BAY CAMPUS MATHEMATICS
£32.5m COMPUTATIONAL FOUNDRY PROVIDING STATE-OF-THE-ART LEARNING FACILITIES YOU WILL STUDY IN OUR
Our Mathematics Department is expanding and is now housed in the new Computational Foundry building. This £32.5 million world-class facility provides the most up-to-date and high-quality teaching and research facilities, as well as networking and inspiration space. The Foundry is a place where industry partners can work with us, test new ideas and allow our students and researchers to work on real-world problems. We place a strong emphasis on developing graduate employability, and our graduates have been employed by a wide range of organisations including: AXA, BA, Deutsche Bank, Shell Research, health authorities, Zurich Financial Services, and local government.
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING FOR FINANCE MSc FT PT The MSc Mathematics and Computing for Finance course has been designed to meet the growing demand for specially trained mathematicians to work in the world’s financial markets and insurance. On the course you will study different elements of mathematics, finance and computing in addition to developing your communication and presentation skills through a project you will undertake. You will be fully supported to ensure that your project is best suited to support your future career plans. Modules typically include: • Actuarial Mathematics • Black-Scholes Theory • Differential Equations • Finance • Financial Mathematics • Fourier Analysis • Insurance Risk • Itô Calculus and Stochastic Differential Equations • Numerics of ODEs and PDEs • Numerical Analysis • Partial Differential Equations • Probability and Statistics. • Probability Theory
ACTUARIAL SCIENCE MSc FT PT The MSc in Actuarial Science, accredited by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, is designed to give graduates from numerate disciplines a grounding in the mathematical and statistical theories needed to become a qualified actuary. Students will study the mathematical theories of probability and statistics and will learn how these are applied to the modelling of risk in a variety of actuarial contexts. Our syllabus is aligned with the professional body for actuaries in the UK (the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries) and successful graduates should be able to gain up to three professional exam exemptions from selected professional examinations. Modules typically include: • Actuarial Mathematics • Assurance and Annuity • Finance • Insurance Risk • Modelling and Machine Learning
TAUGHT COURSES Entry Requirements Typically a 2:2 honours degree or equivalent in mathematics or related subject. English Language Requirement IELTS 6.0 (minimum of 5.5 in each component) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are available. swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ scholarships
• Probability and Statistics • Probability and Statistics for Finance • Stochastic Processes and Survival Models
• Programming in Java • Stochastic Processes
For more detailed course content, including a full module list, visit: swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate
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