PGDM Quantitative Finance Programme Structure

PGDM Quantitative Finance Course Curriculum

Programme Structure

The PGDM in Quantitative Finance offers a comprehensive and industry-oriented curriculum designed to equip students with advanced financial theories and practical skills in quantitative analysis, financial modeling, risk management, and algorithmic trading. This 2 years program, unique in West India for its integration of the EY CAFTA certification, provides a blend of core courses, electives, and hands-on projects, ensuring graduates are ready to excel in diverse finance roles.

With a focus on real-world application, the program includes industry projects, internships, and strong placement support, making it an ideal choice for early-career professionals, executives, CA/CS/CFO aspirants, graduates seeking specialized finance knowledge, and entrepreneurs looking to enhance their business acumen.

PGDM Quantitative Finance Year 1

In Year 1, students are immersed in foundational courses that cover core areas such as financial markets, financial mathematics, and quantitative methods. These courses are complemented by training in data driven programming languages such as Python, R, SAP-FICO, Tableau & more which are essential tools for quantitative analysis. The curriculum is structured to provide a balance between theoretical knowledge and practical skills, ensuring that students are well-versed in the fundamental principles of finance and quantitative methods.

PGDM Quantitative Finance Year 2

As students' progress to the second year, the program with the integration of EY CAFTA modules dives deeper into specialized areas, offering advanced courses in treasury hedge accounting, derivatives, risk management, algorithmic trading, and financial modeling. The focus shifts towards practical application, with students engaging in capstone projects or internships that allow them to apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios. The program capped with industry partnerships offers 90-day Bloomberg terminal training, which provides students with valuable insights and opportunities for hands-on learning.

Programme Summary

TRIMESTER	TOTAL CREDITS	CEC	TERM-END	TOTAL MARKS
TRIMESTER-I	26	450	400	850
TRIMESTER-II	26	450	400	850
TRIMESTER-III	26	450	400	850
TRIMESTER-IV	26	450	400	850
TRIMESTER-V	26	450	400	850
TRIMESTER-VI	18	300	300	600
Summary	145	2450	2300	4850

TRIMESTER	TOTAL CREDITS	CEC	TERM-END	TOTAL MARKS
Trimester I	26	450	400	850
Trimester II	26	450	400	850
Trimester III	26	450	400	850
Trimester IV	26	450	400	850
Trimester V	26	450	400	850
Trimester VI	18	300	300	600
Summary	145	2450	2300	4850

Detailed Programme Breakdown

OBJECTIVE▼

Our two-year full-time PGDM in Quantitative Finance seamlessly integrates EY CAFTA learning modules along with advanced skills in risk management, financial modeling, and investment strategies.

AWARD OF DEGREE/ DIPLOMA/ CERTIFICATE▼

Programme degree will be awarded at the end of the trimester VI examination by taking into consideration the performance of all semester examinations after obtaining a minimum CGPA of 4 out of maximum of 10 CGPA. 14 EY CAFTA will be awarded upon completion of each module.

SPECIALIZATION▼

Specializations include risk management, IFRS, financial forecasting, investment banking, quantitative market research.

FEE▼

10.85 Lakhs

INTAKE▼

ASSESSMENT▼

Each course will have a weightage of 100 marks wherein 50% will be of Continuous Evaluation Components & 50% will be of Term End Examination.

STANDARD OF PASSING▼

Maximum Grade Point (GP) is 10 corresponding to O (Outstanding). For all courses, a student is required to pass both Continuous Evaluation Components and Term End Examination separately with a minimum Grade Point of 4 corresponding to Grade PASS. Students securing less than 40% absolute marks in each head of passing will be declared FAIL.

MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

English

DURATION
(IN MONTHS)

24 (Full Time)

PROGRAMME PATTERN

Trimester

ELIGIBILITY

Candidates must have completed a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate or an equivalent CGPA (10th,12th and graduation) from a recognized university. Candidates in the final year of their bachelor’s degree or those awaiting results are also eligible to apply for NBSAT 2025.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

Students will be evaluated on the following parameters:

NBSAT Score (out of 100, scaled down to 40 marks)	40%
Academic Performance & Prior Work Experience	20%
Statement of Purpose (SOP)	20%
Personal Interview	20%
Total	100%

PGDM Quantitative Finance Course Curriculum Details

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 1 - CORE COURSES
1PGDMQF01	Managerial Accounting -I	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF02	Managerial Economic -I	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF03	Corporate Finance	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF04	Perspective management	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF05	Quantative Methods 1	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF06	Research Methodology	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF07	Effective Business Communication	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF08	Management Information system	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF09	Spreadsheet Tool For Finance	2	50	**	50
	TOTAL CREDITS	26	TERM-END	TOTAL MARKS	850

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 2 - CORE COURSES
2PGDMQF01	Managerial Accounting -II	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF02	Behavioural Economics	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF03	Financial Mathematics	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF04	Legal Aspects of Business	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF05	Security Analysis	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF06	Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF07	Marketing Principles and Applications	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF08	Human Resource Management	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF09	MATLAB	2	50	**	50
	TOTAL CREDITS	26	TERM-END	TOTAL MARKS	850

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 3 - CORE COURSES
3PGDMQF01	Decoding of Financial Statement	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF02	Strategic Finance Management	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF03	Management of Financial Institutions	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF04	Global Economic Environment	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF05	Taxation	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF06	Basic Derivatives	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF07	Financial Markets	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF08	R Programming for Statistics	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF09	Data Driven Decision Making	2	50	**	50
	Personal Competence and Capability Building - I	3	50	50	100
	TOTAL CREDITS	26		TOTAL MARKS	850

