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.
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.
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.
TRIMESTER | TOTAL CREDITS | CEC | TERM-END | TOTAL MARKS |
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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 |
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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 |
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.
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.
Specializations include risk management, IFRS, financial forecasting, investment banking, quantitative market research.
10.85 Lakhs
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Each course will have a weightage of 100 marks wherein 50% will be of Continuous Evaluation Components & 50% will be of Term End Examination.
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:
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TRIMESTER 1 - CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
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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 |
TRIMESTER 2 - CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
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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 - CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
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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 - CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
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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 - CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
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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 |
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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 – CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 – CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 – CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 – CORE COURSES | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 – CORE COURSE | |||||
COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CREDIT | CEC | TERM END | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 – 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 |