Cambridge Master of Finance program

[Andy Nguyen]

I have searched on QuantNet and it seems the program is not as popular for people applying to UK quant programs. I can only deduce that it is not as quantitative as similarly named programs in the US such as Princeton MFin and MIT MFin.
Looking to get a better understanding of how these UK programs are perceived among applicants.

 

[MikeLawrence]

Doesn't look like it

Core courses on the MFin

Core courses provide a foundation to the degree and ensure a solid grounding in finance theory, concepts and analysis See the list of core courses.

www.jbs.cam.ac.uk

 

[Arbitrary]

Doesn't look like it

Core courses on the MFin

Core courses provide a foundation to the degree and ensure a solid grounding in finance theory, concepts and analysis See the list of core courses.

www.jbs.cam.ac.uk

This might be the wrong program - Cambridge has an MFin (2+ years of exp. required) and an MPhil (research focused masters - often for PhD prep)
MFin: Class profile - Master of Finance - Cambridge Judge Business School
"Our Master of Finance is one of the few where all participants have at least 2 years of professional finance experience."

MPhil: MPhil in Finance - PhD & research masters - Cambridge Judge Business School
For a 9-month course its quite quantitative + ability to take electives from Mathematics faculty

I think the MPhil is generally less known even among standard masters of finance students (compared to LBS MFA, LSE MFin, Oxford FinEcon) as it doesnt appear on any public rankings, as well as having a class size of only ~20 students and one of the most competitive acceptance rates. Not sure how many of the 20 students end up pursuing Quantitative Finance, compared to traditional roles or going on to PhD.

Edit: Cambridge also has a FinEcon MPhil under the Econ department: MPhil in Finance and Economics - Course Modules | Faculty of Economics

 

[Richmond]

The latest employment report of the Cambridge MFin [Master of Finance] seems to show a negligible (but still existent) placement into quant and trading.

As the images above show 2% of the graduating class of 2022 got into quant and 2% of the class got into trading.

From the image it also seems that the quant firm doing the hiring was most likely Worldquant.

Regarding how quantitative the course can get, here's what the course website says:

One can make of this what they will I suppose, I am not too sure if the Mfin cohort will get access to the trifecta courses of mathematical finance there (Advanced Probability, Stochastic Calculus and Applications and Advanced Financial Models of the MMath/Part III programme).

They also seem to offer a quantitative finance 'track' :