Offered through Cornell’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, the M.Eng. in Financial Engineering is a career-focused, application-driven program that goes beyond textbook finance. Highlights include a flexible curriculum covering data science, optimization, analytics, and computing; a wide range of finance courses; an integrated, optional Financial Data Science certificate; industry-sponsored capstone projects; and career development programs designed to help students launch their careers.
Structured to offer a flexible curriculum, the program allows students to focus on a career track of their choice. Some of the most popular career tracks include:
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Trading
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Quantitative portfolio management
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Financial data science/fintech
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Financial risk management
Placement Information
While the majority of our students have firm post-graduation plans by the time they graduate in the middle of December, some will find new job offers within the first months of the new year.
Many new opportunities become available between February and May of the following year, and CFEM works closely with newly-minted alumni and recruiters to ensure high placement rates within 6-9 months after graduation.
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News
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Spain honors Cornell Engineering professor with knighthood
Professor Marcos López de Prado received the Officer’s Cross of the Royal Order of Civil Merit, which represents a knighthood and one of Spain’s highest honors, for his distinguished services to science.
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Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan