Universities / Bocconi University
Master in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management (MaFinRisk)
An intensive one-year specialised master combining quantitative finance and risk management theory with practical tools, plus coverage of institutional aspects of financial systems. Structured as fundamentals, core courses and electives, finishing with a research project or internship report.
What you’ll study
Core
- Term I: 7 fundamentals courses (names not retrieved)
- Term II: 5 core courses (names not retrieved)
Electives
- Term III: 6 electives chosen from about 15 (names not retrieved)
Source: unibocconi.it ↗
Before you apply
- Background
- Three-year bachelor or higher in economics or a quantitative discipline (maths, physics, statistics, engineering, computer science)
- Tests
- GMAT/GRE or Bocconi Online Test (50 questions, 75 min) required
- English
- B2 minimum (certificate)
- Other
- Motivation statement; optional references and video; interview only if needed; limited work experience typical
Source: unibocconi.it ↗
After graduation
- Employment
- 96% employed one year after graduation (class year not stated); about 1 month average time to placement; 64% working abroad
- Typical first roles
- Sales and trading, Risk control and management, Investment management and hedge funds, Structuring, Derivatives pricing, Financial modelling
- Employers
- Mediobanca, UniCredit, Intesa Sanpaolo, Morgan Stanley, Citibank Europe, Generali Asset Management, KPMG, UBS, Commerzbank, BlackRock, BNP Paribas
Source: unibocconi.it ↗
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What students and graduates say
Threads from QuantNet and other forums where applicants, students and graduates discuss this programme. They’re personal views and may be out of date.
- MaFinRisk Bocconi vs Imperial RMFE (QuantNet)
- Bocconi - Master of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management (QuantNet school page) (QuantNet)
- Italian Quantitative Finance Masters..which is better? (QuantNet)
Checked 6 November 2026 against the sources linked on this page. Fees, units and requirements change each year, so confirm them on the programme’s website before applying.