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Masters Degree Programs With a Focus on Quantitative Finance / Derivatives

Profiles: The profiles are all of our own work and are compiled with information provided to us by the institution or relevant sources in question. The "Global Derivatives View" is merely a brief commentary as to our thoughts on each individual program - These commentaries should be in no way taken as any sort of rankings of any kind, nor should they be considered the general viewpoint. You may choose to accept these commentaries with the understanding that they have been compiled by Global Derivatives research having taken into account all the information available as well as a collection of all surveys taken thus far. However, certain programs with little or no feedback / information have blanks on their summaries. If you represent the institution, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to update us with more current information

Last updated Aug 12, 2008

Masters Degree Programs With a Focus on Quantitative Finance / Derivatives

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Profiles: The profiles are all of our own work and are compiled with information provided to us by the institution or relevant sources in question. The "Global Derivatives View" is merely a brief commentary as to our thoughts on each individual program - These commentaries should be in no way taken as any sort of rankings of any kind, nor should they be considered the viewpoint of the general public. You may choose to accept these commentaries with the understanding that they have been compiled by Global Derivatives research having taken into account all the information available as well as a collection of all surveys taken thus far. However, certain programs with little or no feedback / information have blanks on their summaries. If you represent the institution, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to update us with more current information.

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UK & Ireland

School Name	Program	Location	Notable Faculty / Highlights	View Profile

Birkbeck University	MSc Financial Engineering	London, UK		View
Birkbeck University	MSc Finance	London, UK		View
Birkbeck University	MSc Finance & Commodities	London, UK	Hélyette Geman	View
Brunel University	MSc Modelling and Management of Risk	Middlesex, UK		View
Cambridge University - Judge School	MPhil Finance (Financial Engineering Specialisation)	Cambridge, UK		View
City University - Cass School	MSc Financial Mathematics	London, UK	Laura Ballotta	View
City University - Cass School	MSc Quantitative Finance (Formerly FEE)	London, UK	Harry Kat	View
City University - Cass School	MSc Mathematical Finance & Trading	London, UK		View
Dublin City University	MSc Financial & Industrial Mathematics	Dublin, Ireland		View
Herriot Watt University	MSc Financial Mathematics	Edinburgh, UK		View
Imperial College	MSc Mathematical Finance	London, UK	Claudio Albanese, Mark Davis	View
Imperial College	MSc Maths & Finance	London, UK	Claudio Albanese, Mark Davis	View
King's College London	MSc Financial Mathematics	London, UK		View
Queen's University Belfast	MSc Finance	Belfast, Ireland		View
Leicester University	MSc Financial Mathematics & Computation	Leicester, UK		View
Liverpool John Moores University	MSc International Banking & Finance	Liverpool, UK		View
London Business School	MSc Finance	London, UK	Stephen Schaefer, Suleyman Basak	View
Manchester Business School - Manchester University	MSc Finance	Manchester, UK		View
Manchester Business School - Manchester University	MSc Finance & Economics	Manchester, UK		View
Manchester Business School - Manchester University	MSc Quantitative Finance & Financial Engineering	Manchester, UK		View
Manchester Business School - Manchester University	MSc Mathematical Finance	Manchester, UK		View
Oxford University - Said School	MSc Financial Economics	Oxford, UK
Oxford University	MSc Mathematical & Computational Finance	Oxford, UK	Jamil Baz, Riccardo Rebonato, Jeff Dewynne and Elizabeth Whalley
Oxford University	MSc Mathematical Finance	Oxford, UK	Jamil Baz, Riccardo Rebonato, Jeff Dewynne and Elizabeth Whalley	View
University College Dublin	MSc Quantitative Finance	Dublin, Ireland		View
ICMA Centre - University of Reading	MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking	Reading, UK	Carol Alexander, Salih Neftci	View
ICMA Centre - University of Reading	MSc Financial Risk Management	Reading, UK	Carol Alexander, Salih Neftci	View
University of Dublin - Trinity College	MSc Finance	Dublin, Ireland
University of Edinburgh / Herriot Watt University	MSc Financial Mathematics	Edinburgh, UK		View
University of Exeter	MSc Financial Mathematics	Exeter, UK		View
University of Limerick - Kemmy School	MSc Computational Finance	Limerick, Ireland		View
University of Westminster	MSc Quantitative Finance	London, UK		View
University of York	MSc Mathematical Finance	York, UK		View
Warwick University	MSc Financial Mathematics	Warwick, UK		View

