C07023v3 Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Finance
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Finance (GradDipQF)Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Career options
Admission requirements
Credit recognition
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The Quantitative Finance program provides the opportunity to acquire the detailed specialised knowledge and the professional competency required to work as a quantitative finance analyst in the modern finance industry.
This course provides the core knowledge of the modern financial instruments and the fundamentals of the specialised quantitative finance skills required for a basic professional competency in quantitative finance.
Career options
Career options for graduates include positions as quantitative analysts, risk management analysts, quantitative structures, quantitative developers, forecasters, traders, investment analysts and financial engineers across investment banks, trading banks, hedge funds, investment management companies, consulting companies, energy and mining companies, regulatory bodies and government organisations.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Previous qualifications must be in finance or with a strong mathematical background. Entry to the course is at the discretion of the course director.
The English proficiency requirement for local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
Credit recognition
Students may be granted a maximum of five subject exemptions in the Graduate Diploma in Finance, of which two core subjects may be approved from prior undergraduate study.
Course duration and attendance
The course duration is two years of part-time study.
Course structure
The course totals 48 credit points, comprising core subjects and options.
Course completion requirements
| STM90318 Core subjects (Quantitative Finance) | 48cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course program
The course program is shown below.
| 25832 Financial Markets Instruments | 6cp | |
| 25834 Portfolio Analysis | 6cp | |
| 25837 Financial Econometrics | 6cp | |
| 25854 Statistical Methods for Quantitative Finance | 6cp | |
| 25855 Fundamentals of Derivative Security Pricing | 6cp | |
| 25856 Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points from the following options: | 12cp | |
| 25849 Financial Risk Management | 6cp | |
| 25850 Credit Risk | 6cp | |
| 25851 Mathematical Finance | 6cp | |
| 25857 Interest Rate Modelling | 6cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
Students who successfully complete this course may apply for admission to the Master of Quantitative Finance (C04052).
Other information
Further information is available from UTS: Business on:
telephone +61 2 9514 3660
email business@uts.edu.au
www.business.uts.edu.au/pg
