Financial Engineering, MS
Pursue advanced study in quantitative methods and finance and learn to apply tools like AI and machine learning to financial markets and products.
Prepare to navigate the intricacies of modern financial markets, innovating solutions that help financial institutions serve their clients and build their businesses. In the MS in Financial Engineering program, you’ll develop your quantitative skills, build a broad-based knowledge of finance, and learn to use the latest tools like AI and machine learning to manage risk, enhance decision making, and create value.
Our unique location in New York City, the world leader in finance, and on a campus that is a hub of pioneering research, lets you experience the dynamic interplay between theory and application. Faculty who are both active scholars and practicing professionals will equip you for career success, preparing you to join recent graduates at companies like Amazon, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.
Why Get your Master's in Financial Engineering at Columbia?
Columbia gives you a rigorous Ivy League education in the heart of a vibrant global city for an experience unlike any place else.
As a student here, you’ll benefit from:
- Being in the Center of it All
Study financial engineering in New York City, the world capital of finance. Through an ongoing seminar series, faculty who work in the industry, and other opportunities, you’ll learn from and connect with expert practitioners at leading companies in the city, giving you a competitive edge for your career.
- Outstanding Placement
Graduates from the financial engineering program at Columbia Engineering are known for their competence and leadership abilities, which is why our graduates find positions at top companies in asset management, investment banking, financial services, and consulting.
- Cutting-Edge Curriculum
Master today’s technologies and prepare for tomorrow’s developments. Our curriculum gives you both a solid grounding in the theoretical aspects of finance and deep experience with the latest tools for modeling and analysis, including AI and machine learning. You’ll graduate ready to excel in a wide variety of roles.
- Career-Focused Concentrations
Take advantage of 7 concentrations in areas including financial technology, machine learning, and asset management to build your skills and knowledge in areas of strategic importance in today’s economy.