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 4 - CORE COURSES
4PGDMQF01	Corporate Interface Through Summer Internship	3	50	50	200
4PGDMQF02	Fixed Income Markets	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF03	Data Warehouse and Data Mining	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF04	International Finance and Trade	2	50	**	50
4PGDMQF05	International Taxation	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF06	Risk Management	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF07	Banking and Insurance	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF08	SAP - FICO Module	3	50	50	50
	Personal Competence and Capability Building -II		**	**	0
	TOTAL CREDITS	26	TERM-END	TOTAL MARKS	850

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 5 - CORE COURSES
5PGDMQF01	Treasury Management	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF02	Alternate Investments	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF03	Machine Learning Using Python	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF04	Foundation of Asset Pricing	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF05	Business Ethics and Corporate Governance	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF06	Mergers and Acquisitions	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF07	Merchant Banking and Financial Services	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF08	Data Visualisation Techniques Using Tableau	3	50	50	50
5PGDMQF09	Personal Competence and Capability Building -III	3	50	**	50
	TOTAL CREDITS	26		TOTAL MARKS	850

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 6 - CORE COURSES
6PGDMQF01	Capstone Project	3	50	50	200
6PGDMQF02	Business Valuation Modelling	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF03	Behavioural Finance	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF04	Blockchain For Business	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF05	Arbitrage Trading	3	50	50	100
	TOTAL CREDITS	18		TOTAL MARKS	600

TRIMESTER 1-

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 1 - CORE COURSES
1PGDMQF01	Managerial Accounting -I	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF02	Managerial Economic -I	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF03	Corporate Finance	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF04	Perspective management	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF05	Quantative Methods 1	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF06	Research Methodology	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF07	Effective Business Communication	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF08	Management Information system	3	50	50	100
1PGDMQF09	Spreadsheet Tool For Finance	2	50	**	50
	TOTAL CREDITS	26	TERM-ENDS	TOTAL MARKS	850

TRIMESTER 2+

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 2 - CORE COURSES
2PGDMQF01	Managerial Accounting -II	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF02	Behavioural Economics	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF03	Financial Mathematics	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF04	Legal Aspects of Business	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF05	Security Analysis	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF06	Portfolio Management and Wealth Planning	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF07	Marketing Principles and Applications	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF08	Human Resource Management	3	50	50	100
2PGDMQF09	MATLAB	2	50	**	50
	TOTAL CREDITS	26	TERM-END	TOTAL MARKS	850

TRIMESTER 3+

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 3 - CORE COURSES
3PGDMQF01	Decoding of Financial Statement	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF02	Strategic Finance Management	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF03	Management of Financial Institutions	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF04	Global Economic Environment	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF05	Taxation	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF06	Basic Derivatives	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF07	Financial Markets	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF08	R Programming for Statistics	3	50	50	100
3PGDMQF09	Data Driven Decision Making	2	50	**	50
	Personal Competence and capability Building - I	3	50	50	100
	TOTAL CREDITS	26		TOTAL MARKS	850

TRIMESTER 4+

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 4 - CORE COURSES
4PGDMQF01	Corporate Interface through Summer Internship	3	50	50	200
4PGDMQF02	Fixed Income Markets	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF03	Data Warehouse and Data Mining	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF04	International Finance and Trade	2	50	**	50
4PGDMQF05	International Taxation	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF06	Risk Management	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF07	Banking and Insurance	3	50	50	100
4PGDMQF08	SAP - FICO Module	3	50	50	50
	Personal Competence and capability Building -II		**	**	0
	TOTAL CREDITS	26	TERM-END	TOTAL MARKS	850

TRIMESTER 5+

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 5 - CORE COURSE
5PGDMQF01	Treasury Management	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF02	Alternate Investments	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF03	Machine Learning Using Python	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF04	Foundation of Asset Pricing	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF05	Business Ethics and Corporate Governance	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF06	Mergers and Acquisitions	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF07	Merchant Banking and Financial Services	3	50	50	100
5PGDMQF08	Data Visualisation Techniques using Tableau	3	50	50	50
5PGDMQF09	Personal Competence and capability Building -III	3	50	**	50
	total credits	26		TOTAL MARKS	850
trimester 6- core courses
Course code	Course name	credit	cec	term end	total
6PGDMQF01	Capstone Project	3	50	50	200
6PGDMQF02	Business Valuation Modelling	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF03	Behavioural Finance	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF04	Blockchain for Business	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF05	Arbitrage Trading	3	50	50	100
	TOTAL CREDITS	18		TOTAL MARKS	600

TRIMESTER 6+

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	CEC	TERM END	TOTAL
TRIMESTER 6 - CORE COURSES
6PGDMQF01	Capstone Project	3	50	50	200
6PGDMQF02	Business Valuation Modelling	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF03	Behavioural Finance	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF04	Blockchain for Business	3	50	50	100
6PGDMQF05	Arbitrage Trading	3	50	50	100
	TOTAL CREDITS	18		TOTAL MARKS	600

PGDM Quantitative Finance Programme Structure

PGDM Quantitative Finance Course Curriculum

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Detailed Programme Breakdown

PGDM Quantitative Finance Course Curriculum Details

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