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FACTBOX: Leading financial engineering schools

Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:54am EST

(Reuters) - Below are some leading quant farms:

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CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Year founded: 1994

Size of class: 70 students

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK

Year founded: 1996

Size of class: 60-70

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELY

HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Year founded: 2001

Size of class: 60

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, COURANT INSTITUTE

Year founded: 1998

Size of class: 120

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK

Year founded: 1999

Size of class: 40 students

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Year founded: 1996

Size of class: 65 in Chicago and 24 in Singapore

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY

Year founded: 2006

Size of class: 50

HEC MONTREAL, CANADA

Year founded: 1996

Size of class: 25

BOCONNI UNIVERSITY, ITALY (master's in corporate finance)

Year founded: 2000

Size of class: 40

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA

Year founded: 1996

Size of class: 30

(Compiled by Phil Wahba in New York)
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