Postgraduate Qualifications
Honours
PROGRAMME: ACTUARIAL SCIENCES
CENTRE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Qualification code: 202126
Curriculum N609P: Actuarial Science (following on BSc N137P)
Please note that all BMI post graduate programmes are presented in English.
This curriculum is compiled from the following modules:
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
First Semester |
|
|
BWIN611 |
Quantitative Risk Analysis I |
16 |
BWIN613 |
Financial Engineering I |
16 |
BWIN614 |
Investment Theory I |
16 |
Year Module |
|
|
BWIA671 |
Actuarial Risk Management (A301/CA1) |
80 |
BWIR671 |
Research Module: Financial Engineering and Financial Modelling |
32 |
Total number of credits of this curriculum |
160 |
The integrated assessment of this curriculum takes place during the assessment of the module BWIR671.
PROGRAMME: QUANTITATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT
CENTRE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Qualification code: 202127
Curriculum N610P: Quantitative Risk Management (following on BSc N134P or N137P)
Please note that all BMI post graduate programmes are presented in English.
This curriculum consists of the following modules divided into two semesters:
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
First Semester |
|
|
BWIN611 |
Quantitative Risk Analysis I |
16 |
BWIN613 |
Financial Engineering I |
16 |
BWIN614 |
Investment Theory I |
16 |
STTN612 |
Statistical Data-analysis I: Models |
12 |
Second Semester |
|
|
BWIN621 |
Quantitative Risk Analysis |
16 |
ECON623 |
Risk Management |
16 |
STTN622 |
Statistical Data-analysis II: Time Series |
12 |
STTN623 |
Multivariate Statistics |
12 |
Year Module |
|
|
BWIR671 |
Research Module: Financial Engineering and Financial Modelling |
32 |
Total number of credits of this curriculum |
148 |
The integrated assessment of this curriculum takes place during the assessment of the module BWIR671.
PROGRAMME: FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS
CENTRE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Qualification code: 202128
Curriculum N611P: Financial Mathematics (following on BSc N135P)
Please note that all BMI post graduate programmes are presented in English.
This curriculum consists of the following modules divided into two semesters:
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
First Semester |
|
|
BWIN613 |
Financial Engineering I |
16 |
STTN612 |
Statistical Data-analysis I: Models |
12 |
STTN615 |
Stochastic Processes I |
12 |
WISK613 |
Topology of Metric and Normed Spaces |
8 |
WISN614 |
Measure and Integration Theory I |
12 |
WISK615 |
Differential Equations |
16 |
Second Semester |
|
|
BWIR622 |
Research Module: Financial Engineering and Pricing of Derivatives |
32 |
STTN622 |
Statistical Data-analysis II: Time Series |
12 |
STTN625 |
Stochastic Processes II |
12 |
WISN624 |
Measure and Integration Theory II |
12 |
Total number of credits of this curriculum |
144 |
The integrated assessment of this curriculum takes place during the assessment of the module BWIR622.
PROGRAMME: DATA-MINING
CENTRE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Qualification code: 202129: Curriculum N612P: Data Mining (following on BSc N134P or N136P)
Please note that all BMI post graduate programmes are presented in English. This curriculum consists of the following modules divided into two semesters:
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
First Semester |
|
|
STTN612 |
Statistical Data-analysis I: Models |
12 |
|
Elective Module# |
12 |
|
Elective Module# |
12/16 |
|
Elective Module# |
12/16 |
Second Semester |
|
|
STTN623 |
Multivariate Statistics |
12 |
|
Elective Module# |
12 |
|
Elective Module# |
12/16 |
|
Elective Module# |
12/16 |
Year Module |
|
|
BWIR672 |
Research Module: Financial Modelling |
32 |
Total number of credits of this curriculum |
128 (min) 144 (max) |
#The elective modules in the first semester are chosen from the modules in the following table.
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
BWIB611 |
Statistical Learning I |
16 |
BWIB612 |
Introduction to Business Intelligence |
12 |
BWIB613 |
Problem Solving using Simulation |
12 |
BWIN614 |
Investment Theory I |
16 |
STTN613 |
Resampling |
12 |
ITRI611 |
Data Warehouses I |
12 |
ITRI613 |
Databases I |
12 |
ITRI616 |
Artificial Intelligence I |
12 |
ITRI618 |
Decision Support Systems I |
12 |
#The elective modules in the second semester are chosen from the modules in the following table.
