• The MSc in Financial Engineering at Columbia University is a 1-year program.
  • This program is designed for students who wish to work in industries such as securities, banking, and financial management and consulting, or general manufacturing and service firms.
  • The program offers seven concentrations, including:
    • Asset Management
    • Computation and Programming
    • Computational Finance/Trading Systems
    • Derivatives
    • Finance and Economics
    • Financial Technology
    • Machine Learning for Financial Engineering
  • This program gives full-time training in the application of engineering methodologies and quantitative methods in finance.
  • Some of the main topics students learn through this program are:
    • Optimization Models and Methods
    • Stochastic Models
    • Foundations of Financial Engineering
    • Professional Development and Leadership
  • .The student-faculty ratio of this college is 6:1.
  • The acceptance rate of Columbia University is 5.8%.
  • Columbia University is ranked #19 in QS Global World Rankings 2021.