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meriya, 28 days ago

Thank you all! In response to kunal, and, basically, asking somethig else, what do you think would be the best option if my goal is to enter into an investment management program after that course? Thanks again

kunal_nanik, 31 days ago

I have heard MIT may soon launch a MIF. I don't know if the US Ivy League will come up Masters in Finance (non-quant that is) any time soon as these would compete with their more established MBA in Finance. The UK/Europe MSc get you in as an analyst but the MBA would brand you as an associate level applicant. So depending on your profile and your interests, you could go to the US MBA/Finance or Quant MIF programmes or to Europe (mainly UK) for the MSc's where you would find a range of options in programes.

sjd810, 33 days ago

Perhaps to clear up - there are thousands of universities in the U.S. - many of which offer MSc Finance courses. However, having looked into this exact avenue myself just a couple of months ago, I found that the trend amongst the TOP universities (Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, Chicago, etc) is often to offer masters in subjects like Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, etc, which to me personally, comes across as different to say, LSE's MSc Finance. If I'm misinformed, however, please let me know.

DominiConnor, HR & Recruitment, 33 days ago

I'm not quite sure what sjd810 means ,there are many finance masters in the USA, some would say, far too many. The better programs do require good scores, and at the risk of starting a flame war, British universities are beginning to get a bad reputation for their lower delivery of numerate ability in graduates.

sjd810, 33 days ago

If you're talking about a specific MSc Finance - then I believe quite hard as it's only Princeton (out of the top U.S. universities) that offers a specific masters in finance. [see http://www.bus.lsu.edu/academics/finance/faculty/dchance/MiscProf/MSPrograms.htm]. Universities such as Stanford, Columbia, NYU Stern, MIT, University of Chicago, etc offer financial mathematics courses, however, these seem to be geared more towards those interested in a quant career. Either way, you'll need at least a high GMAT score (obviously with a high score in the quant section).