MSC Data Analytics with Banking and Finance

Course summary

• Master industry-leading systems such as SAS for statistical data analysis and HaDoop for data storage and processing.
• Learn and apply statistical data modelling, data storage and data mining techniques.
• Gain specific knowledge related to financial services, consultancy, regulation, supervision and compliance.
• Prepare candidates for analytics jobs in financial services with competitive salaries.

On this course, you'll gain a firm handle on data analytics and its role in banking and finance. You'll access real company live data, work with Bloomberg terminals, use cutting-edge software and get excellent real-world experience. The course is designed with industry input, so you're able to hit the ground running as soon as you graduate.

How you learn

This course explores the application of data analytics in financial industries. You will work with contemporary platforms including cutting-edge SAS, Hadoop, and Bloomberg terminals.

In the business part of the course, you examine and scrutinise the fundamental concepts of banking, finance and investment.

You will also learn technical skills associated with data analytics, and apply these skills in context of financial industries.

You learn through

• teaching sessions
• learning materials
• recommended readings
• problem-based learning
• individual and group projects
• contemporary software platforms

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• statistical analysis and machine learning techniques
• database and programming technologies
• statistical theory
• marketing and insight
• credit risk
• data and technology
• digital analytics
• data science.