Quantitative Finance: Bocconi or Imperial?

Hi,
I have a MSc in Finance from a semi-target European Business School. I'd like to work in quantitative finance in Milan or London. Which is the best choice between Master of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management from Bocconi and MSc in Risk Management and Financial Engineering from Imperial College?

 
The Pharma Guy:
Bocconi is regarded well in both London and Milan, whilst in Milan Imperial may not be considered as good as Bocconi for business/finance subjects. You can't go wrong with Bocconi. But also look into the curriculum and the education system; the Italian system is VERY different to the British one. And fees...

You have also to consider that Bocconi MAFINRISK is not even close to the more renowned "Msc in Finance" (in which you can undertake the track in Quantitative Finance) whereas Imperial MFE has a strong brand.

 

Hi merlo97,

I know many Mafinrisk grads working for GS MS JP HSBC Nomura Citi  both in London and Paris (markets division).

However, if you are interested in M&A in Milan, Msc  finace is preferred, I agree (even if I know few mafinrisk  guys working in M&A in BB milan office).

All over Europe if a recruiter reads Master's degree in  Quant finace or Msc Finace from Bocconi University,  I assure you, it makes no difference.

Cheers

 
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Imperial's MFE is miles above the MAFINRISK. Yet, the latter is part of the SDA Bocconi that is like another university compared to the classic Bocconi for the two years MSc (especially the one in Finance or ESS)

Imperial's MFE has a great placement and is well known in the industry (we had two graduates from that master, in Paris)

If MFin of Imperial was an option, of course things would change but for the worst He is talking about Quant Finance not IB nor IBD stuff so a classic MFin could be not enough to compete in that world

The name of the game, moving the money from the client's pocket to your pocket
 

No, Mafinrisk is from Bocconi not SDA. Faculty is from Bocconi and some other universities in Italy and abroad(ESSEC and CASS). Maybe you're thinking of Master in Corporate Finance from SDA. But yes, my goal is get into quant industry. I've got a MSc in Banking and Finance from the second top Italian business school, so I think mafinrisk can open many doors for me in Italy

 

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