LSE-Fudan Double Master's in Financial Statistics and Chinese Economy
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
Year 1 at LSE
The first year is spent at LSE. Students will take three compulsory statistics courses, and will also choose courses to the value of two units, from a range of options both within statistics and related areas, with a maximum of one unit's worth of options from outside the Statistics department.
Year 2 at Fudan
Upon successful completion of the first year, students will move to study the second year at the School of Economics at Fudan University. If students don't have an economics background, they will take additional economics courses.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements. Please refer to the progression rules below
MSc in Statistics (Financial Statistics) (LSE and Fudan)
Programme Code: TMFSEC
Department: Statistics
For students starting this programme of study in 2019/20
Paper 1 |
ST425 Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation (1.0) # | |
Paper 2 |
ST422 Time Series (0.5) # and ST436 Financial Statistics (0.5) # | |
Paper 3 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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ST411 Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (0.5) # | |
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ST418 Non-Linear Dynamics and the Analysis of Real Time Series (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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ST433 Computational Methods in Finance and Insurance (0.5) # | |
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ST435 Advanced Probability Theory (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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ST439 Stochastics for Derivatives Modelling (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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ST440 Recent Developments in Finance and Insurance (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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ST441 Introduction to Markov Processes and their Applications (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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ST445 Managing and Visualising Data (0.5) | |
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ST449 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) | |
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MY459 Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis (0.5) # | |
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MY461 Social Network Analysis (0.5) | |
Paper 4 |
Courses to the value of 1.0 unit from the following: | |
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ST411 Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (0.5) # | |
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ST418 Non-Linear Dynamics and the Analysis of Real Time Series (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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ST426 Applied Stochastic Processes (0.5) (not available 2021/22) | |
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ST433 Computational Methods in Finance and Insurance (0.5) # | |
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ST435 Advanced Probability Theory (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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ST439 Stochastics for Derivatives Modelling (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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ST440 Recent Developments in Finance and Insurance (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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ST441 Introduction to Markov Processes and their Applications (0.5) # (withdrawn 2019/20) | |
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ST445 Managing and Visualising Data (0.5) | |
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ST449 Artificial Intelligence (0.5) | |
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FM404 Forecasting Financial time Series (0.5) # (not available 2021/22) | |
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FM442 Quantitative Methods for Finance and Risk Analysis (0.5) # | |
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MA415 The Mathematics of the Black and Scholes Theory (0.5) # | |
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MA416 The Foundations of Interest Rate and Credit Risk Theory (0.5) # | |
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MA420 Quantifying Risk and Modelling Alternative Markets (0.5) # | |
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MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) # | |
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MY459 Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis: Quantitative Text Analysis (0.5) # | |
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MY461 Social Network Analysis (0.5) | |
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Or other non-ST course(s), with permission. | |
The total value of all non-ST courses should not exceed one unit.
The Bologna Process facilitates comparability and compatibility between higher education systems across the European Higher Education Area. Some of the School's taught master's programmes are nine or ten months in duration. If you wish to proceed from these programmes to higher study in EHEA countries other than the UK, you should be aware that their recognition for such purposes is not guaranteed, due to the way in which ECTS credits are calculated.
Progress rules to proceed to year in Fudan:
Students must pass at least three out of four units.
Students that have a one unit fail will need compensation in order to progress (e.g. a mark of 60 in at least one of the three passed units or an aggregate of 165 in those three passed units).
Any student with a fail that is unable to achieve the compensation rules as above must resit the failed course and pass in order to progress.
Any student who receives a Bad Fail mark cannot progress until that Bad Fail has been successfully resat and they then meet the progression rules outlined above. A Bad Fail mark cannot be compensated by other marks.
Students have one opportunity only to resit a failed LSE course.
The full programme must be successfully completed in order to be awarded the double degree. This means students who complete the year at LSE but go on to fail to progress after exhausting all of their attempts or are unable to complete the year at Fudan cannot be awarded an interim degree. I.e. they must successfully complete both LSE and Fudan programmes to achieve an overall award.
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
