Our first class of 11 full-time students has produced 7 new graduates and 3 more expect to receive their degree in May after finishing up their Master's projects. Job placement has been excellent. All students seeking jobs have found them, most either before graduating or within one month of finishing their studies in December. Our graduates have found jobs in major Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, Chase, JP Morgan, and Solomon Smith Barney as well as smaller firms in New York and Boston. Current students have finished up summer internships at major New York firms such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, and Chase.
Most students expect to do their final project on some topic related to their summer work.
Invited speakers include university researchers and industry practitioners. It is free of charge and open to the general public. Our students are in charge of planning an additional series of seminars on topics interesting and relevant to their needs. It describes the most recent models used in the financial industry, combining both theoretical and practical approaches. As a Ph. D. student in mathematics I really enjoy it since it allows me to apply my skills to very concrete problems arising in finance.