I'm in the final year of my 3 year B.Com(Accounts) from the University of Mumbai.
I got a 740(97th pctl) on my GMAT.
I'm a fresher (no experience - finance or otherwise). I'm looking at doing the CFA Level I this June.
I know it's a bit late in the day to be asking this, and yet I ask - which are the best Masters courses in Finance in the UK, specifically in terms of employment prospects after the course (FO/MO/BO all ok)?
Is it only courses like the ones offered by Oxford, Warwick and LSE that enjoy favourable employment prospects?
I've seen the sticky re:'Top 20 UK unis for getting an IB Job', but that is for UG programs.
Are there any specific PG programs/Schools recognised particularly for Masters (like Cranfield) which are frequented by IBs, even if not as much as the Top 6 are?
Cass and ICMA have an entire portfolio of Finance Masters, Manchester has been right up there in the Graduate Recruitment statisitcs over the last 5 years or so. Edinburgh is the second largest financial centre in the UK after London.
Do any of these factors indicate a favourable IB standpoint, or are they just details and more details having no significance when it comes to recruitment by the IBs?
Most of Graduate Recruitment at IBs is based on previous internships at UG level. So for a fresher looking for a job with the IBs at the PG stage, is it worth looking beyond the top 6 at any of the said other Unis or is it pretty much gonna mean returning as I came?
And how would the courses in Rotterdam School of Management, St.Gallen and Bocconi compare with any of the aforementioned?
Any other course which suits my profile that I might have missed?
Any help in this regard will be sincerely appreciated (I'm in quite a state about this to be honest! The Career counselors here in India seem to be nothing more than inveterate Googlers!).