Best UK Universities for FO Investment Banking
Soon-to-be uni student here with a view to study economics and then hoping to go into the investment banking industry. I want to put myself in the best possible position for getting into a summer analyst role
You can also add Durham to that list And I have seen plenty of people from Bristol (less from Bath, but I am sure a lot go to FO) in IBD London, So I think that you would be in a good position yes!
Obviously LSE/Oxbridge/Warwick will make it easier, but all of the schools you mentioned give you a decent shot at IBD London (FO) from what I have seen.
So yes, you'd have a great shot at any you mention. Also uni is much more important than course when it comes down to it.
Loughborough.. no way
As you already have seemed to figured out, you should have no problem getting interviews from Oxbridge/LSE/UCL/Warwick economics programmes.
After these, I would echo aliasgoldman and rate the Durham economics programme as next best. This is for the strength of the economics programme as opposed to recruiting though.
Regarding recruiting,there is a decent presence of all mentioned universities, and on top of that, Cass/Manchester/York as well.
I'm at the University of Manchester and everyone I know who has applied for IB has received an offer for summer internships (GS, HSBC, Credit Suisse and MS).
Maybe I'm biased but I'm pretty sure Manchester should on your list. Great business school and great student city. University isn't just about staying in the library all the time, you need to enjoy your 3/4 years of student life.
LSE / Oxbridge / Imperial would be the most targetted.
All other unis are below this tier.
You're right with regards to those 4 being most targeted. However, would say say Warwick/UCL is in the same "tier" (albeit marginally lower in prestige). Still get great interest from recruiters. Moreover, they both have great economics programmes, especially Warwick from what i've heard.
Ox/Cam LSE/UCL/Warwick/Durham Bristol/Edinburgh
Ox/ Cam are not on their own tier. That misinformation reduces the quality of forum.
LSE / Imperial and Oxbridge are in same bracket. Next time take a look through your banks class book and you'll see LSE / Imperial / UCL and French polytechniques are more represented.
That is self selection. Nearly 100% of kids at LSE apply for FO IB roles. This is not the case at Ox/Cam.
Ox/Cam/LSE - Obviously UCL/Warwick/Imperial - Close Second Tier Notts/Bristol/Manch - There are a bunch of Universities around these guys level, but these three do very well in FO BB roles, both S&T and IB.
Good luck
To be honest, I have no idea why UCL gets so much love on this forum. I studied there for a year before deciding to go to study in the US instead and I can say that there are too many dumb f**ks. Some people are decent, of course, but there are way too many average people at UCL and I suppose it only gets worse at lower ranked universities.
Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, in that order. If you go anywhere else, you will still have a shot but the name of your university won't help by itself.
You clearly know fuck all about university representation in FO finance within the UK. Just because you had a craptastic time (probably down to you not even bothering) at UCL doesn't mean it's automatically demerited to a shit-tier uni. Get out of here with that spiel.
As far as numbers of recent intakes, UCL, LSE and Warwick have overshadowed Oxbridge by quite a margin.
If you want to study economics as you say, then Cambridge is a significantly better choice.
From what I saw at my bank, Cambridge applicant pool is normally stronger than the one from Oxford. I guess it makes sense, because Cambridge has higher entrance requirements (AAA for Cam econ vs AAA for Oxon PPE, but this is also true for most other courses).
I personally went to Warwick, which I would say is a top 5 university for IB. While I was lucky enough to get a great offer, many of my friends who worked just as hard didn't.
Lol I am studying at one of the 'trinity' of UK universities (Ox/Cam/LSE). WTF do you mean my school is a top 'target'? If by 'targets' you mean banks come down and give useless presentations and shit shows about why their firm is doing God's work and their CEO is the Messiah himself followed by 2 hours of drinks and canapés in october, yeah sure it's 'targeted'. If you mean tangible advantages in terms of resume drops and dedicated HR teams/ professionals, GTFO. The UK isn't the US. We still have to apply online like everyone else and network our asses off to get an interview.
OP, don't be deluded into thinking attending Oxford will mean firms be laying out the red carpet for your arrival. It just means they come once every few months to deliver a powerpoint built by HR and allow you some time to 'speak' to their professionals. More like you get a chance to squeeze with 10 other students speaking to one banker.
I would recommend the author of this thread not to take anything in this thread seriously, because it seems to feature only LSE, Manchester and Loughborough (lol, does this place even exist) students trying to childishly promote their university.
I have never heard of the term 'trinity' before. Is that what LSE students invented to feel better about themselves after being rejected from Oxbridge?
This tool obviously only read the first line of my post. So how's your 'liberal arts at a really leftist liberal arts college in the Northeast'? Explains why you can't seem to understand a simple post on an online forum. Hope you're finding Oriental Studies and Theatre Arts useful for your nonexistent career in any IB.
No, what I AM saying is that attending a target school in the UK is unlike attending one in the US. There is a difference.
Jeez, and banks in the US claim that they are having a hard time weeding out candidates to manageable numbers. Just implement a verbal reasoning and comprehension test like they do in the UK and you'd be able to go through all the applications in a day tops.
Lol the only tool is you. Noone gives a fk about differences in top 5 universities. Its when you peddle your BS and misleading people asking aboht prospects that it becomes an issue. I have already seen your post in another wso forum bigging up Cambridge as the best undergrad econ course in the world. That shits embarassing. Clearly you are an Oxbridge troll, and in fact it is you who is childishly trying to promote your university. Grow the fk up man
I assume you are the one who MSed my message. I have no idea why as there was not one false statement in it.
Unless you don't think Manchester has a good business school? There is no chance you could have understood my message as inferring that Manchester is better than Oxbridge, UCL, LSE or Warwick. However, it certainly is not disregarded by investment banks.
So what you're saying is if you could do it all over again you'd go to Royston Vasey Poly because it doesn't really make any difference?
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