Overview. Our degree program, ``MSMF'', integrates theoretical foundations with practical
applications to quantitative finance. Core courses are offered by the
departments of Mathematics, Statistics, and Electrical and Computer
Engineering; electives are offered by these departments, the Business School, and the
departments of Computer Science, Economics, Systems Engineering, and Operations Research.
Careers. We prepare our graduates for rewarding careers in investment banks, hedge
funds, asset management companies, financial software and data
companies, and insurance companies, with roles in financial modeling and software development,
model, market, credit, and operational risk management, asset valuation,
trading desk support, trading, and portfolio management.
Top ten national ranking. Advanced Trading magazine ranks our program among the top 10 in the United States; graduate school surveys by
US News & World Report and
the National Research Council rank the graduate programs of the
Departments of Mathematics and Statistics among the top 25 in the
United States.
Q&A sessions for applicants. We encourage you to apply well before the
deadline,
view our brochure (pdf),
and meet the Director during
weekly office hours at the New
Brunswick campus or a Q&A session in Manhattan at the Columbia
Club, 15 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036. The Q&A sessions are offered monthly during the Fall and Winter and on demand for the remainder of the year by email to finmath (at) rci.rutgers.edu;
please include a contact phone number.
We are pleased to announce new courses on High-frequency Finance and Quantitative Strategies and Stochastic Control in Finance scheduled for Spring 2010. Please visit our degree program page f [More...]
How I Became a Quant: Financial Engineers Give a Personal View (October 20, 2009)
The IAFE Education Committee and the Fischer Black Memorial Foundation recently invited Dr. Paul Feehan, Director of the Rutgers University Mathematical Finance graduate program to moderate a panel discussion designed for students interested in pursuing a career in Quantitative Finance. [More...]
Mathematical Finance & Partial Differential Equations Conference, December 4, 2009 (August 9, 2009)
The Mathematical Finance Program is sponsoring a one-day conference on mathematical finance, computational finance and partial differential equations at the Heldrich Hotel, New Brunswick, New Jersey. The conference will be of interest to academic and industry researchers alike. Please visit t [More...]
View All News and Announcements
Commodity Derivatives Models with Mean-Reverting Jumps and Stochastic Volatility: A Spectral Expansion Approach
Lingfei Li (Northwestern University), 11/24/2009, Tuesday, 1:45-2:45 pm, Hill 705
Please view the calendars for the Mathematical Finance and Probability seminar and Mathematical Finance Careers seminar.