Course options
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Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
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Location
Main Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
Financial Economics
The MA (Hons) in Financial Economics provides a structured, cumulative and rigorous foundation of economic concepts, principles, analysis, techniques and knowledge. During your studies, you will develop your analytical and decision-making abilities through training in quantitative and model-based methods of analysis. Over the course of study, students engage with specialist topics including portfolio management, asset pricing and corporate finance.
Course details
The MA (Hons) in Financial Economics is a four-year course run by the School of Economics and Finance.
In the first two years, you will acquire a solid foundation in general knowledge of economics. This includes an introduction to the principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics; an insight into quantitative techniques; and developing an understanding of economic relationships and the techniques necessary for their analysis.
Careers
Graduates with a degree in financial economics have some highly sought-after skills and pursue careers in a wide variety of fields. A degree in financial economics will greatly enhance your analytic and decision-making abilities. You will significantly improve your quantitative abilities and greatly enhance other transferable skills highly valued by employers.
Mathematics
The BSc (Hons) in Mathematics will teach you to understand complex patterns and structures, and develop the tools with which to analyse them. Whether these patterns relate to physical or biological phenomena or the structure of mathematics itself, the primary aim is to describe, categorise, and understand the processes involved.
Mathematics students will acquire the analytical techniques, clear logical thinking and deductive reasoning necessary to explore some of these fascinating areas of research.
Course details
The BSc (Hons) in Mathematics is a four-year course run by the School of Mathematics and Statistics.
In the first two years, you will develop and reinforce your basic mathematical skills and refresh familiar material (for example, complex numbers, matrices, vectors, differential equations) in preparation for more specialised study at Honours level.
Tuition fees
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£ 30,160per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
University of St Andrews
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University League Table
4th
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Campus address
University of St Andrews, College Gate, St Andrews, KY16 9AJ, Scotland
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
4th out of 79 2
5th out of 65
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Entry standards
/ Max 227219 96%2nd
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10095.0 95%3rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.31 83%8th
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Entry standards
/ Max 234234 100%1st
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/ Max 10084.0 84%22nd
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Student satisfaction
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