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Can I do investment banking/finance with BSc Economics from these unis?

I am looking at doing BSc Economics at university and would like to go to these unis:
-Bath
- Southampton
- Exeter
- Birmingham
- Manchester
- Queen Mary
- LSE (for economics and history)
- Durham ( would I need further maths for Durham?)

I want to also know are these unis like in terms of the career prospects to the question I asked, what they are like in general and also what the economics course is like?

Thanks!!
Original post by maoism123
I am looking at doing BSc Economics at university and would like to go to these unis:
-Bath
- Southampton
- Exeter
- Birmingham
- Manchester
- Queen Mary
- LSE (for economics and history)
- Durham ( would I need further maths for Durham?)

I want to also know are these unis like in terms of the career prospects to the question I asked, what they are like in general and also what the economics course is like?

Thanks!!


Generally there are two buckets of universities represented in front office IB - targets and semi-targets. Target unis lay claim to the vast majority (70-80%) of places in the grad intake whilst semi-targets make up the next portion (20-25%) with a small smattering of people from non-targets.

Targets are: Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick and Imperial

Semi targets: Nottingham, Durham, Bristol, Bath, Manchester, KCL, Cass, Edinburgh and St Andrews

Everything else is a non-target and as such would be immensely more difficult to break in from; although certainly possible for a top candidate.

That all said, even from a target uni you would still have to be a competitive applicant (grades, experience, personality etc wise) to stand a chance, being at a semi-target would make it more difficult for 'average' applicants to FO but would be fine for top candidates and lastly a non-target uni on your CV would make it insanely difficult as an average applicant but top/exceptional applicants fare well regardless.

Degree subject isn't that important.

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I would also urge you against apply for econ+history for the sake of easier entry grades if you plan to apply for straight economics elsewhere. Trying to play the admissions game really doesnt pay off majority of cases.

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