Target Schools for a BB/EB Investment Bank in the UK
Hello everyone I am currently looking to apply in the UK for a Master's in Finance. I have created a list of universities I am interested in and have sorted them according to how targeted they are by Investment Banks in the UK according to me. I would love to get some inputs from others here and work my list further.
1 London School of Economics
2 London Business School
3 University College London
4 University of Bristol
5 Durham University
6 University of Warwick
7 Cass Business School
8 University of Nottingham
9 King's College London
1 0University of Bath
11 University of Manchester
12 University of Exeter
13 University of Leeds
I have not included Scottish universities here but i assume Edinburgh and St.Andrews would fall somewhere around Durham?
The list is based off of various articles i have read in this forum and from recruitment report available on efinancialcareers (uk)
I have not included oxbridge since i dont plan on applying to either but i suppose they would come right after LSE?
Thank you.
Targets at the undergrad level are Oxbridge, UCL, LSE, Warwick, Imperial. At the postgrad level, only Oxbridge, LSE, and LBS can be called targets in the UK
Right but what about the semi targets at Postgraduate level.
Semi-targets for PG are a waste
Semi-target is not a thing at the masters level.
targets at PG - LBS, LSE, Imperial, Oxford
semi-targets at PG would be Cass, Warwick, Bath, Edinburgh
semi-targets place pretty well, you just wont get the same opportunity or interest as the targets obvs but just look at the alumni of some of those to see they still place at FO BB roles
there are 0 or only 1 current IB analyst(s( at BBs/EBs from so-called "semi-target" masters programs at UCL, Edinburgh, Durham, Bath, Nottingham, Exeter, KCL etc on LinkedIn...
the whole semi-target thing just doesn't exist at the MSc level. there is no data to support that it does. at the MSc level it's target or bust.
https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/20-most-frequently-asked-questio…
Will take a look. Thank you!!
This has been covered multiple times. In summary, Oxbridge, LBS, LSE and Imperial are targets at PG-level. Warwick and UCL will give you an okay shot (disagree with the comment that semi-targets don't exist for PG, I'd say they're still worth going to and you get the same on-campus activities as UGs) but are not as strong as at UG. Course matters a lot more and should really be finance/econ/management/STEM to give you a shot.
Bristol, Durham, Bath, KCL, Cass etc. are by no means impossible to break in, but it will be difficult. For the better Russel Group but not target unis, it's generally STEM (or economics with a strong quantitative focus) kids that make it, not MSc Finance students.
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