Are you planning to apply to the MMF Program for the 2026-2027 academic year? MMF held a virtual information session on October 14 2025 to let applicants know about our admissions process and how to make the most of your application; you can listen to the archived recording here on Spotify!
The application window for entry into the MMF Program beginning Fall 2026 is now open as of October 1 2025 with an application deadline of December 14 2025. Click here to create or manage your application through UofT’s School of Graduate Studies.
If you are interested in joining the MMF Program in the future, click here for more information on MMF’s application criteria, and be sure to follow MMF on LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, X, Facebook, and Spotify for more updates throughout the year.
For detailed information on the MMF Program’s courses and curriculum, click here.
Is gold still a safe haven and a hedge against inflation? World events have given gold a new, unexpected role, according to MMF Program Director Luis Seco. He explains on this episode of The Big Story podcast.
Join MMF Program Director Luis Seco in conversation with Miguel Angel Garcia Tamargo on Tuesday October 14 from 10:00am-Noon ET: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82327130612
Miguel Angel Garcia Tamargo is the founder and CEO of NatureBrain, a pioneering initiative dedicated to nature-based climate solutions and sustainable development. He has led multidisciplinary teams and managed major environmental and real estate projects across Europe, the US, LATAM, and Africa. He has been a professor and board member in master programs at the European University of Madrid, Instituto de Empresa IE, and the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, specializing in business intelligence, asset management and portfolio development. His academic background covers Political Science, Law, and Anthropology, along with advanced business and leadership training, MBAs and EPs. He has actively contributed to international cooperation and social projects, notably through the NGO Manos Unidas and Mundiactua, which works for children in Africa.
MMF Alumnus David Ha (Class of 2004) was recently spotlighted in the UofT Celebrates campaign, which recognized the unprecedented success of AI Scientist, a new system for scientific discovery – created by Ha’s own company Sakana AI, the fastest Japan-based company to achieve a $1 billion valuation. Read more here!
Welcome to our new MMF cohort for the 2025-2026 school year! We hope you all have an enlightening and inspiring time here at MMF and beyond.
MMF Graduate Prithvi Rosunee (Class of 2023) was spotlighted by UofT Arts&Science News, reflecting on how the MMF Program prepared him for his role as a junior quant analyst at AFRAE AM in his home nation of Mauritius.
MMF Program Director Professor Luis Seco recently guested on Episode 243 of the Infinite Loops Podcast, where he and host Jim O’Shaughnessy discussed how math resembles Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the future of the ‘metaversity’, the most important lesson Luis gives his students, why investing isn’t what it used to be, and much more. Listen on the web here, or via YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts!
MMF Instructor and UofT alumnus Alik Sokolov was recently featured in A&S News. Read the article about his efforts to revolutionize the finance space with his startup Sibli, using generative AI to change how companies invest.
MMF remains the only Canadian university program to be ranked in Risk.net’s top 25 Quant Finance Master’s programs worldwide! Among North American universities, MMF ranked 19th, and ahead of its Canadian counterparts.
Established in 1998 MMF remains at the forefront of training in quantitative finance. MMF is a boutique Program admitting a select number of students each year who will move through the Program as one cohort. The boutique nature of our Program means that students will learn in smaller class sizes, have the opportunity to build lasting bonds with their classmates and work in industry-like teams to complete projects and presentations.
Financial Mathematics is one of the fastest growing areas of applied mathematics. Institutions that employ financial mathematicians are among the wealthiest and most sophisticated corporations in the world. A career in financial mathematics provides you with an invigorating combination of intellectual challenge and accelerated professional growth.
During your 12 months of training in MMF your superior quantitative skills are focused on the tools of financial mathematics for the initial 4 months of course work. You then move into a full-time 4 month internship with one of our industry partners. Finally, you will complete course work during the last 4 months of the Program.
You may join an institution (hedge fund, bank, government or pension plan) with multibillion-dollar investment portfolios. You may manage sophisticated hedge funds, complex derivatives, assess the risk in a bank’s commercial loans portfolio or develop original software applications for financial markets. There have been Nobel Prizes awarded for work in financial mathematics.
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