Financial Engineering - Master [1 Years]
$57,402 /Yr On-campus full_time

Master of Science [M.S] Financial Engineering

  • The MSc in Financial Engineering at Columbia University is a 1-year program.
  • This program is designed for students who wish to work in industries such as securities, banking, and financial management and consulting, or general manufacturing and service firms.
  • The program offers seven concentrations, including:
    • Asset Management
    • Computation and Programming
    • Computational Finance/Trading Systems
    • Derivatives
    • Finance and Economics
    • Financial Technology
    • Machine Learning for Financial Engineering
  • This program gives full-time training in the application of engineering methodologies and quantitative methods in finance.
  • Some of the main topics students learn through this program are:
    • Optimization Models and Methods
    • Stochastic Models
    • Foundations of Financial Engineering
    • Professional Development and Leadership
  • .The student-faculty ratio of this college is 6:1.
  • The acceptance rate of Columbia University is 5.8%.
  • Columbia University is ranked #19 in QS Global World Rankings 2021.

Tution & Application Fees

Year Year 1
Tuition Fees $49360
Health Insurance $642
Books and supply $2000
Miscellaneous expenses $5400
Total Fees $57402

Examinations

Exam Type Exam Name Score Out of Score Exam Level
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language 100 120 3
IELTS International English Language Testing System 7.5 9 3
PTE Pearson Test of English 68 90 3
GRE Graduate Record Examination 311 340 2

Academic Eligibility: 

  • Students must have a bachelor's degree in a related field of engineering or science to get admission in this program.
  • Students are required to maintain at least a 3.0 overall GPA.

Language Requirments:

  • Students whose official language is not English are required to submit IELTS or TOEFL scores.