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The Berkeley Master of Financial Engineering Program The Berkeley Master of Financial Engineering Program provides you with the knowledge and skills to prepare you for a career in the finance industry.

The Berkeley Master of Financial Engineering Program, a STEM designated degree, prepares you with the knowledge and skills to launch your career in the Data Science, Finance, Fintech or Technology industry. In one year, you will be ready to take a leading role in a fast-growing field that demands individuals who can apply their education and skills at the cutting edge of finance in investment banks, commercial banks, and other firms around the world. Located at the Haas School of Business, the Berkeley MFE provides a depth of study in finance that is not available in traditional MBA programs, reaching beyond basic business concepts to teach you how to combine modern portfolio theory with computational methods. It also provides many opportunities to learn firsthand how to apply these theories and methods to real-world situations. You will also benefit from the quality of students, breadth of activities, and network of impressive alumni contacts inherent to a top-ranked business school and a world-class university.

3 books every quant student should read 📚📝 Heard on the Street by Timothy CrackA mainstay of financial interview prep fo...
10/15/2026

3 books every quant student should read 📚

📝 Heard on the Street by Timothy Crack
A mainstay of financial interview prep for decades, Timothy Crack's collection of real Wall Street interview questions is updated every year or two to stay current.

🎲 A Practical Guide to Quantitative Finance Interviews by Xinfeng Zhou
"The green book" is vital technical interview prep, with topic-by-topic chapters and scores of typical questions and answers. Professor Dmitry Livdan recommends it to all his students.

📜 A History of the Theory of Investments
Written by the late Mark Rubinstein, a UC Berkeley Haas professor who co-developed the binomial options pricing model, this book traces how the big ideas in finance took shape.

Which one is already on your shelf? Save this for your prep list.

Piero Pelosi MFE27, built a strong theoretical foundation studying math, economics, and statistics in France. Then a cof...
10/07/2026

Piero Pelosi MFE27, built a strong theoretical foundation studying math, economics, and statistics in France. Then a coffee chat in Paris with the MFE program pointed him to his next step: coming to Berkeley to put theory into practice.

After his first-term courses, Piero spent 10 weeks at Bank of America researching systematic vol strategies. "Time series, volatility models, numerical methods: I used all of it on the desk," he says.

For Piero, the best part of the program is the people: professors who stay close to both the industry and their students, classmates he'll keep as friends for years, and alumni at top hedge funds and banks who are always willing to grant advice.

Full story at the link in bio.

Join us for the Cal Homecoming Lecture: “Generative AI & the Future of Finance: Can Bots Out-Trade Humans?” on October 9...
09/17/2026

Join us for the Cal Homecoming Lecture: “Generative AI & the Future of Finance: Can Bots Out-Trade Humans?” on October 9 at the Haas School of Business.

Hear from experts as they explore how generative AI is shaping the future of finance and what these advancements could mean for the industry.

📅 October 9, 2026
📍 Haas School of Business
🔗 Learn more and register: https://haas.org/4AbBiC2

Today's talk with Trexquant Investment gave our MFE students an inside look at how a top quant fund builds model strateg...
09/14/2026

Today's talk with Trexquant Investment gave our MFE students an inside look at how a top quant fund builds model strategy. Their team walked through a range of approaches and the thinking behind them, ending with a profound discussion with the class.

Thank you to the Trexquant team for providing such an insightful and generous session.

Today's talk with Trexquant gave our MFE students an inside look at how a top quant fund builds model strategy. Their te...
09/14/2026

Today's talk with Trexquant gave our MFE students an inside look at how a top quant fund builds model strategy. Their team walked through a range of approaches and the thinking behind them, ending with a profound discussion with the class.

Thank you to the Trexquant team for providing such an insightful and generous session.

You do not need to be admitted to the UC Berkeley Haas MFE to learn like a quant 📈Our MFE pre-program courses in Math, S...
08/28/2026

You do not need to be admitted to the UC Berkeley Haas MFE to learn like a quant 📈

Our MFE pre-program courses in Math, Statistics, and Python are open for registration!
Taught 100% online by UC Berkeley Haas MFE faculty, each 30-hour course builds the quant foundations that finance careers are built on. Complete the Python course and you will clear the minimum coding bar for most tech and quant interviews. Finish any course and you earn a UC Berkeley Haas certificate of completion.

Whether you are preparing to apply, switching careers, or leveling up in quant and finance, our pre-program courses is UC Berkeley-caliber training without the full degree.
Registration is open now, reserve your seat in class here: https://haas.org/4wQtBy8

One might think most finance careers tend to move in a straight line. But Chandler Fang MFE17 took a harder, more intere...
08/26/2026

One might think most finance careers tend to move in a straight line. But Chandler Fang MFE17 took a harder, more interesting road to where he is today.

Like most graduates from the Berkeley MFE, Chandler landed a quant researcher role at JPMorgan, working on the kind of projects the MFE prepares you for. But he kept following the harder questions, first transitioning into JPMorgan's blockchain team, then pivoting to Ripple, and now to t54 labs, the emerging startup he founded to answer one that didn't have an answer yet: when AI agents start moving money on their own, who makes sure they can be trusted?

🔗 Read more about Chandler and t54 here: https://haas.org/3SfdWKR

08/19/2026

If you're eyeing a quant or trading career, this could be you. Spend 12 hours with us in Chicago as a UC Berkeley Haas MFE student.

🔔 For day 2 and 3 of the UC Berkeley Haas Master of Financial Engineering Chicago Career Trek, we took the cohort straig...
08/18/2026

🔔 For day 2 and 3 of the UC Berkeley Haas Master of Financial Engineering Chicago Career Trek, we took the cohort straight into the heart of the markets.

Our students rang the closing bell, went behind the scenes, connected with leadership in trading, research, and software, and saw firsthand what it takes to move from theory to the trading floor. We'd like to extend a huge thank you to our partners for opening their doors to MFE. Our students were able to experience once in a lifetime opportunities with your support.

Between every firm visit, networking opportunity, and live TV broadcast, treks give our MFE students the platform and discovery to shape where their quant careers go next. What a great way to end our second annual trek in the windy city! 🍃

Term 3 is here! and we celebrated the only way that makes sense: tacos 🌮Students, faculty, and staff gathered for a lunc...
08/17/2026

Term 3 is here! and we celebrated the only way that makes sense: tacos 🌮

Students, faculty, and staff gathered for a lunch full of good food, SWAG, and great company as MFE celebrates the start of their third term.

What classes are you most excited for in term 3?

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