Overview

This multidisciplinary Financial Engineering MSc program at University of Southern California involves the Viterbi School of Engineering, the Marshall School of Business and the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Department of Economics). Financial Engineering uses tools from finance and economics, engineering, applied mathematics, and statistics to address problems such as derivative securities valuation, strategic planning and dynamic investment strategies, risk management, which are of interest to investment and commercial banks, trading companies, hedge funds, insurance companies, corporate risk managers and regulatory agencies.

Career Opportunities

1st Reliant Home Loans, Inc. - Financial Analyst
Bank of China (Headquarter in Beijing) - Software Developer
Gridx, Inc. - Data Scientist
Light Street Capital - Trader, Developer
Sandalwood Advisors Limited - Senior Quantitative Analyst

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers
Stochastic Processes
Mathematics and Tools for Financial Engineering
Corporate Finance
Management of Financial Risk
Financial Engineering
Directed Research

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Los Angeles, United States

Disciplines

Finance Financial Mathematics View 55 other Masters in Financial Mathematics in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Transcripts: Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.

GRE General Test: Satisfactory and valid test scores. Valid GRE scores must be dated within five years of the start of the intended application semester.

Resume/CV

Letters of Recommendation

Statement of Purpose

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

79950 USD / year

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Out-of-State

79950 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

79950 USD / year

≈ 79950 USD / year

Living costs

Los Angeles

United States

1520 - 2570 USD / month

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Duration

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Los Angeles

Financing

Funding

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