About

Quantitative finance gives its graduates a remarkable wealth of career choices.

JMU's quantitative finance major is an interdisciplinary STEM program that covers the design, development and implementation of innovative financial processes that encourage the formulation of creative solutions to problems in finance.

As such, it is unique among College of Business offerings, and your course of study will result in a B.S. degree with minors in economics and math or a double major with math. Q-Fin is a highly structured program and you must begin your mathematics courses in your freshman year in order to progress through the major in a timely manner. The required major course work provides you with the foundation and tools for a variety of financial situations and problem solving, while electives permit you to emphasize economics, mathematics, statistics or finance.

The pay-off? Opportunities for skilled quantitative finance professionals are seeing explosive growth with the rapid increase in sophisticated quantitative and computational techniques employed by financial firms.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

In the Jordanian system: a minimum average of 70 on the 100 point grading scale. Or the equivalent in the U.S. system: a 'B' average or a 3.00 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.00 GPA grading scale. If your high school uses a different grading scale, please contact us.

If you do not meet the minimum requirements, you may still be considered for admission. Please contact us to explain your situation.

English Requirements

PTEMin 58
IELTSMin 6.5
TOEFLMin 81

Career

ºFinancial
ºBank
ºInvestment
ºStatistician

2024 Investments Generalist at Global Atlantic Financial Group
Finance Internship at Markham Group
Nucor Accounting Internship 2024 at Nucor
Nucor Finance Internship 2024 at Nucor
Public Policy Intern at PFM (Public Financial Management)
Editorial Intern at Crain Communications
construction Management intern at Cianbro
College to Corporate Internship – Advice TX 2023 at Vanguard
College to Corporate Internship – Advice NC 2023 at Vanguard
College to Corporate Internship – Advice AZ 2023 at Vanguard
College to Corporate Internship – Advice PA 2023 at Vanguard
Starwood Capital Group 2024 Office and Industrial Asset Management Summer Analyst at Starwood Capital Group
Corporate Tax Intern at Schreiber Foods
Student Intern – Information Services Department at Spartanburg County Public Library
Grant Writing Intern at Prolific Pillars
FDA Internship on Characterization of Salmonella Present in Produce Production Environments at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
FDA Summer Internship at Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
FDA Summer Internship at Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Intern, Ticket Services (Fall 2023) at Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

Visitor Services Intern at The Student Conservation Association
Intern, Finance (Fall 2023) at Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Fall 2023 - Culinary Internship at Bank of America Stadium at Levy
College and Career Readiness through Mentoring at AmeriCorps
Fall 2023 Investment Banking Internship at ComCap LLC
Catholic Charities Northern Nevada - Marketing Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA at AmeriCorps
Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) Liaison Group Intern at U.S. Department of Commerce | International Trade Administration | The Advocacy Center
Sales and Trading Intern at Phoenix Financial Services
2024 Corporate & Investment Bank Payments Summer Analyst Program at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2024 Corporate & Investment Bank Payments Summer Analyst Program at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Summer 2024 Global Research Summer Internship at HSBC Bank USA
Branch Operations Intern - Greenfield, WI at Regional Finance/ Regional Management Corp.
2024 - Summer Assistant Vice President Internship - CIB Functions, Analytics Lab (Change & Solutions) at BNP Paribas
2024 - Summer Analyst Internship - Group Financial Security at BNP Paribas
2024 - Summer Analyst Internship - CIB Functions, Operations - Jersey City at BNP Paribas
2024 - Summer Analyst Internship - Finance at BNP Paribas
2024 - Summer Analyst Internship - Technology at BNP Paribas
2024 - Summer Analyst Internship - Human Resources at BNP Paribas
2024 - Summer Analyst Internship - Inspection GÃ©nÃ©rale (Internal Audit) at BNP Paribas

2024 Investments Generalist at Global Atlantic Financial Group
Mechanical Engineering Co-Op at Carrier
Public Policy Intern at PFM (Public Financial Management)
Cleveland Clinic International Operations Fall 2023 Unpaid Internship at Cleveland Clinic
Editorial Intern at Crain Communications
College to Corporate Internship – Advice TX 2023 at Vanguard
College to Corporate Internship – Advice NC 2023 at Vanguard
College to Corporate Internship – Advice AZ 2023 at Vanguard
College to Corporate Internship – Advice PA 2023 at Vanguard
Starwood Capital Group 2024 Office and Industrial Asset Management Summer Analyst at Starwood Capital Group
HHS HIV Policy Research Fellowship at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
International Translation Internship (Native Spanish Speaker) at New York Habitat
FDA Internship on Characterization of Salmonella Present in Produce Production Environments at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
FDA Summer Internship at Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
FDA Summer Internship at Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Intern, Finance (Fall 2023) at Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Consulting Internship: Software Engineering (Summer 2024) at CapTech
Consulting Internship: Data Analysis/Data Engineering (Summer 2024) at CapTech
Fall 2023 - Culinary Internship at Bank of America Stadium at Levy

USFS ORISE Conservation Fisheries Genomics Internship at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Data, Policy, and Project Research Fellow: Building Technologies Office at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Co-Op Internship - Mill Product & Metallurgy - Blytheville, AR at Tenaris
Machine Learning Fall 2023 Internship at Idaho National Laboratory
Fall 2023- Customer Communications Intern - 90361152 - Wilmington at Amtrak
Police Student Intern - Spring Semester at Roseville Police Department
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Intern at City of Hardeeville Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department
Fall Intern, Data Engineering - Part Time at SiriusXM
Student Opportunities - Actuarial Internship - Summer 2024 (Hybrid) at The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
Wildlife Biology Support and Invasive Species Member – Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge at American Conservation Experience
Craftsmanship Internship (Spring 2024) at Tesla
Manufacturing Engineering Internship - Powertrain and Energy Products (Spring 2024) at Tesla
Software Engineering Internship Experience 1.B: Business Application Development and Website Analytics with Google Apps Script, JavaScript, and Various APIs and Libraries at PromoterMotor.com, 100% Remote Work, a Division of Bashpole Software, Inc.
Human Resources Internship Experience 2: Interview, Recruit, Onboard, and Participate in HR Functions at PromoterMotor.com, 100% Remote Work, a Division of Bashpole Software, Inc.
USDA-ARS Student Internship on Insect Genome Assembly and Analysis at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
USDA-ARS Research Summer Internship - Data Specialist at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
USDA-ARS Research Opportunity on Bees and Plants at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
College to Corporate Internship – Investment Management – PA 2023 at Vanguard
College to Corporate Internship – Corporate Finance – PA 2023 at Vanguard

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Fee Information

Application Fee 70

How to Apply

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Quantitative Finance