The MFE program provides a great opportunity for learning the skills required to add value on day one to any trading floor on the street.
What do you think is unique about this program?
While the program teaches both theoretical and applied financial engineering, there is a strong preference to focus on the latter. I found this is unique and proves to be exceptionally beneficial when entering the workforce since you will be able to hit the ground running on day one.
What are the weakest points about this program?
The program is still undergoing a transition to become NYU's school of engineering. This transition is not quite finished, but should be done soon.
Career services
You will have access to the standard NYU career services.They use both the career services offered by the program and by networking. They typically end up on trading floors on either the buyside or sellside. Some go into a career of risk management, some go into trading and some go into quant modelling.
Student body
The students are smart and competitive
