哥大申请金数专业研究生项目

Taasa · 发表于 2015-10-22 18:52:15

      哥伦比亚大学的Department of Mathematics 和 Department of Statistics ，合作赞助提供了Master of Arts program in Mathematics with specialization in the Mathematics of Finance (MAFN)。

      It draws on the diverse strengths of the university in mathematics, statistics, stochastic processes, numerical methods, and financial applications.

Curriculum

      We strive for a balance between rigorous theoretical courses and cutting-edge applied courses, the latter in many cases taught by professionals from the financial industry. In addition to the finance, mathematics and statistics course offered by the program, the students can take courses from all over the university.

Structural Changes

      Several structural changes have been made to the MAFN program in the last few years.

      The three semester option: Full time students, including all international students, now have the option to stay in the program for three semesters. Most of the students choose this option. It allows them to

(1) take four courses instead of five in each of the two first semesters,
(2) do internships during the summer and the third semester,
(3) take additional elective courses beyond the degree requirements, and
(4) conduct a thorough and well informed job search during the third semester.

      In connection with the three semester option, we have introduced an MAFN Fieldwork course (CPT), which allows both domestic and international students to do paid internships in the financial industry and earn credit towards the degree.

      The number of finance semester-courses offered directly by the program as electives has grown from 3 per year to around 8-10 per year in 2015-16.

      Test scores used to be optional for applicants but are now mandatory. The test scores of the students in the program are very high.

Placement

      Firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UBS, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital, Deloitte Consulting, Ernst & Young, Societe Generale, Credit Agricole CIB, various hedge funds and asset management firms, and many others have recruited graduates of the program.

项目要求

      托福100或雅思7.0，GRE也有要求，学校官方给出的去年录取平均数是：

      Average Test Scores:2015
      Quantitative GRE Scores：169.3
      Verbal GRE Scores：158.1

申请时间

      该项目先已经开放申请，deadline是05/16/2016，但是由于是rolling制，学校也强烈建议在12月提交申请。

特别事项

学校官网里给出了这样一张表，其中free-standing的意思是：Students in the free-standing M.A. program have a choice of tracks both in terms of their timeline and in their course requirements。所以在选择上有很大的空间。