The Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) Program ranked #1 for the second consecutive year in QuantNet’s survey of the “Best Financial Engineering Programs, Mathematical Finance 2018” in North America.
This year the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences program, housed in the Department of Mathematics, tied with the MFE at the University of California, Berkeley, for the top slot. Both finished with a perfect 100 score. “Ranking #1 in 2016 and now in 2017 is richly deserved recognition for the strength of our program,” said Dan Stefanica, PhD, professor of mathematics and MFE program co-director. “This honor also reflects the drive and accomplishments of our talented students and dedicated alumni.”
That drive and talent manifested, as well, as successes in such prestigious national and international student contests as Traders@MIT, Datathon, and the University of Chicago Midwest Trading Competition and—most recently—at the inaugural Baruch Alumni-Student Trading Competition in March. Ten alumni teamed up with 20 undergraduate and graduate students, many of whom belong to the elite group the Wall Street Journal dubbed Baruch’s “trading whiz kids,” for a simulated market challenge hosted by the College’s Subotnick Financial Services Center in collaboration with the Office of Alumni Relations.