Teams from Twelve Countries Advance to the Global Finals of 2025 International Quant Championship, hosted by WorldQuant

OLD GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teams from 12 universities across the globe have been selected to participate in The 2025 International Quant Championship (IQC) in Singapore, September 28-30, 2025. The Global Finals are the culmination of the IQC’s three-stage competition, which began in March. The finalists will face off in a live challenge and presentation to determine this year’s IQC global champion.

Founded seven years ago by WorldQuant, the IQC has grown into one of the most widely participated in and globally competitive quant championships, bringing together top science, mathematics and engineering talent from around the world. Nearly 80,000 participants from 11,000 universities in 142 countries took part in the IQC this year, submitting more than 263,000 alphas¹.

“The IQC brings together some of the best talent in the world to cultivate the next generation of quants,” said Igor Tulchinsky, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WorldQuant. “The Championship transcends geography and gives everyone a chance to show how they think. For five years, we have been expanding the talent pipeline and redefining how innovation in quantitative research is sourced and scaled.”

The 12 teams competing in the Global Finals represent universities across multiple regions, demonstrating the IQC’s global reach and its ability to surface talent from both established and emerging innovation hubs:

• CHUKA University (Kenya)
• Columbia University (United States)
• Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad (India)
• Monash University (Australia)
• Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)
• Peter Pazmany Catholic University (Hungary)
• Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Korea)
• University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
• University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
• Wuhan University (China)
• Xiamen University Malaysia (Malaysia)

The competition leverages WorldQuant's BRAIN platform, an interactive, web-based simulation environment fueled by data and technology that allows users to sharpen their quantitative skills and backtest alpha ideas in real time. With more than 225,000 users and over 9,000 active research consultants globally, BRAIN provides access to more than 125,000 data fields spanning market, economic and alternative datasets.

“This year’s IQC finalists exemplify how global talent can be identified, challenged and empowered through real-world application,” said Nitish Maini, WorldQuant’s Chief Strategy Officer. “The rapid growth in participation reflects a broader shift of increasing demand for hands-on, merit-based learning and the growing importance of competitive frameworks in preparing talent for high-impact roles. Through IQC, we continue to advance our commitment to expanding access to opportunity through competition, technology and education.”

At the finals event in Singapore, teams will compete in a live challenge, presenting newly developed alphas to a panel of judges from WorldQuant’s senior management team. They will be evaluated on their alpha creation and diversification approach, the logic of their selections and originality and quality of their ideas.

Finalists will compete for cash prizes from a pool of $100,000² and top performers also have the potential to be considered for research consulting, internship or full-time employment opportunities at WorldQuant. More than 60 past BRAIN consultants have subsequently become full-time employees at WorldQuant since inception of the platform.

For more information about the 2025 IQC and WorldQuant BRAIN, please visit https://www.worldquant.com/iqc/.

About WorldQuant

WorldQuant is a global quantitative asset management firm. Founded in 2007 by Igor Tulchinsky with the belief that talent is global, but opportunity is not, WorldQuant has more than 1,000 employees spread among 27 global offices. WorldQuant seeks to get to the future faster, guided by the principle that there are an infinite number of insights to discover. The firm develops and deploys investment strategies across a variety of asset classes in global markets.

¹ WorldQuant defines “alphas” as mathematical models that seek to predict the future price movements of various financial instruments.

² Subject to eligibility and based on the official guidelines of the competition.