Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Finance

Program Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Finance equips students with the expertise and skills to become quantitative finance analysts. The program covers core financial instruments and quantitative finance techniques, with students selecting from a range of courses to complete the 24 credit point requirement. Graduates can pursue careers in various finance sectors, including investment banks, hedge funds, and consulting companies.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This program, a Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Finance, presents the chance to attain the focused expertise and professional proficiency necessary to work as a quantitative finance analyst in today's finance sector. The program imparts core knowledge in modern financial instruments, along with crucial quantitative finance skills required for fundamental professional competence in the field.

Outline:

The program encompasses 24 credit points and comprises three core subjects. Students may select from the following courses to fulfill the credit point requirement: Application of Numerical and Computational Approaches A (8 credit points) Application of Numerical and Computational Approaches B (8 credit points) Financial Market Instruments (8 credit points) Fundamentals of Derivative Security Pricing (8 credit points) Interest Rates and Credit Risk Models (8 credit points) Probability Theory and Stochastic Analysis (8 credit points) Quantitative Portfolio Analysis (8 credit points) Risk Management (8 credit points)

Careers:

Graduates of the program can pursue careers as quantitative analysts, risk management analysts, quantitative structures, quantitative developers, forecasters, traders, investment analysts, and financial engineers. Potential employers span investment banks, trading banks, hedge funds, investment management companies, consulting companies, energy and mining companies, regulatory bodies, and government organizations.