Center Activities
Sept- April: Weekly Career Development Workshop for 1st yr. students
October 6: CME University Trading Challenge Begins
Mid-October: Trip to New York City - National Financial Mathematics Career Fair & alumni/current student dinner for 2nd year students
Early November – MinneAnalytics Fall Student Data Science Challenge
Mid-October Quantitative Finance and Statistics Graduate Student Career Event for all MFM, FQF, Statistics grad students and some undergrads
Late November Chicago Trek - Students visit 3 firms where our alumni work and attend an alumni/current student dinner- for 1st and 2nd year students.
Early January – MFM Winter Modeling Workshop – This 10-day intensive workshop is one of the premier MFM/FQF events that provide students deep real-world experience in small project teams guided by senior quant mentors
Early February - Introduction to Bloomberg Workshop
Feb-April – Student Competitions – IAQF Academic Paper Competition, Rotman International Trading Competition
April - How I Became a Quant Panel