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Columbia's pipeline into quantitative finance

Columbia's only student group built around trading, quantitative research, and technical finance — a selective internal membership, a 970+ student general body, and CTT, the trading competition we exclusively host for undergraduates nationwide.

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Engaged general body students
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Selective internal members
10+
Firm partners & sponsors
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Inaugural Trading Competition
What We Do

Columbia Quant Group runs three distinct programs: a selective internal membership for undergraduates who complete our technical screening, an open general body for the wider Columbia community, and CTT — the intercollegiate trading competition we exclusively host each fall.

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Internal Membership

Selective, undergrad-only. Lectures & market-making games

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General Body

Open to all. Firm info sessions, Q&As & trading challenges

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CTT

Our flagship competition, open to undergrads nationwide

2026–2027 Academic Year Sponsors
Jane Street
Walleye
Five Rings
HRT
DRW
SIG
Citadel Securities
All Options
Old Mission Capital
Jane Street
Walleye
Five Rings
HRT
DRW
SIG
Citadel Securities
All Options
Old Mission Capital
Ready to break in?

Sign up for the general body for firm info sessions, Q&As, and firm-run trading challenges — or apply when internal recruitment opens this fall.

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