Quantitative Finance

Money, capital, loans, securities, foreign exchange - all of them are assets traded on financial markets. How supply and demand behave in these markets and what impact they have on the world's economies is what you will be studying in the one-subject master's program in Quantitative Finance at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel (CAU).

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In the in-depth economics training, you place particular emphasis on the area of ​​the financial markets. The aim of your university education is to prepare you for demanding jobs in the financial sector. You will be taught the economic theory of pricing on financial markets and the valuation of derivatives such as options and futures. Corporate finance or the economic treatment of risk and uncertainty are also on your curriculum.

In your professional practice you will need a deeper understanding of relevant methods from numerical mathematics, statistics and empirical economic research (econometrics). When studying quantitative finance, you will receive structured, quantitatively oriented training in both the methods and the associated economic theories. The economic sub-areas of economics and business administration, statistics and econometrics are linked with the mathematical sub-areas of stochastics, numerics and mathematical finance.

Your studies are also based on current research questions on national and international financial markets. These include the impact of complex networks, asset risk management or systemic risk in the banking sector. In the elective area, you have the option to either specialize in one area of ​​financial market research or to take additional offers from other economics courses at Kiel University.

The quantitative finance master's degree is largely international. You complete all economic courses in English. You can expand the international perspective of your economic studies by spending a semester abroad. With partner institutes in over 15 countries you have numerous exchange opportunities.