Doctor of Philosophy [Ph.D] [Pure Mathematics] From University of Essex

You have access to our virtual trading floor, where you can trade multiple markets from a single screen with industry leading software, X_TRADER. You can also use real-world Bloomberg data, within minutes of it being released, so you can practise making business decisions in the same way you might in the workplace.

The Finance course offered by the University of Essex examines international financial markets, as well as how finance shapes leadership, strategy and planning within organisations.

Topics may include:

• the pricing of securities in financial markets
• risk management
• corporate finance and financial decision making
• business economics
• quantitative methods
• financial modelling
• portfolio analysis

Your future

We develop your employability skills throughout your course. In your first year, a specialist module develops your professional skills in analysis, critical thinking, presentation and communication. In your second year, our Successful Futures module introduces the graduate recruitment process, including practical advice to excel at interviews and assessment centres.

Our students develop rewarding careers at some of the most recognised brands in the world, as well as exciting SMEs:

• PWC
• EY
• Bank of England
• WeFarm, a social enterprise helping farmers out of poverty
• Footprint Digital, a fast-growing digital marketing agency

Many have also started their own successful businesses. Recent examples include:

• ethical fashion range Fikay Fashion, by EBS graduate Aaron Jones BEM
• the NordicsÕ largest entrepreneurial jobs portal, startupmatcher.com
• crowdfunded Zizzy Bar, a mobile events service with more than 10,000 Instagram followers