New finance MSc course introduced

A full-time Master of Science in Quantitative Finance  (MScQF) degree has been introduced by the Department of Banking and Finance at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. 

The two-year programme replaces the existing one-year MBS in Quantitative Finance that is now in its fifth year of operation. 

The curriculum aims to give students the knowledge and skills to develop quantitative security pricing models and trading strategies for managing portfolios of equity, fixed income, and derivative securities, and for managing corporate financial risk. 

Career options for MScQF graduates include funds management, investment banking, financial engineering, and corporate treasury management.  

The MScQF also provides the recommended coursework component of the PhD in Finance at UCD, leading to careers in academia as well as the finance industry. 

The programme would suit analytically talented students from quantitative backgrounds who wish to pursue careers in finance while still exercising their exceptional mathematical skills. 

It is also appropriate for commerce graduates who feel that they have the appropriate disposition and natural talent for mathematically more rigorous training in finance. The MScQF will admit only about 20 students each year.  

Further information is available from programme director Dr
Dan Golden at dan.golden@ucd.ie

Dr Dan Golden, Programme Director of MScQF; Ted Marah, Chief Executive of IIB; Alessandra Pasquoni of Pioneer Investments; and Dr Philip Bourke, dean of the Faculty of Commerce; at the recent launch of the Master of Science in Quantitative Finance  programme.