Can anyone make tiers of schools that are target in europe for uk ibd?

you can add uk schools too, but just wondering what are the tiers for different schools in europe and the UK for IBD at BBS

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The top target universities are, in order: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial, UCL, and Warwick.

These six institutions are heavily recruited by all top firms, though there is a clear hierarchy among them. For instance, there is a noticeable gap between an Oxbridge graduate and one from UCL or Warwick.

When it comes to semi-targets, the order is less clear-cut, but it typically goes as: Durham, Bristol, Bath, King’s, Nottingham, Edinburgh, St Andrews, and Exeter.

The differences between semi-targets are narrower than those among the top targets. For example, the gap between LSE and Warwick is greater than the gap between Durham and Exeter. That said, there are still slight advantages attending Durham or Bath rather than than Edinburgh or Exeter, but the difference is mostly marginal.

There are some 'prominent non-targets' like Birmingham, loughborough, City(Bayes), York and Leeds.

Also at UG level for UK market only Bocconi would make sense for adding to the list, it would be around the same level with UCL and Warwick.

If you wish a FO IBD role at a BB or EB you should stricly favour the top targets. It is also possible from Semi-target's but you would need to grind much more, at the minimum a first class would be required.
From non-targets its a far-fetched possibility.

 

well escp is a good b school but I guess their bachelor programs would not be targeted for london, you would have a better shot at france for the top companies. For UK you might land some good interviews but it would be hard for you to better students from target background or the best performing students of semi-targets. Essentially HEC and INSEAD are much more favoured, the best thing you could do is to do a masters at UK at a place like LBS or LSE. Or even a MIM from escp can position you better since that program holds more weight.

 

I can tell you we run one of the better paying, higher quality groups in London and tend to very rarely hire Oxbridge and our analysts are overwhelmingly Warwick, LSE, Imperial and Edinburgh with a smattering of the European schools. This is a view shared by many of the more “American” teams and PE firms, where Oxbridge grads are sort of annoying and too nerdy. 

 

Would Warwick BSc PPE (majoring in economics, minoring in politics) be better than Bocconi Bachelor in International Economics and Finance? I’m a non-EU international student and from my friends in both schools, I learnt that some banks sponsor flights to London and all banks would sponsor work visas so bocconi s location won’t be an issue. Have also observed that bocconi students get more spring weeks than Warwick students (esp if we exclude Warwick MORSE n math programs), though I’d say most Warwick students are more chill than bocconi students in terms of recruiting due to the nature of schools 

 
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Your nationality and which languages you speak play a big role on where you should study. British nationals will have a much easier time wherever they decide to go. But generally speaking:

Tier 1 (Top UK IB Placement, with regular events and career fairs with top BBs)

The LSE

Oxbridge 

Imperial

UCL

Warwick

LBS

HEC Paris

Bocconi

ESCP

St Gallen

Tier 1.5 (Strong, frequent uk IB Placement)

UK semi target undergrad (Durham, Bristol etc.) 

ESSEC

SSE

EDHEC

ESADE

RSM

WHU

Tier 2

IE

Mannheim

CBS

Skema

Other European “Grande Ecole” or top local universities

 

Surprised no one has mentioned any Irish schools. UCD and Trinity consistently places students in top BB/EBs

 

Can chime in for MBA recruiting in London (which is shrinking and becoming harder to recruit in), but really the only Euro tier 1 MBA program is LBS / Insead. Top US schools are also equally prestigious but not seen as much.


For undergrads, I have seen a lot of Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial and UCL. Fit and technical interviews matter too. For MIM, have also seen LBS, Insead but also EU MIMs like HEC, ECSP and Bocconi. 

 

Would probably rank unis roughly like this:

Oxbridge, LSE, LBS, Bocconi, HEC, INSEAD, St Gallen, Ivy League

Imperial, UCL, KCL, Warwick, ESSEC, ESCP, EDHEC, WHU, FS, Mannheim, LMU, ESADE, IE, Nova, Stockholm, Leuven, Rotterdam, ETH

Have grouped them by country and not necessarily in order. There’s probably a few I missed in the second bucket.

 

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Would probably rank unis roughly like this:

Oxbridge, LSE, LBS, Bocconi, HEC, INSEAD, St Gallen, Ivy League

Imperial, UCL, KCL, Warwick, ESSEC, ESCP, EDHEC, WHU, FS, Mannheim, LMU, ESADE, IE, Nova, Stockholm, Leuven, Rotterdam, ETH

Have grouped them by country and not necessarily in order. There’s probably a few I missed in the second bucket.

Hi, May I ask if  Bocconi Bachelor in International Economics and Finance Would be better than Warwick BSc PPE (majoring in economics, minoring in politics)? I’m a non-EU international student and from my friends in both schools, I learnt that some banks sponsor flights to London and all banks would sponsor work visas so bocconi s location won’t be an issue. Have also observed that bocconi students get more spring weeks than Warwick students (esp if we exclude Warwick MORSE n math programs), though I’d say most Warwick students are more chill than bocconi students in terms of recruiting due to the nature of schools. 

 

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