Best Degree for Commodity Trading
Hi guys! I am a final year student in Asia and I want to break into the energy/commodity space in the future. I have received the following offers and would like to know which one is the best in terms of future prospect.
Cass Business School - MSc in Energy, Trade and Finance University of Geneva - MSc in Commodity Trading Norwegian School of Economics - MSc in Economics and Business Administration (Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment track)
Background: Final year student at a target university in Asia. Previously interned at one BB (Equity Research) and upcoming internship at one of MBB. I know that as a non-EU person it is really hard to get a job in Europe after graduation?
Thank you everyone for their input in advance!
They will all be fine, and this doesn't matter nearly as much as you think it does. No one in this business expects you to be coming out of any of those schools knowing all the functions of commodity trading across all the major groups.
Go to school, learn as much as you can, apply yourself, and then when the time comes, show to people that you're a candidate that is capable of being taught. That's all we care about, can you be open minded to learning, or are you a know-it-all.
Edit: chances are, your biggest challenge will be qualification for employment in Europe as a non resident. I'd spend some time on that instead of which school.
Degrees That Would Help me Break Into Commodity Trading (Originally Posted: 12/13/2014)
My goal is to eventually end up at a firm such as Glencore, Vitol, or Trafigura. It seems like a lot of the traders there were previously at BP, Shell, or other major energy companies like that and not banks per se (which I was somewhat surprised by). I'm going to be graduating from undergrad this spring and I'm planning on getting a masters since I'm graduating in 3 years. I'm strongly considering an MSc in political economy from LSE since I'm extremely interested in trade. Do you think this degree could help me land a job at a firm like Shell or BP or is it not technical enough?? I realize that there's probably a one percent chance (at best) that I could land a job at Glencore without already being established. I think that my current plan is to pursue that MSc, work for 2 years, get an MBA, and then try to land a job at a top commodity trading house.
Any advice would be highly appreciated. Thank you!
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