Curious to see what people have heard or seen -- I recently talked to an American pursuing the MIF there and have heard some pretty good things about the program -- 10 months focused on people in finance who are looking to make shifts within finance and leverage their expertise but not completely revamp their life, one year and ~55k for the program puts it on par with the MBA programs for a year.
Obviously stronger placement in London but I have heard the bigger shops dont mind giving you a warm hand off to NYC counterparts and its also probable/possible to start for two years in London and lateral back to a NYC office possibly?
Asides from that I've heard of some of the top tier firms that usually recruit for Asset Management/product management at Chicago/Wharton/Columbia recruiting for their London sides with strong representation from the MIF side vs the LBS MBA's -- even hearing that the MBAs are somewhat daunted by the intensity of finance recruiting for the MIFs. PIMCO recently interviewed 8 of the MIFs and 4 MBAs (120 person MIF class, 400 MBA class size) on campus for product management type roles which shows the MIFs have a stronger presence apparently
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Interesting thread. I'm looking at this program as well, along with MBA and policy programs since i'm interested in IM or social impact investing, with an international focus. I've heard bad things about LBS MBA due to its poor facilities, mediocre student body, and new visa restrictions for non-EU citizens. Curious to know more about the LBS MIF. Also, how does this program compare with U.S. mba programs such as tuck, stern, yale, haas?
is it still true in 2022 re: mediocre student body?
Just looked at that document. Looks interesting. But given that only 9% of the grads work in the U.S. and with the new visa restrictions, i'm not sure how good it would be for Americans.
I just got into LBS MIF. Would love to hear more about the job placement coming out of there.
Are people from LBS MiF going more for associate roles in BBs? People are already too qualified to start off as analysts?
It is a post-experience program so I would assume they go back as associates or higher, depending on the title and experience they had upon entering the program.
I'm starting at the program in just over a month, I'll post something about the program when I'm a couple months in for the WSO community.
I turned down the program, mainly because its job placement was mediocre, especially with London finance getting hit so hard. One problem is that the MIF students have to compete with the MBAs for the exact same jobs (there is no separate OCR for MIF), and despite the program's more rigorous nature, financial firms still prefer MBAs because the latter is more prestigious and selective.
I think anyone without sponsorship needs to really examine international programs. This includes students coming to the US as well as US students going overseas.
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