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Message: <blockquote data-quote="realiton" data-source="post: 119922" data-attributes="member: 22452">Hi Systemtrader, I think the Certificate in FE from Columbia is definetly a much better use of time and money.  One of the key reasons is that it is backed by a highly reputable university i.e. Columbia - unfortunately the Finance industry is very superficial, and it really does matter where your qualification came from.   In addition from the course syllabus it seems like they cover a wide range of very important content e.g. Risk Managament, Data Analysis, Volatility surfaces and Key Economics concepts - all of which are only covered in a very superficial way in the CQF. Not sure how the Columbia Certificate actually works, but if by the end of it if you can pull together a decent thesis that is backed by the Columbia brand that will help you hugely in gaining a position in finance and/or risk management.</blockquote>