BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics Heriot Watt University

Program Description

If you are looking for a career in the world of finance and love mathematical challenges, then BSc (Hons) Financial Mathematics is the degree for you. Just as civil engineering deals with the design, construction and maintenance of buildings and roads, financial mathematics is concerned with the design, construction and maintenance of financial products. It is well known that careers in financial mathematics offer some of the best salaries of all professions, and graduates working in this area thrive on being offered many interesting challenges on a day-to-day basis. Our Financial Mathematics programme develops the skills and knowledge required by the modern investment and asset management industry, where structured finance and relative value trading strategies dominate. The emphasis is on developing a range of practical skills relevant to the increasingly mathematical and ever-changing world of contemporary finance. Financial Mathematics isn't just for aspiring bankers. Graduates are also attractive to the treasury function of international corporations and to the trading arm of commodities companies. Students on the Financial Mathematics degree follow the same programme as Actuarial Science students for the first two years. The programmes diverge in third year and in the fourth year Financial Mathematics students will be able to study courses alongside Master's students on the Quantitative Finance and Mathematics programme. The aim is for Financial Mathematics graduates to acquire a skill set comparable to those graduating with a Master's degree.

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