Quantcast Master’s Series: Walter Farkas, ETH – University of Zurich
Swiss planning, large joint faculty and public presentations shape the programme
In the final episode of this year’s Quantcast Master’s Series – part of the Tomorrow’s Quants project – we welcome Walter Farkas, director of the Master’s in Quantitative Finance at ETH Zurich, University of Zurich.
The programme, like most of its peers, has strong connections with the industry, but the way it incorporates these connections into the curriculum is unique; 18 lecturers with industry
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