USA

American University - Kogod School of Business	MS Finance	Washington, DC		View
Baruch College (City University of New York)	MS Financial Engineering	New York, NY	Salih Neftci	View
Bentley College	MS Finance	Waltham, MA		View
Boston College - Carroll School	MS Finance	Boston, MA		View
Boston University	MA Mathematical Finance	Boston, MA		View
Brandeis University	MS Finance	Waltham, MA		View
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School	MS Computational Finance	Pittsburgh, PA	Steven Shreve	View
Claremont Graduate University - Drucker School	MS Financial Engineering	Claremont, CA		View
Clark University	MS Finance	Worchester, MA		View
Columbia University	MA Mathematical Finance	New York, NY	Ioannis Karatzas, Jan Vecer	View
Columbia University	MS Financial Engineering	New York, NY	Emanuel Derman, Mark Broadie, Paul Glasserman, Steven Kou	View
Cornell University	MS Engineering (Option in Financial Engineering)	Ithaca, NY	Robert Jarrow, Philip Protter, Stefan Weber, Xin Guo and Alexander Shied	View
DePaul University	MS Computational Finance	Chicago, IL		View
DePaul University - Kellstadt School	MS Finance	Chicago, IL		View
Fairfield University - Dolan School	MS Finance	Fairfield, CT		View
Florida State University	MS Financial Mathematics	Tallahassee, FL		View
George Washington University	MS Finance	Washington, DC		View
Georgia Institute of Technology	MS Quantitative and Computational Finance	Atlanta, GA		View
Georgia State University	MSc Mathematical Risk Management	Atlanta, GA		View
Golden Gate University	MS Finance with Concentration in Investment Management	San Francisco, CA		View
Johns Hopkins University - Carey School	MS Finance	Baltimore, MD		View
Illinois Institute of Technology - Center for Law & Financial Mkts	MS Financial Markets	Chicago, IL	Michael Ong	View
Illinois Institute of Technology - Stuart School	MS Finance	Chicago, IL	Michael Ong	View
Kent State University	MS Financial Engineering	Kent, OH		View
Lehigh University	MS Analytical Finance	Bethlehem, PA
Louisiana State University - EJ Ourso School	MS Finance with Minor in Mathematics	Baton Rouge, LA	Don Chance	View
Loyola College - Sellinger School	MS Finance	Baltimore, MD		View
New York University - Courant Institute	MS Mathematical Finance	New York, NY	Marco Avellaneda, Peter Carr, Nassim N. Taleb	View
North Carolina State University	MS Financial Mathematics	Raleigh, NC		View
Oklahoma State University - Spears School	MS Quantitative Financial Economics	Stillwater, OK		View
Polytechnic University of New York	MS Financial Engineering	New York, NY		View
Princeton University	MS Finance	Princeton, NJ		View
Purdue University	MBA with specialisation in Computational Finance	West Lafayette, IN		View
Purdue University	MS Mathematics with specialisation in Computational Finance	West Lafayette, IN		View
Purdue University	MS Statistics with specialisation in Computational Finance	West Lafayette, IN		View
Rutgers University (New Brunswick / Piscataway)	MS Mathematical Finance	Piscataway, NJ		View
Rutgers University	MS Quantitative Finance	Newark, NJ		View
Seattle University - Albers School	MS Finance	Seattle, WA		View
Stanford University	MSc Financial Mathematics	Stanford, CA	Darrell Duffie, Kenneth Singleton	View
Stevens Institute of Technology	MS Financial Engineering (Technology Track) - Distance Learning	Hoboken, NJ
Stony Brook University	MS Financial Mathematics	Stony Brook, NY		View
Texas A&M University	MS Financial/Industrial Mathematics	College Station, TX		View
Tulane University - Freeman School	MS Finance	New Orleans, LA		View
UC Berkeley - Haas School	MS Financial Engineering	Berkeley, CA	Mark Rubinstein, Mark Garman, Nils Hakansson	View
University of Alabama - Culverhouse	MS Finance	Tuscaloosa, AL		View
University of Arizona - Eller	MS Management with Concentration in Finance	Tucson, AZ		View
University of Chicago	MS Financial Mathematics	Chicago, IL	Izzy Nelken, Jack Mosevic, Niels Nygaard, Jon Frye	View
University of Connecticut	Professional MS Applied Financial Mathematics	Storrs, CT		View
University of Dayton	Master of Financial Mathematics	Dayton, OH		View
University of Denver - Daniels	MS Finance	Denver, CO		View
University of Houston - Bauer	MS Finance	Houston, TX		View
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	MS Finance	Urbana Champaign, IL		View
University of Michigan	MS Financial Engineering	Ann Arbor, MI		View
University of Minnesota	Master in Financial Mathematics	Minneapolis, MN		View
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	MS Mathematical Finance	Charlotte, NC		View
University of Pittsburgh	Professional Science MS Mathematical Finance	Pittsburgh, PA		View
University of Southern California	MSc Mathematical Finance	Los Angeles, CA		View
University of Tulsa	MS Finance	Tulsa, OK		View
University of Wisconsin - Madison	Quantitative Masters in Finance	Madison, WI		View
Vanderbilt University - Owen School	MS Finance	Nashville, TN		View
Washington University in St. Louis	MS Finance	St. Louis, MO		View
Worchester Polytechnic Institute	MSc Financial Mathematics	Worchester, MA		View

