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About WQU
WorldQuant University is a leader in global education, delivering entirely free online offerings that expand access to studies and credentials in the data sciences. The University’s mission is to make advanced, quality education accessible to capable students everywhere.
Every major industry is growing its soft and hard-quant workforce. Each year, more employers compete for talented people with data science and analytics skills — but there’s a talent gap. WorldQuant University is using financial engineering and data science education to build the multidisciplinary strengths students can apply to their future careers.
With student enrollment in over one hundred countries, WQU’s MSc in Financial Engineering Program and Applied Data Science Lab deliver a rigorous curriculum developed by domain experts. From anywhere in the world, students are guided by global faculty with industry and academic experience to develop high-level quantitative and data-driven skills in high demand across industries.
WorldQuant University is U.S.-based and accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC).
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Our Team
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John Endrud
CEO, WorldQuant University
John Endrud serves as the CEO of WorldQuant University (WQU) and has more than 25 years’ experience in higher education, working with universities to establish successful partnerships and market innovations. A growth-minded leader who is passionate about education, Endrud is skilled at bringing market strategy and operating models to organizations.
Prior to joining WQU, Endrud served as EVP and Chief Development Officer at Collegis Education, and Chief Business Officer of Academic Programs International, following a successful career with Deltak/Wiley Education Services.
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Daphne Kis
President, WorldQuant University
Daphne Kis is the President of WorldQuant University focusing on advancing its global reach. Originally a member of WQU's advisory board, she served as the University's CEO and as Board Director from 2016 through 2023, building the University from a concept to a fully accredited online institution that has impacted tens of thousands of students across the globe with its quantitative and technical skills programming. To further this mission to make education globally accessible to qualified learners, she is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Skills First Alliance, which has developed a skills taxonomy that can be globally applied to close skills gaps.
As a dynamic entrepreneur and leader, Kis has been at the forefront of identifying, chronicling, and transforming trends in technology, education, and business for over 30 years.
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Igor Tulchinsky
Founder, WorldQuant, LLC
Igor Tulchinsky is Founder, Chairman and CEO of WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm with over $7 billion in assets under management and 26 global offices. Prior to founding WorldQuant in 2007, Igor spent 12 years as a statistical arbitrage portfolio manager at Millennium Management.
Igor is the Founder of WorldQuant University, a not-for-profit that offers an instructor-guided, tuition-free MSc program in Financial Engineering, and is committed to making higher-quality education more accessible worldwide. He also founded WorldQuant Ventures, a private investment vehicle focused on disruptive companies in technology.
Igor previously worked as a venture capitalist, scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, video game programmer, and author. Igor holds an M.A. in computer science from the University of Texas, completed in a record nine months, and an M.B.A. in finance and entrepreneurship from the Wharton School.