Master of Quantitative Finance

After a lively panel discussion with some of the leading "quants" in the finance industry at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), students had a chance to network with Rutgers alumni and other finance professionals on the famed NYSE trading floor during the 2nd Annual Quant Summit hosted by Rutgers Business School’s Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF) program.

Rutgers Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF) Program was featured in an article by Financial Advisor magazine article, "Wall Street Pays Up for Quants." Larry Keating, director of career management at Rutgers MQF program was quoted in the article saying that the demand for quantitative analyst graduates was particularly sharp within the risk and consulting segments of financial firms, “such as th

Rutgers Business School’s Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF) program has been recognized as one of the “Top 10 Quant Schools in 2012” according to a panel of Wall Street experts. The ranking was conducted by Advanced Trading seeking the elite quant programs in 2012 that “do the best job of preparing candidates for quant jobs on the Street.”

Inside the bright lights of Times Square’s NASDAQ tower, over 250 Rutgers students, alumni, faculty, staff and finance professionals witnessed a lively discussion between four quantitative finance legends on the state of the industry today and lessons learned from the financial crisis.

Rutgers Business School faculty and staff welcomed 56 new students in the Master of Quantitative Finance (MQF) program, an over 100 percent growth in enrollment in 2010, during a packed orientation week in August. Students jetted in and out of lower Manhattan, created glass sculptures with the Rutgers-Newark based Glass Roots, and socialized with alumni and other current students, all while getting their first feel of classwork.

RBS Master of Quantitative Finance program is recognized for producing highly recruitable quantitative analysts.

NEWARK, NJ – A board of esteemed Wall Street veterans assembled by Advanced Trading has named Rutgers Business School as one of the top ten quantitative finance schools, based on Wall Street recruitability -- the programs from which Wall Street firms recruit and the programs that produce the best quant grads.

The shortlist puts Rutgers Business School in the company of nine other leading schools: