{"id":11427,"date":"2026-04-20T12:48:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/?p=11427"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:48:59","slug":"distance-learning-one-year-postgraduate-quantitative-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/distance-learning-one-year-postgraduate-quantitative-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance learning, one-year postgraduate program \u201cQuantitative Investment\u201d | Announcement of positions for the academic year 2026-2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/qi-uoa.gr\/images\/pdfs\/PRO-Prokhry3h_2025-26_4_18032026.pdf\">Announcement of positions for the academic year 2026\u20132027<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>in the Distance Learning, One-Year Postgraduate Program\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&quot;Quantitative Investing&quot;<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Postgraduate Studies Programme <strong>&quot;Quantitative Investment&quot;<\/strong> of the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens announces the start of the submission of candidacy applications for the new academic year 2026-2027.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PURPOSE AND SPECIALIZATIONS OF THE MSC<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Program aims to train specialized scientific personnel who will be able to solve complex problems in Finance, Risk Analysis and Real Estate Investment &amp; Appraisal, based on the most modern quantitative tools and analysis techniques from Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analysis and Computer Science.<\/p>\n<p>The Program starts at the end of September 2026, is offered entirely remotely and leads to a Postgraduate Diploma in one of the following specializations:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2714 Mathematical Finance and Risk Analysis<\/strong><br \/>\nThe basic philosophy of the Mathematical Finance and Risk Analysis specialization is to provide modern and specialized expertise in investment management, combining mathematical<br \/>\nfinancial theory and data-driven methodologies. The updated curriculum integrates theory with intensive labs in Python, R and MATLAB, leveraging Machine\/Deep Learning,<br \/>\nmultivariate methods (PCA, Factor Analysis, regularization), time series analysis (ARMA\/VAR, GARCH), stochastic processes, optimization, derivative valuation and Monte Carlo for Risk Analytics &amp; Simulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2714 Real Estate Investment and Appraisal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Real Estate Investment and Appraisal specialization approaches in a multidimensional manner the aspects of economic theory, financial techniques and modern quantitative methods of processing and analyzing real estate data related to the development and analysis of Real Estate investments. In close collaboration with specialized consultants in the Real Estate sector, it offers documented academic expertise in the rapidly evolving Real Estate industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND BENEFITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The revised Master of Science (MSc) &quot;Quantitative Investment&quot; is distinguished by its modern structure and strongly applied orientation, offering a flexible and high-level learning environment that meets the demands of the modern market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration of Study:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li>12 months (full-time) | Possibility of part-time study (up to 24 months)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teaching Method:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2714 100% remotely<br \/>\n\u2714 Evening classes &amp; weekends<br \/>\n\u2714 Flexibility for employees<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational Tools:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2714 Matlab, Python, R, Advanced Excel<br \/>\n\u2714 Data analysis, trading &amp; financial modeling<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comparative Advantages:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2714 Modern, interdisciplinary subject (finance, mathematics and data analysis)<br \/>\n\u2714 Intensive and targeted training<br \/>\n\u2714 Connecting theory with practice (projects &amp; applications)<br \/>\n\u2714 Participation of academics and market executives<br \/>\n\u2714 Strong employment prospects<br \/>\n\u2714 Competitive total tuition: \u20ac4,800<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The program is aimed at:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2112\" data-end=\"2484\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1dztu9x\" data-start=\"2112\" data-end=\"2225\"><strong data-start=\"2114\" data-end=\"2134\">University graduates <\/strong><span data-start=\"2114\" data-end=\"2134\">from different scientific fields who wish to start a career in the financial or investment industry<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1dztu9x\" data-start=\"2112\" data-end=\"2225\"><strong data-start=\"2363\" data-end=\"2402\">Graduates<\/strong>\u00a0who will become graduates during the September 2026 examination period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Interested parties are invited to submit exclusively <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/qi-uoa.gr\/aitiseis\/ilektroniki-aitisi\">Online<\/a><\/strong> the application and the necessary supporting documents through the Program website by\u00a0<strong>June 15, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The evaluation process includes two stages:<br \/>\n1. In the first stage, the candidates&#039; applications are evaluated based on the information contained in the application file.<br \/>\n2. In the second stage, the selected candidates are invited to an interview. The interviews are conducted online via Webex.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The evaluation of candidates and the offer of places in the Program takes place gradually throughout the application period and in order of priority.<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>INFORMATION<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More information about submitting applications and about the Program can be found at:<\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/qi-uoa.gr\/images\/pdfs\/PRO-Prokhry3h_2025-26_4_18032026.pdf\">detailed announcement 2026-27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/qi-uoa.gr\/\">website of the Programme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Secretariat of the &quot;Quantitative Investment&quot; Master&#039;s Degree Program at 210 368 9813 or by e-mail <a href=\"mailto:mscmfrisk@econ.uoa.gr\">mscmfrisk@econ.uoa.gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f page of the Master&#039;s Degree Program &quot;Quantitative Investment&quot; at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/uoa-msc-in-quantitative-investing\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MSc.in.Quantitative.Investing\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcement of positions for the academic year 2026\u20132027 in the Distance Learning, One-Year Postgraduate Program \u201cQuantitative Investing\u201d The Postgraduate Program \u201cQuantitative Investing\u201d of the Department of Economics of the National and\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,104],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-announcements","8":"category-featured","9":"category-metaptixiako_epipedo"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11429,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11427\/revisions\/11429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}