Master's programme in Financial Engineering, 120 hp

The Programme

The MIMA Master's programme in Financial Engineering prepares you for a challenging and successful career in the international world of finance. You will learn to see finance from advanced quanti-tative perspectives, including the management of financial portfolios and risk analysis in financial markets.

This programme has a unique character. It is carefully designed and belongs to the very popular educational area of financial engineering.

Focusing on quantitative computer-based methods of financial analysis, the programme provides an advanced basis in Mathematics and Economics.

The programme is oriented towards financial real-life problems, and the textbooks have been chosen to support this approach. Advanced financial software is systematically used in the teaching. The best students are also involved in research activities and the development of experimental financial software. The programme is a natural continuation of the Bachelor’s programme Analytical Finance.

Research

Research studies are carried out in Financial Mathematics, Financial Engineering, Financial and Risk Management Software as well as in some related research areas such as Actuarial Mathematics, Applied Statistics and Stochastic Processes, and Simulation. The best students are involved in research activities and the development of experimental financial software.

Employment and Future Prospects

As a graduate of the Financial Engineering program you will have very competitive advanced qualifications for obtaining a senior position in a bank, stock exchange, investment company, insurance or financial software company, government or financial institution or software company. The best students have the possibility to continue their education at the Ph.D. level at Mälardalen University or at another high-quality educational institution or university anywhere in the world.