CERTIFIED FINANCIAL ENGINEER IN AI (CFE)

Engineering Complex Financial Topics. Derivatives and Risk Management. Mastering Complexity with AI.

The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL ENGINEER IN AI (CFE) Program

Engineering complex financial topics – mastering complexity with AI

The Certified Financial Engineer in AI (CFE) certificate provides you with practical, digital competencies to analyze and model complex financial issues and derive well-founded decisions.

The focus is on Financial Engineering, Risk Management, and Derivatives. You will learn to combine quantitative financial methods with Artificial Intelligence to make complex relationships transparent and manageable.

Using practical case studies, you will develop quantitative models, analyze risks and data, and strategically apply AI tools in modeling, analysis, and decision-making. You will also learn to critically evaluate AI-generated results and classify them from a financial perspective.

With over 10 years of experience in digital finance education, we show you how to structure and model complex financial topics, effectively use modern AI tools, and immediately apply the results in your professional practice.

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Benefits of the Certified Financial Engineer Certificate

Completion in approx. 4 months – time-independent, location-independent, can be started at any time.

Personal support from experienced professors and access to a strong network.

Content is based on selected textbooks supplemented by coordinated instructional videos and numerous additional materials.

No written exams – you create models and present them professionally.

The modules cover key financial topics, including investment and financing, corporate finance, portfolio management, and derivatives, and are tailored directly to the needs of finance experts.

Step-by-step instructions and modern software.

Access to exclusive alumni and expert networks.

Officially accredited within the framework of the HfWU system accreditation.

The course can be started at any time.

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Curriculum

Module 1

Derivatives

  • Course unit 1: How options work, value drivers of options, and the binomial model
  • Course unit 2: The Black-Scholes-Merton model including the Greeks
  • Course unit 3: Fundamentals and pricing of futures
  • Course unit 1: Basic strategies with options and bullish option strategies
  • Course unit 2: Bearish option strategies and neutral strategies
  • Course unit 3: Deriving a cockpit for selecting a market-appropriate strategy
Module 2

Risk Management

  • Course unit 1: Calculation and presentation of risks
  • Course unit 2: Risk metrics
  • Course unit 3: EWMA, ARCH, and GARCH models for calculating volatility
  • Course unit 1: Different types of Value at Risk and Lower Partial Moments as well as extreme value theory
  • Course unit 2: Determining portfolio risks using historical simulation, Monte Carlo simulation, and copula functions
  • Course unit 3: Hedging of insurable risks and modeling of non-hedged risks
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FACTS AND FIGURES
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  • Derivatives
  • Risk Management
  • Corporate Finance
MODULES

1 Certificate
2 further graduation options

Certified
Financial
Modeler

Certified Financial Modeler

Financial Modeling
  • Business Plan with Standards and Methods in Financial Modeling
  • Company Valuation
  • Mergers & Acquisition, Leveraged Buyout Private Equity and Initial Public Offering
  • Portfolio Management
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MBA
Applied
Quantitative
Finance

MBA
Applied
Quantitative
Finance

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Certified
Financial
Engineer

Certified Financial Engineer

Financial Engineering
  • Data Analytics in Quantitative Finance
  • Venture Capital and Innovation Finance
  • Risk Management
  • Current Methods in Corporate Finance
  • Derivatives
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Information Options

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Presentation

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Info Video

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Key Facts about the Study Program

Information on Admission, Registration & Participation Fees

The participation fees for the Certified Financial Engineer in AI (CFE) are structured as follows:

  • Course fees: €3,357.14 plus 19% VAT, totaling €3,995.00.
  • Scholarship: An EIQF scholarship can be applied for. This reduces the course fees to: €1,256.30 plus 19% VAT, totaling €1,495.00.
  • For students: €995.00 incl. 19% VAT (net amount €836.13, included VAT €158.87).

The course fees include examination fees, the course book as an e-book, and access to extensive learning materials. No further costs are incurred.

Basic knowledge of finance and Excel.
Willingness to participate in an intensive, practice-oriented program.

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Target Group

The financial world is undergoing fundamental change. Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and digitalization are transforming processes, analyses, and decisions in companies, banks, insurance firms, and consulting.

There is demand for employees who understand finance, master quantitative methods, and can strategically apply modern AI tools. Crucially, this involves the ability to analyze data, develop models, critically evaluate AI results, and translate these into well-founded financial decisions.

Career Starters

Finance professionals who want to improve their career opportunities through in-depth knowledge of financial modeling.

Consultants

Advisors and consultants who want to strengthen their analytical skills and offer their clients sound financial models and analyses.

Financial Service Providers

Bank employees and financial service providers who want to expand their competence in creating and analyzing complex financial models to open up better professional opportunities.

IT Professionals

IT and data science experts who want to specialize in financial models and apply their technical skills in the field of financial modeling.

Auditors and Management Consultants

Professionals who want to expand and optimize their consulting services through specialized skills in financial modeling.

Executives

Managers and executives who want to make sound financial decisions based on precise models and thereby improve their strategic skills.

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Instructors from practice

With 10 modules, one might expect them to be taught by 10 different professors. However, behind the 10 modules are exactly 2 professors who have created this teaching content over the last 20 years in the form of consecutive publications. Using interconnected modules, you will learn how the individual elements of financial modeling, financial engineering, and data analytics are related.

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FAQ - Certified Financial Engineer

What is the Certified Financial Engineer (CFE)?
A certificate program focusing on derivatives, risk management, and corporate finance.
Derivatives, risk management and corporate finance.
For professionals in the financial sector, especially in derivatives, risk management and corporate finance.
Modular with a theoretical foundation and real-world case studies.
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