• The program is ranked 15th on the list of top Master’s of Financial Engineering program by TFE Times (2019).
  • The program ranked 21st in QuantNet's Best Financial Engineering Programs (2018).
  • The program is offered jointly by the Department of Applied Mathematics in the College of Science and the Stuart School of Business.
  • The program offers advanced education in theoretical, computational and business aspects of relevant quantitative methodologies.
  • The graduate may pursue a career as a junior quantitative analyst (quant) with financial institutions such as banks, trading corporations or hedge funds.
  • Students will study subjects such as Futures, Options, and OTC Derivatives or Models for Derivatives, Computational Finance, Stochastic Processes, Mathematical Finance, etc.
  • The MMF program provides individuals interested in pursuing careers in financial risk management with advanced education in theoretical, computational, and business aspects of quantitative methodologies relevant to the financial industry.
  • MMF alumni are employed by such companies as CME Group, Citigroup, Discover Financial Services, Envestnet, Goldman Sachs, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, OCC, PrivateMetrics Group, and Quantitative Risk Management, Inc. (QRM). 
  • The MMF program at Illinois Tech offers an ideal balance of theoretical knowledge and practical application.
  • Students have the opportunity to learn from the professors affiliated with the Department of Applied Mathematics and with the Stuart School of Business, as well as from adjunct professors who are financial practitioners providing practical insight into fixed income modeling and practice, computational methods in quantitative finance, trading strategies, and more.