Is the MSF/MiF really necessary to break into UK IB ?

Hi everybody,

Im a French 3rd year ug student at emlyon business school, got a 3,6/4 GPA, did an academic exchange at UCLA and I will do Oxford summer school at lady margaret hall college in PPE. I also got ""cool"" extracurricular activities etc..


I also did 3 months as a corporate M&A Analyst during 1st year, 5 months of corporate lev. finance in 2nd year, im going to do 6months as a financial auditor at EY Lux in my 3rd year and then I will hopefully do in my last (4th) year 6-months IB/M&A internship in mid-cap probably in France or eventually UK?

And I was thinking that given in the U.K a bachelor degree is enough for analyst position (not france) could I realistically get an IB full-time position with my CV even tough I didnt do any summer internship ? Or should I go for masters degree directly ? 

Thanks everyone !!

2 Comments
 

Bachelors is good enough from what I know, and you have a lot more experience than most UK students. I would say ideally you would want to do a summer internship at a BB/EB in your final year if you want to do FT in a years time, because recruiting directly for FT is much harder.

That being said, feel free to contribute and subsidise our collapsing university system by paying 50K a year for MSc as an international student :)

 

Est sed omnis eos omnis earum provident sint dignissimos. Quibusdam quaerat mollitia aperiam sed. Doloribus molestiae quo est eius tempore.

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
4
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
5
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
6
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
7
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
8
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
9
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
10
Linda Abraham's picture
Linda Abraham
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”