ireland’s capital city of Dublin. Our students enjoy world-class teaching and learning facilities, modern and comfortable student accommodation, state-of-the art sports and fitness amenities, an Olympic sized swimming pool, a cinema, cafes and student centre all on our beautiful, nature-filled campus. 

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