Master’s in Asset Management
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Invest with purpose
Launch your career in the asset management industry by spending a year at Yale learning from leading finance scholars and practicing investors at some of the world’s most successful institutions. This innovative STEM-eligible course of study provides early-career students with a deep understanding of the application of data science and quantitative techniques to investment decisions, while emphasizing ethics, fiduciary responsibility, and investment performance.
A Finance Program Like No Other
Experience a master’s degree devoted to asset management that combines the best of academic theory and practice
- Founded by two asset management pioneers: David Swensen, Yale’s former CIO and inventor of the “Yale Model” of endowment investment, and Tobias Moskowitz, accomplished Yale professor of finance and principal at AQR Capital Management
- Quantitatively intense, combining academic theory with cutting-edge industry practice
- A unique focus on ethical and responsible investing
- Customizable to your career goals by taking electives across Yale SOM and the broader Yale University
- Optional joint degree to earn an MBA and Master’s in Asset Management in two years
Admissions
Class of 2025 Profile
Our program attracts future asset managers with a diverse set of educational, professional, and global backgrounds
Employment Outcomes
Unparalleled preparation and access to the most selective jobs in asset management
The rigorous and selective Master’s in Asset Management prepares students for a wide range of asset management roles. Our graduates gain access to the most competitive investing roles at major banks, investment funds, endowments, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital firms—and launch their careers with the skills to get ahead.
Full-Time Employment by Job Profile for the Class of 2023
Select Job Titles
- Investment Analyst/Associate
- Quant Analyst
- Portfolio Analyst/Associate
- Research Analyst/Associate
- Risk Analyst Analyst/Associate
Select Employer List
Bank of America
Bridgewater
MIT Investment Management Company
Point72
Virtu Financial
AQR Capital Management
Barclays PLC
China International Capital Cooperation Limited
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Brookfield Asset Management Inc
Curriculum: Our Three Pillar Approach
An academic experience that merges the best of classroom insights, industry knowledge, and applied learning
In our groundbreaking nine-month curriculum, you’ll master investment selection, asset allocation, portfolio management, and other critical tools of investing though a combination of foundational and elective coursework, most of which most of which was developed specifically for the asset management program.
Sample Schedule
| Fall 1 (7 weeks) | Fall 2 (7 weeks) | Spring 1 (7 weeks) | Spring 2 (7 weeks) |
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| Required | Required | Required | Required |
| Quantitative Investing | Quantitative Investing (continued) | Machine Learning | Behavioral Finance |
| Asset Pricing Theory | Business Ethics | ||
| Statistical Foundations | Financial Econometrics | ||
| Colloquium | Colloquium (continued) | Colloquium (continued) | Colloquium (continued) |
| Practical Experience Requirement | Practical Experience (continued) | ||
| Electives (choose 1+) | Electives (choose 1+) | Electives (choose 3+) | Electives (choose 3+) |
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With the rapid pace of change in asset management, I was attracted to the asset management program because it offers structured exposure to cutting-edge approaches. I believe there is no substitute for a solid foundation in the principles of asset management, learned directly from researchers and practitioners at the heart of this research.
The student experience
Become a student at SOM, a citizen of Yale, and a part of the New Haven community.
As part of Yale University, you'll be among leading thinkers and teachers, as well as a cohort of fellow students pursuing excellence across fields of study.
Your days will be spent studying—both in Evans Hall and across the beautiful Yale campus—and exploring everything New Haven has to offer.
As part of our mission, we engage with the problems afflicting our world—notably issues of discrimination, bias, and equity—and seek to build a community that achieves and celebrates diversity.
We believe the most impactful leaders always weigh both sides of the ampersand in our mission—business and society.
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