MSc Mathematical and Computational Finance (2025-2026 Entry)

11. IT matters

11.1 Laptops

Students are expected to have a fully-functioning laptop for practical sessions, installed with relevant software such as Matlab (for which student licenses will be provided). The preferred platform for the programming courses is MS Windows.

11.2 Computing Facilities

Desktop computers are available in the MSc study room, and in public-access areas throughout the Mathematical Institute. Some moderately large computers are available for shared computation and remote access use, see: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/members/it/machines/compute-terminal-services

For further information about IT matters, including rules and regulations surrounding the use of IT facilities, please see: http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/members/it

Students will have access to various licences for further details go to:
http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/members/it/software-personal-machines

11.3 IT and Email accounts

At the departmental induction session, you will be given a Mathematical Institute IT account and email address. The email address will be of the format firstname.lastname@maths.ox.ac.uk

It is important that you either read this email regularly or set up a forward from it to an account which you do read regularly. It will be used to contact students about a variety of important matters.

You will also receive as soon as you have returned your University contract a University ‘single-sign-on’ IT account. This will have an email address associated with it which will be of the format firstname.lastname@college.ox.ac.uk

For the same reason, it is important that you either read this email regularly or set up a forward from it to an account which you do read regularly.