Mastère Spécialisé® Computational and Quantitative Finance at EFREI Paris

The MS CQF trains high-level specialists in quantitative finance and econophysics able to analyse time-sensitive financial market data with algorithms derived from physics. It is aimed at finance professionals with investment-bank or FinTech experience and awards the title Expert Quantitative Finance.

Faculty: Mastères Spécialisés  |  Duration: 12 months (525 hours)  |  Study mode: initial or continuing training; taught in English; 4 days school and 1 day company from mid-October to mid-March, then a company period; 100% on campus at Villejuif  |  Location: Villejuif, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

Foundations of quantitative finance (market microstructure, real-time and historical market data, numerical optimisation, stochastic processes), programming in quantitative finance (object-oriented programming, machine learning, multithreading, hardware), econophysics, applications in quantitative finance and ESG (high-frequency trading, pricing and execution, ethics) and a professional thesis.

Career pathways

Quantitative analyst, quantitative trader, software architect for financial infrastructure, software architect for high-performance banking applications.

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