Overview

Key Features

Why pursue the Quantitative Finance degree from Singapore Management University?

Double up on a global outlook: Uncover opportunities and gain the best of both worlds with a postgraduate degree from both SMU in Singapore and the Bayes Business School in London via the international option.
Where theory meets practice: Learn to trade real-time with live data and master trading algorithms and microstructure under the guidance of knowledgeable faculty with current and extensive quant trading experience.
Increase your career prospects: Deepen your expertise with the opportunity to specialise in Algorithmic Trading, Financial Data Science Quantitative Trading or Risk Analytics.
Compete on a global scale: Gain an edge with an enhanced global outlook on risk management, proprietary trading and quantitative finance.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Asset Pricing
Derivatives
Econometrics of Financial Market
Fixed Income Securities
Numerical Methods
Programming and Computational Finance
Quantitative Analysis of Financial Markets
Risk Analysis
Stochastic Modelling in Finance

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 18 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-31 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Singapore, Singapore

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.4

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor's Degree (in any field with some level of mathematical rigour)
An updated Resume
Your official academic transcripts of all educational institutions attended.
Certified True Copies of CFA / ACCA certificates (if any)
2 Personal Statements (approximately 500-600 words each)
2 Referee Reports
Copy of NRIC/FIN/Passport (in PDF or JPEG format)
Any other supporting documents

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

39966 SGD / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

39966 SGD / year

≈ 39966 SGD / year

Additional Details

(inclusive of GST)

Living costs

Singapore

1878 - 3880 SGD / month

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