EDHEC vs RSM vs NHH vs LSE (Financial Statistics)

edhec > rsm > nhh

I also considered between LSE and EDHEC last year and finally picked LSE.

I think it depends on in which country you would like to work after your MSc. LSE is reputable not only in Europe but also in US and Asia. EDHEC is also well-known in Europe especially in finance area. EDHEC is also famous for its supportive career service. So if you are interested in working in Europe, both are good options. Sorry I don't know about the other two schools very much.

LSE recruiting is very strong; take the LSE offer if you can.

Unless you can speak French or Dutch as fluently as a native, getting a job in those countries would be much harder than in London.

Hello people,

I was wondering if you could clear out to me some points between these universities. I got a 660 on the GMAT, Im Colombian and I work in Investment banking now as a 1st year analyst at the biggest bank in my country. I speak fluent english and French.

I am starting my applications to a master in finance to get into private equity mostly, and stay whether in Europe (France, Spain, Switzerland or UK) or target NY or Miami.

My first option is EDHEC because it is well targeted in france, great alumni network, the career service, I love the Cote d'azur and not so expensive compared to LSE, LBS or HEC. I have some doubts, given my nationality that I could get a job easily, even though I aspire with my level of french after one year at EDHEC I could make it. I was also targeting ESADE and LSE, but given that spanish if my native language and in the UK is harder to get a job because non EU passport, is this correct?

What do you think whether it would how hard to get a job after in PE or Investment banking? How are the conditions for non EU to look for a job in France after master in the same country?

Hi, I would not go to EDHEC. It is not a bad B-school but the school is not very known outside of France and clearly is very expensive for what it is worth. Clearly go to HSG, SSE or RSM if you want a school that will offer a good value for money and good future opportunities. 

However, it is clear that with all the schools mentioned that a placement in London will be difficult if you do not have past work experience and a solid overall background.

Hope it will help future graduates decide :) 

If I had to rank these: LSE>RSM>EDHEC=(or >)NHH

Hi everybody, it's been a long time since I posted this, thanks to everyone for their input. A quick update from my side: I ended up getting into another school that was not on the original list. I got into ESADE Business School, MSc Finance. I was studying there from 2016 to 2017 and didn't land any offer in London, and then decided to apply for an exchange programme in partnership with Queen's University in Canada for 2017 to 2018. The reason was it's much easier to land a job in Canada and get a residency in there and i wanted to work somewhere abroad. However, after graduation I moved back to Moscow and got into a Russian investment bank (Sberbank) in Treasury which is quite far from Sales & Trading, though that was Global Market's Treasury, but not FO. One year passed and i had some thoughts to move back to Canada and try again applying for Sales & Trading. I moved back to Canada in 2019 and started brutal networking (thousands of LinkedIn messages and hundreds of coffee chats). 4 months into the search process, and I got an offer to work for TD Securities as part of their funding desk (STIR), that's FO and that's on a trading floor. So, that's pretty much what my journey's been thus far. Looking back now i can say that both my MS degrees were quite useless and i didn't learn much, but at the same time now i understand that not a single degree can give you an FO role, it's just how bad you want it and what you do to achieve this. In the end, you can end up where you want if you focus enough on this. Good luck everybody!