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Demand for people who can apply mathematics skills in business and financial environments is growing rapidly, but a typical undergraduate mathematics degree may not adequately prepare a student to work effectively in a business environment.

The University of Connecticut's Professional M.S. in Applied Financial Mathematics prepares a graduate for work in an analytic capacity across a wide spectrum of the financial service industry - investment banks, hedge funds, consulting firms, investment firms, insurance companies, commercial banks, brokerage houses and other corporations. …More…

Announcements
  • Emil Valdez has been awarded (along with his co-author Jed Frees of Wisconsin) the 2011 David Garrick Halmstad prize by the Actuarial Foundation for the best actuarial research published in 2010.
  • Emil Valdez and his co-authors Andreas Tsanakas, Jan Dhaene and Steven Vanduffel have been awarded the the Lloyd’s of London Science of Risk Prize in the category for Insurance Operations and Markets on November 24, 2011.
  • Arend Bayer is a recipient of a three-year grant "Wall-Crossing, stability conditions, and mirror symmetry," from the Algebra and Number Theory Program at the NSF.
  • Attention seniors: Scholarship opportunities to complete UConn’s one-year Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG). Admissions will be accepted until December 1st. Further information and the online application form are available here.
  • Dmitry Leykekhman organized a conference on the finite element method at the Avery Point campus during October 14-15, 2011. (October 2011)
  • Dmitry Leykekhman received an a NSF grant for three years, titled "Local properties of the finite element solutions to PDE constrained optimal control problems". (September 2011)
  • Fabiana Cardetti, in collaboration with Mary Truxaw and Megan Staples (Neag School of Education), has been awarded $381,130 by the State Department of Higher Education under the 2011 Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program. This grant will support the year-long project entitled: "UConn MLA: Mathematics Leadership Academy" to provide professional development in mathematics content and pedagogy for middle and high school mathematics teachers from across four public school districts in Connecticut. The program includes 12 credits of graduate coursework for participating teachers, as well as extensive school-based support for collaborative leadership activities related to mathematics education. (September 2011)