Workshops, Events, and Competitions

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 : The Master of Financial Mathematics (MFM) and Fundamentals of Quantitative Finance (FQF) programs at the University of Minnesota's School of Mathematics host a 10-day workshop for MFM, FQF and PhD students every winter between fall and spring semesters

Early February - Introduction to Bloomberg Workshop

Feb-April – "How I Became a Quant"  Panel  - Student Competitions – IAQF Academic Paper Competition, Rotman International Trading Competition