MSc in Quantitative Finance and FinTech

Students studying for MSc* award must complete:

Option 1: 6 compulsory subjects (18 credits), 4 elective subjects (12 credits) and 1 Academic Integrity and Ethics subject (1 credit); OR

Option 2: 6 compulsory subjects (18 credits), 1 elective subject (3 credits), a dissertation (9 credits) and 1 Academic Integrity and Ethics subject (1 credit)

Students who opted for the dissertation should have completed 6 compulsory subjects with good academic results. Normally, only students who have completed 6 compulsory subjects (18 credits) and 1 Academic Integrity and Ethics subject (1 credit) with GPA 3.0 or above at the end of Semester 2 will be considered for (Option 2).

*Students who do not complete the programme but have passed 6 compulsory subjects (18 credits), 1 elective (3 credits) and 1 Academic Integrity and Ethics subject (1 credit) will be awarded a postgraduate diploma.

Subject Code	Subject Name
AF5381	Financial Markets
AMA532	Investment Science
AMA535A	Mathematical Models of Derivative Pricing
AMA566	Advanced Topics in High Frequency Trading
AMA568	Advanced Topics in Quantitative Finance
AMA571	Financial Technology

(3 credits each unless specified)

Subject Code	Subject Name
AF5115	Accounting for Business Analysis
AMA515A	Forecasting and Applied Time Series Analysis
AMA563 / DSAI5102	Principles of Data Science
AMA564	Deep Learning
AMA570	Current Topics in Actuarial Science
AMA572	Fixed-income and Credit Risk
AMA573	Statistical Machine Learning
AMA592	Dissertation (9 credits)
COMP5564	Machine Learning and Applications in Finance

The list of Reimbursable Courses for the purpose of Continuing Education Fund is as follows. Note that (i) These courses have been included in the list of reimbursable courses under the Continuing Education Fund AND (ii) These courses / The mother course (The Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Fintech) of this module are recognised under the Qualifications Framework (QF Level [6]).

No.	CEF Course Code	Institution	Course Title
1	42Z159883	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Investment Science [Module from Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Fintech]
2	42Z159891	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Mathematical Models Of Derivative Pricing [Module from Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Fintech]
3	42Z159905	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Advanced Topics In High Frequency Trading [Module from Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Fintech]
4	42Z159913	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Advanced Topics In Quantitative Finance [Module from Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Fintech]
5	42Z159921	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Financial Technology [Module from Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Fintech]

Students of these CEF-reimbursable courses may apply for subsidies from the government via https://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/cef/en/index.htm

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