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MSc Financial Risk Management Admissions

How to make your Application

Applications are made direct to UCL. Please click on this link for UCL guidance about applications, entry and the online form. For further information about graduate study at UCL and the application process, see the general UCL information for prospective students, or contact UCL Registry and Academic

Services on +44 (0) 207 380 3000.

When to apply

Please make sure your completed application reaches UCL no later than 3 August 2012, as we will not be able to consider candidates who apply after this time. The programme begins at the end of September each year. We recommend early application to secure a place for the next academic year.

Our Admissions Policy

Our admissions policy is to select students on the basis of their aspirations and potential as well as examination performance. Entrance requirements are high but may be varied for those who show the motivation and ability to cope with our programmes.

Entrance Requirements

1. Academic qualifications

The programme is aimed at students with a first degree in mathematics, finance, economics, physics or computing who wish to gain the skills necessary to work within quantitative risk management. Candidates will be expected to have established competency in probability, statistics, differential equations and the use of a computer to solve numerical problems.

The formal requirements are: a minimum of an upper second class UK Bachelor's degree, in a relevant discipline, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, with a strong quantitative component evidenced by good performance (>60%) in relevant mathematics, statistics or computation options.

2. English language requirements

All students whose first language is not English must be able to provide recent evidence that their spoken and written command of the English language is at a standard level. A number of qualifications are acceptable for this. More information on UCL's English language requirements and a complete list of accepted qualifications can be found here.

Fees and funding

Fees for 2012/2013 will be set at £18,000 for UK/EU students, and £20,000 for Overseas students. Please see the Fees, Costs and Funding section on the UCL website, which gives latest information on fees as well as a guide on living costs.

Information about potential sources of scholarships and funding schemes available for postgraduate students is available here.

If you are a visa national wishing to come to the UK for the purpose of study, please be aware of visa regulations. More information on this is available here.