UM's house of quant.

Workshops, competitions, and systematic research for students at Maastricht University.

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Learn

Workshops and sessions

Biweekly member-led sessions on strategy concepts, market structure, and tooling. Hands-on workshops where you leave with working code.

Compete

Competitions and challenges

We host a variety of competitions and challenges throughout the year, some exclusive to members, some open to anyone interested in quantitative finance. These include poker tournaments, datathons, and market-making games.

Research

Systematic research department

Small pods design, backtest, and run systematic strategies on liquid US equities and ETFs through a shared internal platform. Application-based.

Learn more about it

Firms on campus, and us in their offices.

Practitioner talks from prop trading firms and quant firms, office visits in Amsterdam, and partner-hosted workshops. Plus the socials that make the rest of it worth showing up for.

See what we run

Two ways in.

Membership is open to any UM student with an interest in quantitative finance. No coding required. The research department recruits separately, in small cohorts. Sponsors welcome too.

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