Career Development

The QCF program has consistently competitive acceptance rate, job placement, and academic statistics. The program is currently ranked in the top ten Financial Engineering programs in North America by QuantNet, the only program in the Southeast to attain this distinction.

QCF students benefit from the individual attention of a dedicated Corporate Relations Manager who will advise you from the day of your acceptance into the program until your graduation. Your advisor will know you personally, and will help you discern and prepare for a career that amplifies your strengths.

The QCF Corporate Relations Manager also works with companies who recruit from the QCF program, helping students demonstrate the skillsets recruiters seek while helping employers find a precise match for their company's needs.

A portfolio of services and tools is at QCF student's fingertips to aid in your job search, resume and interview preparation, and career decision-making:

• Career Development Workshop: Jump in to your career process with a "crash course" to set you in the right direction for networking, communicating your skillsets, and job searching
• Info Sessions: Learn about companies and job opportunities directly from hiring managers, peer employees, employed alumni, and Human Resources professionals
• Speakers Series: Develop networking and industry-specific insight from experts, senior managers, scholars, and innovators from news-making companies in the financial industry
• Resumes: With one-on-one guidance and editing, you will learn to craft a relevant and tailored resume that matches what your potential employers seek; a Resume Book is made available to companies who recruit remotely for internship and full-time positions
• Interview Preparation: Learn what to expect in a particular interview from the program's Career Advisor and classmates; participate in individual mock phone and in-person interviews; participate in interview workshops. Practice is the key!
• Networking and Professional Events: Interact with professionals and QCF alumni at social events; previous collaborating organizations include the Global Association of Risk Management Professionals (GARP) and the South East Hedge Fund Association (SEHFA)
• Career Fairs: Students have opportunity to participate in several Georgia Tech career fairs throughout the year in addition to professional association and national industry career fairs
• Career Buzz: Identify and apply to internship and full-time job opportunities through a portal used by recruiters who target Georgia Tech and the QCF program for their specific needs
• Optimal Interview System: Learn to see yourself as employers do using this video-based customizable interview practice system
• Workshops: International education (Visa issues), professional etiquette, technical seminars, case interviewing, communications, language
• Alumni: QCF alumni of all levels of seniority in the quantitative finance industry are active in identifying positions and mentoring potential candidates

“GARP is very pleased to welcome Georgia Institute of Technology to the GARP Partnership for Risk Education. The MS in Quantitative & Computational Finance jointly offered by the Scheller College of Business, the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering and the School of Mathematics is a dynamic, rigorous program. Its interdisciplinary nature affords students flexibility in crafting their educational experience across the schools, as well as ensures that its students will be well-positioned to pursue the FRM designation and to assume strategic roles within the global risk management profession."

Dr. Chris Donohue, Managing Director – Head of Research & Educational Programs, GARP

QCF Class of 2016 - Full Time Career Summary

The QCF network of alumni and companies that recruited from the program extends to (partial list):