NYU, without any doubt!!!

For undergraduate, I would definitely go to Bocconi, it gives you a stronger background.For MSc, MBA or other graduate studies I would go to NYU: more exposure to the finance industry and better connections. Consider also that all the best students from Bocconi undergrad go abroad for graduate studies rather than staying.

QuoteOriginally posted by: LuckymanNYU, without any doubt!!!from NYU students - some interesting quotes:Comments by Alumni"My experience in the NYU Masters in Mathematics in Finance Program was a colorful, intense, and technical walk through modern finance. Although I do not use every shred of information from every course I took at NYU, there is one thing that I took away from the NYU program and use every day: it is the thought process involved in financial decision making. In my opinion, the NYU program taught and then honed sophisticated financial decision-making skills that could not be acquired in any other acacdemic setting."Dave Perret, Associate Trader, JPMorgan Chase, Class of 1999"No other program is as well organized and properly conbined like the NYU Mathematics in Finance program. It really shows you where the line is between academia and practice, and gives you a bridge you can cross over firmly. Anyone who wants to feel something very palpable and applicable knowledge from mathematics, join the program; you won't regret it."Yoon Kwon, Product Control Group, Debt Derivatives, Merrill Lynch, Class of 2000"First and foremost the program helped me to get a job when I needed it. As a result of my job search I got a COOL job in one of the HOTTEST areas of the commodity markets. I am a Weather Derivatives Trader at Williams – a large and successful energy company. Also, I got enough knowledge of pricing models and programming tools to be able to pass to the quant group requests on what I need as a trader. I believe the program is a great tool for those who want to build their future on the edge of Finance and Mathematics."Anjelina Belakovskaia, Weather Derivatives Trader, Williams, Class of 2000"As a part-time student who already had several years' experience in the investment management industry, the program really helped me understand the mathematical foundations of financial theory and taught me valuable problem-solving and modeling techniques." Daniel Lam, Vice President, Quantitative Analyst, Credit Suisse Asset Management, Class of 2000"Before I came to the program I had a lot a strong quantitative skills, but very little practical experience in applying them to real world financial problems. The program not only strengthened my quantitative/analytic tool box (i.e. computer programming, statistical analysis, differential equations) but, its concentration on real world problems and its network of fellows with years of hands-on experience in the industry, gave me the practical and intuitive knowledge necessary to work on real and useful problems in the finance industry. Being able to understand real-world problems intuitively and quickly has really impressed my colleagues and bosses."Manoo Halati, Portfolio Risk Management, Merrill Lynch, Class of 2000"In the NYU Mathematics in Finance program, I learned how to tackle and solve quantitative modeling problems end-to-end – from advanced theory all the way through to the most practical implementation issues. The sum total of the program's curriculum gave me a broad and critical understanding of the field of Financial Mathematics that I've drawn from and built upon in my career. My favorite courses, Econometrics and Risk Management, ended up being the most relevant for me, too. In my current job of model-based trading, I use specific tools and concepts (and lingo) I learned in those classes literally every day."Jeff Miller, Statistical Arbitrage Trading, Millennium Partners, Class of 1999"As a bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank, I participated in supervisory examinations of market and credit risk management at large banking institutions in New York. Math, computation and financial engineering are critical components of these risk management disciplines. The Math in Finance program at Courant made a tremendous difference in my ability to understand the risk management challenges faced by these banking institutions." Alice Hurley, Senior Risk Analyst, Client Services Group, Measurisk, Graduated Sept. 2001 (p/t student)