Canada

HEC Montreal	MSc Financial Engineering (in French)	Montreal, QB		View
Université de Montreal	MSc Financial Mathematics & Computational Finance	Montreal, QB		View
Université Laval	MSc Financial Engineering	Quebec, QB		View
University of Toronto	MS Mathematical Finance	Toronto, ON	John Hull, Alan White	View
University of Waterloo	MS Finance (Mathematical Finance)	Waterloo, ON	Phelim Boyle, Ken Vetzal	View
University of Western Ontario	MS Applied Mathematics (Financial Mathematics)	London, ON		View
UQAM	MSc Applied Finance	Montreal, QB		View
York University	MS Financial Engineering	Toronto, ON		View

Australasia

City University	MSc Finance	Hong Kong, Hong Kong		View
City University	MSc Banking	Hong Kong, Hong Kong		View
City University	MSc Financial Engineering	Hong Kong, Hong Kong		View
Hong Kong University (HKU)	MFin Financial Engineering	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Terry Cheuk	View
Hong Kong University (HKU)	MFin Risk Management	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Terry Cheuk	View
Hong Kong University of Science of Technology (HKUST)	MSc Investment Management	Hong Kong, Hong Kong		View
Hong Kong University of Science of Technology (HKUST)	MSc Financial Analysis	Hong Kong, Hong Kong		View
Hong Kong University of Science of Technology (HKUST)	MSc Mathematics (Financial Mathematics & Statistics)	Hong Kong, Hong Kong		View
Macquarie University	MSc Applied Finance	Sydney, Australia		View
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	MSc Financial Engineering	Singapore, Singapore		View
National Tsing Hua University	MSc Quantitative Finance	Taipei, Taiwan		View
National University of Singapore (NUS)	MSc Financial Engineering	Singapore, Singapore		View
Singapore Management University (SMU)	MSc Applied Finance	Singapore, Singapore
University of Melbourne	MSc Applied Finance	Melbourne, Australia	Mark Joshi	View
University of New South Wales	MSc Financial Mathematics	Sydney, Australia		View
University of Technology Sydney	MSc Quantitative Finance	Sydney, Australia		View

Rest of Europe & Middle East

Bar Ilan University	MSc Financial Mathematics	Ramat Gan, Israel		View
Bogaziçi University	MSc Financial Engineering	Istanbul, Turkey		View
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	MSc Financial Engineering	Lausanne, Switzerland		View
ETH Zurich	Master of Advanced Studies in Finance	Zurich, Switzerland	Marc Chesney, Paul Embrecht, Philipp J. Schönbucher, Freddy Delbaen, Rajna Gibson, Alexander McNeil	View
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management	MSc Quantitative Finance	Frankfurt, Germany
International University of Monaco	Masters in Finance	Monaco, Monaco		View
ISCTE Business School	Msc Finance	Lisbon, Portugal		View
Middle East Technical University	MSc Financial Mathematics	Ankara, Turkey
Tilburg University	MSc Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science	Tilburg, The Netherlands
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid	MSc Financial Analysis	Madrid, Spain
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia	MSc Stock Markets and Financial Derivatives (Spanish)	Madrid, Spain
Università Bocconi	MA Quantitative Finance & Risk Management	Milan, Italy
Universite de Geneve (HEC)	MSc Finance	Geneva, Switzerland		View
Universite de Lausanne (HEC)	MSc Finance	Lausanne, Switzerland	Salih Neftci	View
Universite de Neuchâtel	MSc Finance	Neuchâtel, Switzerland		View
University of St. Gallen	MSc Quantitative Economics and Finance	St. Gallen, Switzerland
University of Twente	MSc Applied Mathematics and MSc Industrial Engineering & Management (Specialisation in Financial Engineering)	Twente, The Netherlands
Universiteit van Amsterdam (Korteweg-de Vries Institute) With Vrije Universteit & Universiteit Utrecht	MSc Stochastics and Financial Mathematics	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Università di Torino	MSc Quantitative Finance	Torino, Italy
University of Piraeus (in Greek)	MSc in Banking and Financial Management	Piraeus, Greece
Vienna Institute of Technology		Vienna, Austria

Rest of the World

Brazilian Mathematics University (Portuguese)	MSc Mathematical Methods in Finance	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (Portuguese)	MBA Derivatives	São Paulo, Brazil
Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (Portuguese)	MBA Pricing & Risk	São Paulo, Brazil
North-West University	MSc Financial Mathematics	Potchestroom, South Africa
North-West University	MSc Quantitative Risk Management	Potchestroom, South Africa
Universidad de Belgrano	MA Financial Engineering	Buenos Aires, Argentina
University of Capetown	MSc Mathematics of Finance	Capetown, South Africa
University of Pretoria	MSc Financial Engineering	Pretoria, South Africa	View
University of Pretoria	MSc Mathematics of Finance	Pretoria, South Africa	View
University of São Paulo (Portuguese)	Professional Masters - Mathematical Modeling in Finance	São Paulo, Brazil
University of Stellenbosch	MComm in Financial Risk Management	Stellenbosch, South Africa
University of the Free State	MSc Mathematical Statistics	Bloemfontein, South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand	MSc Mathematics of Finance	Johannesburg, South Africa

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