Universities / University of Coimbra
Mestrado em Métodos Quantitativos em Finanças (Master's in Quantitative Methods in Finance) (MQF)
Teaches the mathematics behind derivative pricing, risk management, financial time series and portfolio selection, tied to how financial markets work. Includes a 30-ECTS dissertation in quantitative finance.
What you’ll study
Core
- Financial Time Series
- Optimization Methods in Finance
- Risk and Financial Economics
- Stochastic Processes and Calculus
- Financial Derivatives
- Interest Rate Models and Credit Derivatives
- Mathematics in Finance
- Risk Theory
- Dissertation in Quantitative Finance
- Seminar in Quantitative Finance
Electives
- Computational Mathematics
- Continuous Optimization
- Data Analysis for Financial Markets
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Multivariate Statistics
- Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
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Before you apply
- Background
- Finance professionals with Economics, Management or Engineering background, or recent graduates in Mathematics, Physics, Economics or Management
- Other
- Details in the call for applications
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After graduation
- Typical first roles
- Quantitative analyst at investment banks, consulting and auditing firms, pension funds, insurers, Research on mathematical problems in economics and finance
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