入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：A good first degree (UK 2:1 or its equivalent if outside the UK) in a numerate discipline, for example mathematics, engineering, computer science, physical or biological sciences, economics or business.
英语要求： IELTS 7.0 (with at least 6.0 in each section)
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £13,500
课程特征 Course Features：
As a major financial centre, Edinburgh is an excellent place to study Operational Research with a financial theme. Recent changes in legislation on risk exposure mean that there is significant demand from financial institutions for the range of skills possessed by graduates with an MSc in Operational Research with Finance.
课程内容 Course Content ：
The study programme is divided into three parts.
•Part 1 covers the core skills of Operational Research. The majority of the core courses are in Semester 1 (S1) from September to December.
•Part 2 gives students the opportunity to tailor their degree by selecting from a broad range of optional courses. These are taught mainly in Semester 2 (S2) from January to March.
•Part 3 begins in June and comprises a three month project on which students base their dissertations. Many projects are done in collaboration with outside organisations.
The length of the programme and its courses are measured in points. The whole programme is 180 points, comprising 70 points of core courses in Part 1, 50 points of optional courses in Part 2 and the 60 point dissertation in Part 3.
The selection of optional courses of a candidate for the OR with Finance degree must total 50 pts and satisfy the following conditions:
Must do
•Financial Risk Management (10 points)
•Financial Mathematics and Investment (10 points)
and at least 15 points from
•Financial Model Building (5 points),
• Credit Scoring and Data Mining (10 points),
• Stochastic Optimization (5 points),
• Time Series Analysis and Forecasting (5 points),
• Analysis of Lifetime Data (10 points),
• Optimization Methods in Finance (15 points),
• Statistical Modelling (5 points),
• Management Accounting (5 points)
• Risk Analysis (5 points).
职业展望 Career Prospects：
Many of our students wish to work in the finance sector and Edinburgh is an excellent place for this. New regulations from the Financial Services Authority in the UK and the Basel II international rules have resulted in all large financial companies having to reassess and formalise their methods of assessing their risk exposure, and this has led to a large increase in workload. The new courses in Financial Mathematics and Investment and the extended course on Financial Risk Management strengthen our provision in this area. This MSc will give an Operational Research perspective on Finance.