MSc Artificial Intelligence in Finance

This course is temporarily suspended for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 academic years.

Our MSc Artificial Intelligence in Finance course offers a dynamic blend of financial theory and cutting-edge AI technologies. You will study topics such as algorithmic trading, risk management, and financial modelling, all enhanced by AI techniques like machine learning and natural language processing.

This course equips you with the skills to revolutionise traditional finance practices, driving innovation in areas like automated trading strategies and fraud detection. With a strong foundation in both finance and AI, you will be poised to excel in roles at investment firms, banks, fintech start-ups, and beyond, shaping the future of finance through data-driven insights and intelligent decision-making.

In addition to traditional topics in financial econometrics and market microstructure theory, we put special emphasis on areas such as:

• statistical and computational methods
• machine learning models for finance
• modelling trading strategies and predictive services that are deployed by hedge funds
• algorithmic trading groups
• analysis of derivatives
• risk management

Our Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents (CCFEA) is an innovative and laboratory-based teaching and research centre, with an international reputation for leading-edge, interdisciplinary work combining economic and financial modelling with computational implementation. Postgraduate study within CCFEA gives you rigorous training in the principles of quantitative finance and microeconomics, along with computational skills.

We are supported by Essex's highly rated Department of Economics, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, and Essex Business School. That's why we are ranked 6th in the UK for research power in computer science (Times Higher Education research power measure, Research Excellence Framework 2021).

This course is available to study full-time or part-time.