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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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WorldQuant University Announces John Endrud as Chief Executive Officer
WorldQuant University Granted Accreditation from the Distance Education Accrediting Commission
WorldQuant University Introduces Data Science Module to Expand Access
WorldQuant University Announces CGI Commitment to Action to Address the Disparity Gap Between Talent and Educational Opportunity Throughout the World
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Our Team
John Endrud
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.
Daphne Kis
Daphne Kis is a lifelong learner and entrepreneur. Throughout her career, she has dedicated herself to identifying, chronicling, and commercializing technological breakthroughs.
As President of WQU, she has dedicated the last seven years to building and developing the institution into a leader in global education. WQU’s community of 14,000 students, graduates, industry experts, and businesses in over 100 countries believe in the transformative power of lifelong learning and are working together to realize the opportunities that skills-first, completely free, and online education affords. To further this effort, 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.
She speaks frequently at international conferences, including the Nantucket Project, SXSW, the Milken Institute's Global Conference, the Credit Suisse Women's Summit, and the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos and Africa.
Igor Tulchinsky
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.