What universities do banks hire from in the UK from Masters courses?

Hi all,

What universities do banks directly recruit from in the UK? I'm thinking of doing an MBA or Masters. I'm keen to find out what universities investment banks will recruit directly from, MBA or masters students.

Will a masters in finance/economics cut it or would I need an MBA to be hired as say IBD Associate?

Thanks,
TG

 

Rule number 7 of the 48 Laws of Power - Get others to do the work for you. Thanks for the input, really added value.

Thanks for the input Orangutan. I didn't know they directly recruited from Imperial, I thought it would be LSE, LBS and Warwick for MBA candidates.

 

Masters generally leads to Analyst level entry in the UK. Recruiters obviously love Oxford, Cambridge, LSE. Additionally they seem to recruit from Imperial (often quant roles, unsurprisingly), UCL & Warwick. The power of referrals is strong (one email recommendation got me an interview invite at a BB in

 

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