Advice on Master's programme Europe

Hi, I am a European student (non target UG) in the final year of my degree (econ) and thinking of doing a MSc in the UK next year. I am specifically looking for programs that do not require a GMAT, however I do realise this is a huge constraint. What are your experiences with the following programmes and how would you rank them to one-another? Given that my aim is to get a summer internship in IB. Also, since it is IB I focus on, I would prefer to attend a more corporate rather than quantitative finance master programme. 

  • MSc (corporate) finance at King's College
  • MSc (finance pathway) management at UCL
  •  MSc Finance & Accounting at Imperial
  • MSc Management Imperial
  • MSc Finance at Warwick Business School

Thank you in advance

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Thank you for your answer. Would you say that which university you attend is much more important than the degree, even at the Master's level? For instance, would a MSc in political science at LSE still give you better odds at landing an interview for a summer internship in IB than a Msc finance at Warwick or King's? 

 

How is MSc in Mathematical and Computational Finance from Oxford uni for getting into IBD? Even that does not require GMAT/GRE.

Thanks!

 

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