Minor in Quantitative Finance
Educational path
This Minor aims at providing you with highly quantitative and technical skills, with a focus on the modelling of financial variables and pricing of financial instruments across a broad range of assets. The learning approach combines economic and financial theory with mathematical and statistical methods. The Minor also equips you with basic and advanced programming tools that are required for data analysis and portfolio management.
Career Outlook
As a graduate with this Minor, you can naturally develop your career path in hedge funds, commercial banks, investment banks, insurance/reinsurance companies, central banks, stock exchanges and international financial and regulatory organizations. Typical job roles include – but are not limited to – desk trader, financial economist, financial data scientist, portfolio manager, asset manager, risk advisor, pension fund manager, and pricing optimization strategy analyst.
Study Plan 2025-2027
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Semester I |
ECTS |
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Statistics |
6 |
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6 |
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3 |
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3 |
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6 |
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6 |
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Semester II |
ECTS |
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6 |
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|
3 |
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6 |
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6 |
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|
6 |
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3 |
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Semester III |
ECTS |
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Core |
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6 |
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|
6 |
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|
3 |
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Electives |
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|
6 |
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|
3 |
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|
3 |
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6 |
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6 |
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6 |
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6 |
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|
3 |
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3 |
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Field Project |
9 |
|
6 |
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Semester IV (optional) |
ECTS |
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Master Thesis or Coursework |
30 |
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Internship |
9 |
The study plan might be subject to changes.