PRMIA accredited programme
CAREER PROSPECTS AND FURTHER STUDY
Knowledge of quantitative skills gives students more options and advantages in the job markets. The demand for recruits with strong quantitative skills has spread beyond the derivatives area, and graduates from the programme can move into a wide range of careers in the financial sector. Career options for quantitative finance majors include:
- Actuary
- Asset/liability manager
- Corporate treasurer
- Compliance manager
- Credit analyst
- Derivative specialist
- Economist
- Financial advisor
- Financial product developer
- Financial researcher
- Hedge fund manager
- Investment banker
- Private banking relationship manager
- Risk control manager
- Securities analyst
- Statistician
The vigorous training of this programme also provides excellent preparation for students aspiring to pursue master or doctoral studies in finance or quantitative finance. Many world- class universities, such as California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Columbia University, and New York University, offer these programmes. Some graduates of this programme have been admitted to graduate programmes at world-renowned universities such as Princeton University, Columbia University, and the University of California, Berkeley.