Financial Economics

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The Master of Science in Financial Economics is a STEM eligible degree that requires four semesters (fall and spring) of full-time study at Columbia Business School.

The program begins in early September. To graduate, students must complete a minimum of 16 full-term, graduate-level courses (48 credits), including a thesis seminar, in which they conduct a project on an industry-focused research question. Students also typically complete a summer internship for at least six weeks which involves working as an intern in a company or doing research assistance work for a faculty member. The internship will ideally be tied closely to a student’s thesis.

Each semester, students take a rigorous set of PhD-level courses, supplemented with MBA- and other graduate-level courses. In students’ second, third, and fourth terms, they enroll in at least one and possibly two PhD or MBA electives. MSFE students must take 10 full term PhD or PhD-equivalent courses and may take no more than six MBA level courses.

Students must elect to be in one of two tracks: the Academia Track or the Industry Track.