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Risk and Stochastics – (M.Sc.)
London School of Economics and Political Science
Department of Statistics
| Application Deadline: | None | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 23,186 - | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 10 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of London School of Economics and Political Science
This programme is based in the Department of Statistics. It provides high level training in probability theory and statistics for random processes with applications in the areas of insurance and finance and their interface. It includes a comprehensive and unified approach to all quantitative aspects of modern actuarial science. Students receive rigorous training in mathematics and scientific computation and are introduced to a range of schemes for risk transfer, sufficiently broad to equip them for highly specialised work in insurance, pensions, investment, and banking and for independent research in these areas.
Benefits of the programme include:
* Studying in a department with an international reputation for teaching and research in modern actuarial science and mathematical finance.
* The opportunity to study related subjects taught by other departments in the School.
* Excellent prospects for employment and further study. Students can gain employment in the finance or insurance industries. They can also go on to do a higher degree.
* The opportunity to live in one of the great financial capitals of the world.
* Joining a department with good relations with the financial services industry, particularly insurance and professional bodies.
Contents
Compulsory courses
(* half unit)
* Stochastic Processes*
* Insurance Mathematics
* Stochastic Finance
* Computational Methods in Finance and Insurance*
Options
Choose two from:
* Derivatives*
* Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis*
* Continuous Time Optimisation*
* Probability and Measure*
* The Mathematics of the Black and Scholes Theory*
* The Foundations of Interest Rate, Foreign Exchange, and Credit Risk Theory*
* Time Series*
* Advanced Probability Theory*
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Requirements
Minimum entry requirement: 2:1 in actuarial science, statistics, mathematical economics or mathematics.
The programme is mathematically advanced and suitable candidates will normally hold a good BSc degree in actuarial science, statistics, mathematical economics or mathematics. This should include training in analysis and linear algebra, with rigorous proofs, and probability theory at the level of our third year undergraduate course Stochastic Processes.
English requirement:
* TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 603 in the paper test or 100 in the internet based test. For full information on TOEFL and testing centres worldwide, please see
* IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 6.5. For full details about the British Council's English tests, please see
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 603 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 100 |
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