MSc in Statistics (Financial Statistics) (Research)
Programme Code: TMSTFSRE
Department: Statistics
For students starting this programme of study in 2025/26
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
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Course number, title (unit value) | |
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Paper 1 |
ST425 Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation (1.0) # |
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Paper 2 |
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Paper 3 |
ST458 Financial Statistics II (0.5) |
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Paper 4 |
ST499 Dissertation (1.0) |
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Paper 5 |
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Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following: | ||
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ST405 Unsupervised Machine Learning and Multivariate Data Analysis (0.5) |
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ST411 Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (0.5) # |
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ST426 Applied Stochastic Processes (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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ST439 Stochastics for Derivatives Modelling (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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ST440 Recent Developments in Finance and Insurance (0.5) (suspended 2025/26) |
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ST442 Longitudinal Data Analysis (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26) |
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ST444 Computational Data Science (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26) |
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ST457 Graph Data Analytics and Representation Learning (0.5) # |
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ST463 Stochastic Simulation, Training, and Calibration (0.5) # |
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Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following: |
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FM442 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (0.5) # |
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MA415 The Mathematics of the Black and Scholes Theory (0.5) |
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MA416 The Foundations of Interest Rate and Credit Risk Theory (0.5) |
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MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) # |
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MY459 Computational Text Analysis and Large Language Models (0.5) # |
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MY461 Social Network Analysis (0.5) |
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Footnotes
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
A: Paper 5: Or other non-ST course(s), with permission
The total value of all non-ST courses should not exceed one unit.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.