Finance - Quantitative Finance University of Amsterdam

Overview

Help develop the role of big data in finance

In many disciplines of finance, the use of quantitative tools is rapidly rising. So experts with a deep knowledge of quantative finance and data science are in high demand. In the Quantitative Finance (Finance) programme of the University of Amsterdam we prepare you to become fluent in performing data driven analyses, for example in complex risk modelling for regulatory regimes like Basel III. Also, you will learn how to manage big data in other finance disciplines such as risk management, asset management and investment banking.

Do you have a mind for mathematics and an interest for data driven analysis applied to financial decision making? This may well be the track for you.

Career prospects

Graduates of the Master's in Finance/Quantitative Finance track have excellent job prospects for positions as investment banker, all-round financial or business analyst, investment advisor, portfolio manager, derivatives trader, treasurer and financial director, risk manager, business analyst with financial institutions or fin-tech start-ups, quantitative asset manager or hedge fund manager at Dutch and international companies, such as:

• Optiver

• Rabobank

• ING

• Ortec