I really want to work in the investment bank after graduating. What will be the good universities that might increase the chances to start off my career in IB?
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Oxbridge/ LSE will give you the best chance
There are only 5 undergraduate target universities in the UK:
Although in practice, these universities only make up about 30% of the incoming class. The remainder comes from top European undergraduate and business schools (LBS, ESCP, Bocconi, HEC), and British semi-targets (Durham, Imperial, Nottingham, Bath, Edinburgh).
Don't think anyone really sees imperial below UCL/Warwick to be honest, but yeah this is largely accurate.
Given that not many people from Imperial look to enter IB - that naturally has a knock-on effect on campus recruiting, alumni destinations, careers office support...
Mate when have careers offices ever been helpful for finance lol...campus recruiting isn't really a thing either. Fewer people end up in finance but fewer are interested. No one is going to see it as worse than UCL when they see it on a CV.
Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial and Warwick are the targets out of undergrads.
Durham, Nottingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, St Andrews and KCL are semi-targets, with vast disparity between them.
Don't just pick a University based solely on IB placement however. These above Unis will still give you between a decent-very good chance of breaking in.
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