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Quantitative Finance

2025/2026, Second-cycle programme, Full-time

Basic information:

 

  • studies in the field of: Informatics and Economic Analysis
  • name of the programme: Quantitative Finance
  • studies: full-time second-cycle programme, track: general academic
  • leading discipline: economics and finance
  • studies conducted in English

 

Quantitative Finance is an area of modern finance involved in applying quantitative methods to analyses related to financial investment, and in financial-market forecasting. The curriculum includes statistical and quantitative methods that are used in the financial sector, but can also be used in other sectors of the economy. 

Quantitative Finance graduates can find jobs in the banking and financial sectors. The skills developed during the studies also enable them to work as quantitative analysts in other industries.

The four main pillars of the curriculum are: risk management, corporate finance, financial-instrument pricing, and statistical methods.

 

List of courses - Autumn semester, 2025/2026 See additional information
Subject Number of hours ECTS points Form of verification Code Block
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 5
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block A
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 30
5 Assessment 1 A
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 5
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 30
5 Exam 1 B
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 15 h
ECTS points: 4
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 15
4 Assessment 1 B
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 5
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 30
5 Exam 1 B
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 15 h
ECTS points: 5
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 15
5 Exam 1 B
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 6
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block A
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 30
6 Exam 1 A
Sum
Number of hours: 330
ECTS points: 30
330 30
Sum (Lectures)
Number of hours: 180
180
Sum (Classes)
Number of hours: 150
150
List of courses - Spring semester, 2025/2026
Subject Number of hours ECTS points Form of verification Code Block
Participation in lectures: 30 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block A
 Lectures: 30
3 Exam 1 A
Participation in lectures: 15 h
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block C
 Lectures: 15
Classes: 30
3 Assessment 1 C
Participation in lectures: 30 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
3 Assessment 1 B
ECTS points: 4
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obowiązkowa grupa
Block: Block C
 Lectures: 30
4 Assessment 5 C
ECTS points: 6
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obowiązkowa grupa
Block: Block C
 Classes: 60
6 Assessment 5 C
Participation in lectures: 15 h
ECTS points: 2
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block A
 Lectures: 15
2 Assessment 1 A
Participation in lectures: 15 h
Participation in classes: 15 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 15
Classes: 15
3 Exam 1 B
Participation in lectures: 30 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
3 Exam 1 B
Participation in lectures: 15 h
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 15
Classes: 30
3 Assessment 1 B
Sum
Number of hours: 315
ECTS points: 30
315 30
Sum (Lectures)
Number of hours: 180
180
Sum (Classes)
Number of hours: 135
135
List of courses - Autumn semester, 2026/2027
Subject Number of hours ECTS points Form of verification Code Block
Participation in lectures: 15 h
Participation in classes: 15 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 15
Classes: 15
3 Assessment 1 B
Participation in lectures: 15 h
Participation in classes: 15 h
ECTS points: 2
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block C
 Lectures: 15
Classes: 15
2 Assessment 1 C
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 4
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block A
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 30
4 Exam 1 A
Participation in seminars: 30 h , including sub-activities: Synchronous seminar: 30 h
ECTS points: 6
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block C
 Seminars: 30, including sub-activities:
  • Synchronous seminar: 30
 6 Assessment 1 C
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obowiązkowa grupa
Block: Block C
 Lectures: 30
3 Assessment 5 C
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obowiązkowa grupa
Block: Block C
 Lectures: 30
3 Assessment 5 C
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obowiązkowa grupa
Block: Block C
 Lectures: 30
3 Assessment 5 C
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Classes: 30
3 Assessment 1 B
Participation in lectures: 30 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block A
 Lectures: 30
3 Exam 1 A
Sum
Number of hours: 300
ECTS points: 30
300 30
Sum (Lectures)
Number of hours: 180
180
Sum (Classes)
Number of hours: 90
90
Sum (Seminars)
Number of hours: 30
30
List of courses - Spring semester, 2026/2027
Subject Number of hours ECTS points Form of verification Code Block
Participation in lectures: 15 h
Participation in classes: 15 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 15
Classes: 15
3 Assessment 1 B
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 4
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 30
4 Exam 1 B
Participation in lectures: 30 h
Participation in classes: 15 h
ECTS points: 4
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
Classes: 15
4 Exam 1 B
Participation in seminars: 30 h , including sub-activities: Synchronous seminar: 30 h
ECTS points: 8
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block C
 Seminars: 30, including sub-activities:
  • Synchronous seminar: 30
 8 Assessment 1 C
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obowiązkowa grupa
Block: Block C
 Lectures: 30
3 Assessment 5 C
Participation in lectures: 30 h
ECTS points: 3
Form of verification: Exam
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block B
 Lectures: 30
3 Exam 1 B
Participation in classes: 30 h
ECTS points: 5
Form of verification: Assessment
Mandatory: Obligatory
Block: Block C
 Classes: 30
5 Assessment 1 C
Sum
Number of hours: 255
ECTS points: 30
255 30
Sum (Lectures)
Number of hours: 135
135
Sum (Classes)
Number of hours: 90
90
Sum (Seminars)
Number of hours: 30
30