The Master of Financial Mathematics is designed to meet the strongly increasing demand for skilled quantitative finance professionals to provide expert support to a wide range of industries including banking, insurance, utility companies, investment companies and companies affected by international exchange rates.

As a graduate you will possess quantitative finance skills to utilise sophisticated mathematical models and high level statistical analysis skills to assist investment decisions, to manage investment portfolios, for financial planning, for development of financial products and pricing, and for business risk analysis.

The #24 program is suitable for students who have undertaken extensive studies in either mathematics or economics areas.

The Master of Financial Mathematics replaced the Master of Science (Financial Mathematics) in 2014.

Students enrolled in the Master of Science (Financial Mathematics) please refer to the program requirements, rules and course list for the Master of Science.

Courses

See the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Master of Financial Mathematics.

Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.

Study options

Graduates will have the opportunity to progress to the following programs:

• Doctor of Philosophy

To complete the Master of Financial Mathematics

To fulfil the requirements of the Master of Financial Mathematics, a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.

Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.