<p>I'm thinking about majoring Financial Engineering ,but I can't decide which university to apply to ,Columbia seems good.Could someone give me some suggestions?</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon is also a good school for that</p>
<p>to work in quantitative trading, at a hedge fund, or in research some financial firm, f.e. at Columbia is absolutely top notch, CMU doesn’t match when it comes to recruiting opportunities for these places. Princeton ORFE is comparable. Columbia’s masters FE program was rated #1 or #2 in the country a year or two ago. The undergrad fe program is likewise strong, but you do need to get in. you have to have a great grades in classes that matter: stat, calc, programming, and a highish overall gpa.</p>
<p>Thank you ,but I wanna know the differences of the courses among these universities,any other people?</p>
<p>There are several other sites that specialize in this; try QuantNet or Global Derivatives. Mind you, that these sites are geared more towards graduate school programs. </p>
<p>I’m less clear about financial engineering on undergraduate level, but I do know that Columbia and Princeton has such programs. That said, if you’re interested in becoming a quant, I’d go out on a limb and say that it’s more important to build a good basis in mathematics, computer science, and general finance during your undergraduate years – rather than focusing on the denomination of the degree.</p>
<p>For Financial Engineering Carnegie Mellon is the best. coming out of school you will get the best opportunities. From A reuters article…</p>
<p>FACTBOX: Leading financial engineering schools
Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:54am EST Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text <a href=“Reuters”>+</a> - Below are some leading quant farms:</p>
<p>CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA</p>
<p>Year founded: 1994</p>
<p>Size of class: 70 students</p>
<p>COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK</p>
<p>Year founded: 1996</p>
<p>Size of class: 60-70</p>
<p>UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELY</p>
<p>HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS</p>
<p>Year founded: 2001</p>
<p>Size of class: 60</p>
<p>NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, COURANT INSTITUTE</p>
<p>Year founded: 1998</p>
<p>Size of class: 120</p>
<p>CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK</p>
<p>Year founded: 1999 Continued…</p>
<p>^CMU is oldest, not by much at all, your article doesn’t say anything about quality or job opps. All rankings are of grad programs, which don’t necessarily correlate to quality of undergrad recruiting. Undergrad recruiting depends a combination of major and opportunities available to school as a whole, which usually depends on the perceived quality of its students. Columbia gets many more people into top quant and trading roles than does CMU, so even if the masters in F.E. programs are comparable, their undergrad majors place worse than Columbia’s.</p>