Admission Requirements: MSc in Quantitative Finance
The following
requirements have to be met in order to be admitted to the MSc in Quantitative Finance:
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Completion of or enrollment in a relevant Bachelor's program or
other equivalent degree program at a recognized Austrian or foreign
post-secondary
institution. To be considered relevant, the completed program has to
meet the
following criteria:
The program comprises at least 180
ECTS credits. 180 ECTS correspond to three academic years. Examinations have to be taken in one of the following subjects:
- Business administration / economics / finance, worth a minimum of 60 ECTS
credits
- Mathematics / statistics / computing, worth a minimum of 45 ECTS credits
Please note: It is not necessary to have completed this
program at the
time of application,
proof of completion of your first-degree program is not required
until
actual enrollment. Nevertheless the requirements listed
above have to be documented within the uploaded documents.
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Adequate English proficiency:
- English as native language
- full Bachelor's
program done in English (at least 3 years, university confirmation
required)
- one of the following certificates: valid TOEFL
600/250/100, valid IELTS
7.0, valid TOEIC 800, CAE (Certificate of Advanced English), CPE
(Certificate of Proficiency in English), BEC Higher (Business English
Certificate Higher), UNIcert III
- certificates of exams taken at WU in English Business Communication
worth at least 14 ECTS credits and with a weighted average grade of
2.49 or better
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Skills and knowledge in business
administration / economics / finance
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Skills and knowledge in mathematics /
statistics
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Achievement potential:
- valid GMAT
- equivalent standard test
- letters of recommendation
written by a course teacher, an advisor or supervisor of an
academic thesis, or the educational institution at which the course or
courses were attended or the academic thesis was written, detailing your
achievement potential
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