This University of Edinburgh programme gives students a flexible syllabus to suit the demands of employers that use modern financial tools and optimization techniques in areas such as the financial sector and energy markets.

They will give students sound knowledge in financial derivative pricing, portfolio optimization and financial risk management.

They will also provide students with the skills to solve some of today’s financial problems, which have themselves been caused by modern financial instruments. This expertise includes modern probability theory, applied statistics, stochastic analysis and optimization.