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
BWIB621 |
Statistical Learning II |
16 |
BWIB622 |
Forecasting for Business |
16 |
STTN622 |
Statistical Data-analysis II: Time Series |
12 |
STTN624 |
Discrete Data-analysis |
12 |
ITRI621 |
Data Warehouses II |
12 |
ITRI623 |
Databases II |
12 |
ITRI626 |
Artificial Intelligence II |
12 |
ITRI628 |
Decision Support Systems II |
12 |
The integrated assessment of this curriculum takes place during the assessment of the module BWIR672.
Masters
PROGRAMME: QUANTITATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT
CENTRE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Qualification code: 203181
Curriculum N809P: BMI (Quantitative Risk Management - following Hons BSc N609P or N610P)
Please note that all BMI post graduate programmes are presented in English.
This curriculum consists of the following modules that are divided into two semesters:
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
First Semester |
|
|
BWIA812 |
Enterprise-Wide Risk Management I |
24 |
BWIN815 |
Industry Integration Project |
32 |
|
Elective Module# |
16 |
|
Elective Module# |
16 |
Second Semester |
|
|
BWIR826 |
Industry Directed Research Project |
80 |
|
Elective Module # |
12 |
Total number of credits for this curriculum |
180 |
#The elective module in the first semester is chosen from the modules in the following table.
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
BWIN811 |
Practical Risk Management SAS RD |
16 |
BWIN816 |
Modern Portfolio Theory |
16 |
BWIN817 |
Retail Credit Risk |
16 |
#The elective module in the second semester is chosen from the modules in the following table.
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
BWIA821 |
Enterprise-wide Risk Management II |
12 |
BWIB821 |
Data Mining Techniques |
12 |
The integrated assessment of this curriculum takes place during the assessment of the module BWIR826.
Please note that due to the nature of the BMI industry directed research projects (BWIR826) all projects have to be completed before the end of the academic year. A student who fails to do so will fail the degree.
PROGRAMME: FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS
CENTRE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Qualification code: 203182
Curriculum N810P: BMI (Financial Mathematics - following Hons BSc N611P)
Please note that all BMI post graduate programmes are presented in English.
This curriculum consists of the following modules divided into two semesters:
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
First Semester |
|
|
BWIN812 |
Pricing of Derivatives B |
24 |
BWIN815 |
Industry Integration Project |
32 |
|
Elective Module# |
16 |
|
Elective Module# |
16 |
Second Semester |
|
|
BWIB821 |
Data Mining Techniques |
12 |
BWIR826 |
Industry Directed Research Project |
80 |
Total number of credits in curriculum |
180 |
#The elective module in the first semester is chosen from the modules in the following table.
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
BWIN811 |
Practical Risk Management SAS RD |
16 |
BWIN816 |
Modern Portfolio Theory |
16 |
BWIN817 |
Retail Credit Risk |
16 |
The integrated assessment of this curriculum takes place during the assessment of the module BWIR826.
Please note that due to the nature of the BMI industry directed research projects (BWIR826) all projects have to be completed before the end of the academic year. A student who fails to do so will fail the degree.
PROGRAMME: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
(With Specialisation in Business Analytics)
CENTRE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Qualification code: 203183
Curriculum N811P: BMI Business Analytics (following Hons BSc N612P)
Please note that all BMI post graduate programmes are presented in English. This curriculum consists of the following modules that are divided into two semesters:
Module code |
Descriptive name |
Credits |
First Semester |
|
|
BWIB818 |
Business Intelligence |
16 |
BWIN817 |
Retail Credit Risk |
16 |
BWIN815 |
Industry Integration Project |
32 |
Second Semester |
|
|
BWIB821 |
Data Mining Techniques |
12 |
BWIB822 |
Contemporary Issues in Business Analytics |
12 |
BWIB823 |
Multiple Criteria Decision Making |
12 |
BWIR826 |
Industry Directed Research Project |
80 |
Total number of credits in curriculum |
180 |
The integrated assessment of this curriculum takes place during the assessment of the module BWIR826.
Please note that due to the nature of the BMI industry directed research projects (BWIR826) all projects have to be completed before the end of the academic year. A student who fails to do so will fail the degree.
Post Doctoral
PhD Qualification information are available from the Unit of Business Mathematics and Informatics (UBMI)