Master of Finance (Quantitative Finance and Financial Engineering specialisation) (Fudan MF QF/FE)
A two-year master's whose Financial Engineering specialisation is co-initiated with Princeton faculty, covering risk management, structured products, quantitative trading and research, and financial IT. A sister specialisation covers international finance with UCLA Anderson.
What you’ll study
Core
- Microeconomics
- Elementary Econometrics
- Asset Pricing: Foundation of Finance
- Derivative Securities
- Fixed Income Securities
- Advance Portfolio Management
- Advanced Financial Econometrics
- Advanced Numerical Finance
- Advanced Financial Economics
- Stochastic Modeling in Finance
- Politics
- English
- Dissertation
Electives
- Third-semester electives (not itemised)
Source: fdsm.fudan.edu.cn ↗
Before you apply
- Background
- Bachelor's degree, any academic background (international applicants)
- Tests
- TOEFL/IELTS or GMAT 650 or GRE 315 (one required); GMAT/GRE can be waived after transcript review. Online math and Python test applies to the AIB programme, not the MF
- English
- TOEFL iBT 90 or IELTS 6.5 (not needed for applicants from English-speaking countries or with an English-speaking degree)
- Other
- Two recommendation letters, personal statement, 60-second English self-introduction video, transcripts, no-criminal-record proof, online interview; RMB 800 application fee
Source: fdsm.fudan.edu.cn ↗
After graduation
- Employment
- 100% (2021 Employment Report, Master of Finance overall, not by specialisation)
- Salary
- Average annual income RMB 300,000 (2021 report; an average, not a median)
- Employers
- Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, UBS, Morgan Stanley Huaxin Securities, Bank of Communications Schroder, CITIC Prudential, McKinsey, Meritco, Alibaba
Source: fdsm.fudan.edu.cn ↗
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Programme page says the QFFE specialisation is taught half in English and half in Chinese, while the 2021 brochure says English. Brochure figures (tuition, outcomes) are from 2021 and may be outdated. Average 2.6 offers per student reported. Brochure mentions a QuantNet ranking in secondary sources but no QuantNet page was opened.
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.