Applied Security Analysis Program offers students a unique opportunity to develop into professional investors. Up to 21 students are selected each year after finishing extensive graduate-level coursework.
Students develop fundamental research and portfolio management skills.
Participants obtain first-hand experience with the rigors of managing real money, along with the critical knowledge of what it takes to work successfully in a team. Students also benefit from interacting with investment professionals and program alumni, many of whom currently maintain important positions in the professional money management field. Students entering the program will have opportunities to work, in groups, on important corporate finance problems with consulting firms, investment banks, and public or private firms. The Quantitative Master's in Finance is designed explicitly to train individuals for quantitative research and modeling positions - typically at investment or banking firms. These positions require knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and computer programming as well as advanced training in finance.