The MSCF Program

Introduced in 1994, Carnegie Mellon's pioneering Master of Science in Computational Finance (MSCF) is considered by many today to be the top quantitative financial engineering program in the country.

The MSCF program is the joint venture of four colleges on our campus -  the Tepper School of Business, the Mathematical Sciences Department, the Department of Statistics, and the Heinz College. Administered by the Tepper School of Business, the MSCF student enoys the advantages of the business school environment, including the full resources of the School's placement services.

As a result of the collaborative efforts of these four colleges, MSCF's twenty-five courses are both balanced and deep. Designed expressly for the MSCF student and the needs of the industry, the curriculum seemlessly integrates the math and statistics found in today's quantitative financial markets with computation and financial management.

The MSCF program is intense and extremely demanding - recruiters know the students graduating from MSCF are bright, highly motivated and keenly interested in the financial engineering industry. Our employment rates remain high - even in these challenging times.  

If your passion is to be in derivative sales and trading, solving client needs through structured products, financial analytics, or risk management, there is no program better able to provide you with the educational tools and recruiting services you need to succeed!