Background

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been a pioneer in Quantitative Finance (QFN) and Risk Management Science (RMS) education in Hong Kong. The existing QFN and RMS programmes were launched respectively in 1998 and 2000. Both continue to skim the cream of applicants to the Faculties of Business Administration and Science, and to attract both local and mainland students.

By launching the QFN/RMS interdisciplinary major programme to meet the challenges posed by the financial tsunami, CUHK continues to spearhead higher education in Hong Kong. The programme combines the strengths of the Faculties of Business Administration and Science, and is fully supported by the UGC. It inculcates state-of-the-art knowledge in finance and risk management, statistics and business. Graduates will have mastered the wide range of tools required today by sophisticated financial practitioners and will be uniquely well-equipped to meet the challenges posed by the US subprime crisis and other financial turmoils.