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Overview Financial Mathematics department at North Carolina State University is known for rigorous training in the core areas of probability, statistics, mathematical modeling, investment theory, stochastic processes, and economics. The depth of understanding prepares students to respond to today’s rapidly evolving, world-wide economic and financial landscape. During the 18 month program, students are encouraged to build on these core areas with a focus in areas such as business management, statistics, mathematics, or risk management. NC State’s Financial Mathematics Program is ranked #20 by QuantNet and ranked #10 by Master of Finance Degrees.

NCSU MFM Invests in Students' Future! FM academic training is matched with a full range of career services and counseling. Once students join our program they have exclusive access to personalized career development counseling to enhance professional and career development unique to each students' interest, experience and skill-set. We also invite guest industry speakers to present and network with our students. Students learn about the field and get career advice from the speakers. Occasionally students will get the opportunity to fwork on and present industry specific projects to professionals who provide them feedback. These services and more are there to make sure you are ready for your career ahead.

NCSU MFM Students are Diverse!

What is Financial Mathematics?

Why Choose NCSU? The Financial Mathematics Program provides technically trained professionals with an understanding of how to value financial derivatives and complex investments, and assess the associated risks. Graduates must have a rigorous training in mathematics, especially in the area of stochastic processes and probability, in statistics, and  in computation, together with a foundation in the institutional operation of financial markets. The Program also provides a focal point for Financial Mathematics activities such as research seminars and workshops.

The core courses have been chosen to provide students with a strong mathematical background, statistical and computational tools, and a comprehensive description of financial markets.The departments offering courses in  the core; Agricultural and Resource Economics, Economics, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics. Elective courses are offered by these departments and others, including Business Management and Computer Science. There is also a one-semester (summer) internship or project</a>. <a href="https://financial.math.ncsu.edu/careerservices/" target="_blank">Students get to work one-on-one with the Executive Career Coach</a> to enhance their professional and career development skills, while defining their career goals and gaining valuable resources. The Director of External Relations (DER) role was added to the program in August 2013, and since then students who work closely with the DER have been placed successfully in full-time jobs and internships; <a href="https://financial.math.ncsu.edu/placement-data/" target="_blank">we have 100% placement rate</a>.

Student Profile We seek highly qualified students with strong backgrounds in mathematics and computing and an interest in working within the financial community. We do not look for specific majors and do not have a single ideal candidate; rather we look for well rounded students with a definite plan to work in the financial community after graduation. Accepted students in past years have had majors as diverse as Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Physics and Engineering. In addition we have accepted PhD's and MBA's.

In the fall, a new class of full-time students numbers about 30. But our courses are also attended by part-time and non-degree students who work full-time in the financial industry as well as PhD students in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, and other sciences for whom quantitative finance is an attractive career option. At some course sessions, you will also find senior personnel from the financial industry attending who are interested in a lecturer's approach to a particular topic. We think this varied mix of course participants helps to enrich the educational experience of all, by allowing the sharing of viewpoints from many different professional perspectives.