Financial Computing and Data Science

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Industrial Partners

  • Societe Generale
  • Clyde & Co
  • Schroders
  • AIG
  • JP Morgan
  • Barclays
  • Citi
  • Mizuho Bank
  • Lloyds Bank
  • NatWest
  • Unilever
  • Mishcon
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Aetna
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Nomura
  • Macquarie
  • LV
  • Dunnhumby
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Aviva
  • Credit Suisse
  • Tesco
  • HSBC
  • Goldman Sachs
  • BNP Paribas
  • Bank of England
  • BUPA
  • Santander
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Financial Computing PhD Centre

    Financial Computing PhD Centre

    We are a national PhD training centre, covering financial IT, computational finance, analytics, financial engineering and data science. A unique interdepartmental and interfaculty collaboration at UCL .

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  • Our Finance Industry Partners

    Our Finance Industry Partners

    We have partnerships with many leading financial institutions and companies with data science orientation. Our PhD students work closely with industry advisors on applied research projects within these companies.

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  • Flexible PhD programme

    Flexible PhD programme

    4-year PhDs in a diverse range of research departments including computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, psychology, mechanical engineering and other areas applicable to financial computing and analytics.

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  • Top Academic Resources

    Top Academic Resources

    With access to the most respected academic advisors in the field of financial computing and analytics, our students work with supervisors who can help them achieve a deep knowledge of their research subject areas.

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How to apply

Application steps and online forms for the PhD in financial computing.

Industry-based PhDs

New PhD Centre in AI for Finance & Services

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UCL Computer Science and its Industry partners have launched a new PhD programme and research centre.

The Centre supports industry-based PhD student:

  • Professional (Employee) PhD – members of an Industry Partner’s staff whose job function supports a PhD.
  • Industry-sponsored PhD – full-time PhD students who share their time between UCL and their sponsor company.

Prof. Philip Treleaven
Director, UK Centre in Financial Computing
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Ms. Yonita Carter
Manager, UK Centre in Financial Computing
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We're researching:

Machine learning, algorithmic trading, stochastic calculus, portfolio theory, artificial intelligence...

Explore the specialist research topics of our enrolled PhD students at the PhD Centre in Financial Computing and Data Science.

About the Centre

We are a national Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT), covering financial IT, computational finance and financial engineering. A unique interdepartmental and interfaculty collaboration at UCL.

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