Our story
Master in Computational Finance (MCF)
From IMQF (2003) to MCF at RAF (2021), now at MCF Singidunum (2026) - one continuous mission: to educate the people who will reshape how finance works.
Our journey
More than two decades of continuity.
1997
The beginning
U.C. Berkeley 1997-2002
Prof. Urošević completes the PhD in Finance at the Haas School of Business. With his Berkeley peers, he decides to create a cutting-edge quantitative finance program in Belgrade.
2003
The first program
IMQF founded
Prof. Branko Urošević founded the International Master in Quantitative Finance (IMQF) at the University of Belgrade - the first master's program in quantitative finance in Southeast Europe. The goal: build a pipeline of quantitative finance professionals and academics in a region that had no such programs.
03/20
The ecosystem grows
2003 / 2020 - 17 years of cohorts
Over two decades, IMQF graduates filled important posts in Serbian financial industry and helped establish Serbian fintech and DeFi scene. They, also, spread across European and global financial institutions and fintechs in New York, Zurich, Frankfurt, London, Hong Kong, Dubai.
The advisory board grew alongside the program. Graduates became the advisors. Advisors hired graduates. The ecosystem became the moat.
2021
The next chapter
Creating MCF
MCF launches at the School of Computing, Union University (RAF), built on an integrative thesis: finance, programming (Python/R), and AI taught not as separate subjects but as a single discipline.
2026
Singidunum University
MCF finds its permanent home
In 2026/27, Prof. Urošević and MCF move from RAF to Singidunum - the largest private university in Serbia and a leader in applied AI, machine learning, data science, and banking and finance.
It is a natural fit: Singidunum's core strengths are exactly the disciplines of MCF.
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Today
Where we are now
First integrative master degree program of its kind in Europe. A developed network of partner institutions. Great regional and global demand for our graduates.
Faculty teaching the way they work - in Belgrade, New York, London, Frankfurt, Vienna, Zug, or Zurich.
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The network continues
Continuity
Students don't just enroll in a world-class program - they join an ecosystem, an international network of top quality academics and professionals 23 years in the making.
Founder's reflection
“We're not training people to write Python scripts for finance. We're training people who think in code AND markets simultaneously - because that's where finance is going. The integrative thinking is the moat.”
Prof. Branko Urošević · Founder & Program Director
23 years of compounding
Three things 23 years got us.
01
Continuity
Same faculty network. Same advisory ecosystem. Same standard. Students join a network that has been compounding for 23 years.
02
Iteration
Each cohort sharpens what we teach. Curriculum reviewed annually with industry. The program in 2026 is unrecognisable from 2003 - and that's the point.
03
Local + Global
Built in Belgrade for international ambition. Hybrid format means borders are irrelevant. Graduates work in Vienna, Frankfurt, London, New York - and Belgrade.