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Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Risk, MSc

Cardiff University, the United Kingdom

Cardiff University

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About Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Risk, MSc - at Cardiff University

A unique MSc degree aimed at those who wish to study in greater depth risk models, particularly for applications to financial markets, but also to other sectors.

Tailor your learning

This course will give you the opportunity to study risk models in greater depth, particularly those models used in financial markets.

Develop highly transferrable skills

The skills you will develop are highly transferable for use within industry, business and the public sector.

Excellent links with industry

The School of Mathematics has excellent links with a number of organisations who employ Operational Researchers, Statisticians and Financial / Risk Modellers.

Our MSc in Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Financial Risk aims to equip you with the necessary analytical skills, methods and ways of thinking to tackle and analyse complex organisational problems, help make better decisions, and to become confident statistical analysts.

This course is ideal training for those who wish to study, in greater depth, risk models, particularly for application to financial markets but also to other sectors. 

You will undertake case studies and project work which will give you the opportunity to put your skills into practice and provides valuable experience of working in the field. The dissertation project, typically undertaken with an industrial partner, will allow you to work with complex data in a creative manner and a problem-solving environment, as well as to communicate your ideas and findings effectively.

This is a one year full-time programme.

Notes about fees for this course

Please visit our website for the fees of this course. 

Full-time

Part-time

If you’re a home-fee paying student, you can apply for a £3,000 Master’s Excellence Scholarship from Cardiff University to help cover the cost of this programme.

Entry requirements

Please visit our website for the entry requirements of this course. 

Full-time

Part-time

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