UCL’s Finance MSc is run jointly by the Department of Economics and the School of Management. The programme combines the best that the two departments have to offer. Relative to other MSc programmes, UCL’s Finance MSc is a selective program that distinguishes itself for the small group size and the consequent individual attention that the students receive, and for the optimal combination of rigorous training and acquisition of useful practical skills that it provides.

Research faculty from the Department of Economics teach the core courses of the programme, covering the state-of-the art in corporate finance, asset pricing, financial mathematics, financial econometrics and advanced quantitative methods for finance. The Department of Economics was ranked as the top department in the UK by the Research Excellence Framework in 2014, so students can expect the best in terms of research-led teaching, enabling them to acquire strong quantitative skills for modelling and data analysis.

Courses are taught in the School of Management’s world-class classrooms. In the School of Management’s facilities students also have access to supporting learning tools and infrastructure. The School of Management is ideally situated in the financial heart of the city of London and benefits from strong links with industry, giving students the possibility to both acquire practical skills and to to be exposed to career guidance and opportunities.

Students will acquire the skills and knowledge that enable them to work in any of the major financial centres in the world.

UCL’s Finance MSc

To learn more about some of the modules of the programme, please visit this YouTube channel.

UCL's MRes and PhD in Financial Economics is a joint programme between the UCL Department of Economics and the UCL School of Management.

The MRes programme is the first year of the five-year integrated MRes/PhD programme in Financial Economics. The MRes programme will provide you with training in research methods together with an advanced understanding of financial economics, to enable you to conduct insightful and original PhD level research in financial economics. The MRes will firstly provide quantitative training in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, and finance. These will be taught in the context of cutting-edge research and relevant applications. Secondly, it will provide you with analytic frameworks and transferable skills that will allow you to identify relevant and promising research topics, present ideas in order to obtain feedback, and provide feedback yourself.

The subsequent years (for students who progress from the MRes to MPhil) will focus on the skills you will need to run research projects to completion and to present completed research projects to various kind of specialised audiences. The Mphil year covers topics such as Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Financial Intermediation, Financial Econometrics, and Market Microstructure. Likewise, teaching skills will also be developed.

UCL's PhD in Financial Economics

Current MRes and PhD Students in Financial Economics

We offer fully-funded scholarships to all admitted students who have applied by the early application deadline.

To apply, please see Entry Requirement and Application Procedure

The Master’s in Finance with Data Science combines the scientific foundations of finance with the theory and practice of data science. 

The programme will start in the academic year 2025/2026. 

For more information, please visit the official website for this programme. 

This unique programme will start in the academic year 2025/2026. It is a interdisciplinary programme delivered by the Faculty of Laws, the School of Management and the Department of Economics at UCL. 

To learn more about this programme, please visit the official website. For a short introduction, please visit this Youtube channel.