WBS or Cass?

Warwick Business School has more rep and the MSc Business Analytics and Consulting at Warwick is a top feeder program for IB and MC.

Where you study your MSc means a lot. Personally I would choose the one at WBS - You can always get involved in other things to show your dedication to IB then move into it - depending on what side of IB you want to go into.

Where you study your MSc means a lot. Personally I would choose the one at WBS - You can always get involved in other things to show your dedication to IB then move into it - depending on what side of IB you want to go into.

cass over warwick....the course in warwick is irrelevant to finance...and cass offers the London advantage

I know...but do u think that the reputation of Cass would not add me any edge over wbs in the job market>?

Cass has a very good reputation for finance in the city...I am going there myself in september to start MSc Finance, been to visit the school and its very nice and the have an amazing career service...I really like the location too right it the city...makes you motivated...

Wow! Excellent! Are there many corporate presentations on campus? Ppl always say that Cass has good corporate relations...how do u think? Professionals from the ibank to throw lectures? More interactions/internship opportunities with big corp? Is it possible to for Cass graduates to compete against those from lse/imperial/lbs? I'm intending to look for employment right after arrival this october...any tips u may share?

Wow! Excellent! Are there many corporate presentations on campus? Ppl always say that Cass has good corporate relations...how do u think? Professionals from the ibank to throw lectures? More interactions/internship opportunities with big corp? Is it possible to for Cass graduates to compete against those from lse/imperial/lbs? I'm intending to look for employment right after arrival this october...any tips u may share?

You will still need a good undergrad to be considered for most Jobs..Cass or Warwick will definitely make some one look twice at your application form. But you will need other things like experience and extra curricular activities. Warwick 's location is not great but it is still near to London..If you had gotten in for the MSc finance course then I might have advised you go to Warwick but the course you have is not relevant to finance and therefore not able to compete with your offer in Cass (also are you ready to do a course not related to what you want to do, you may find it boring). Yes all the big banks go to Cass and Warwick but there are other networking events these banks run at their offices in London and Cass location makes it easy for you to attend.

On this forum people are generally negative about Cass(for some reason mostly because they can't get over the fact that it is part of city university) however employers consider the Masters courses as excellent and financial times ranks the Business School as a top school in Europe. If you follow this forum one would advise you to study even MSc in Dance at e.g Imperial ( just a wild example to show my point lol) over MSc Finance at Cass to get into IB. People here cant get over the fact that its a top business school even though its part of city university. Look at the profile of the professors (they are all very qualified with experience in the industry and academia), go on linkedin and look at profiles of some of the Alumni. Personally I am from a Top 10 university in the UK and initially was resisting Cass because of the City Uni issue. But after I got rejected from LSE I decided I have my udergraduate anyway, and the people I will be applying to Know how good Cass is and know that its not the same as all city university courses. The excellent location I could not over look too. I will be going to Cass again in June for the "friends of cass event" they are giving two different lectures to offers holders (we get to choose from options) there will also be a talk by the careers service on how to prepare for jobs applications during the summer before the MSc starts.

Sample of a finance lecturers at CASS: http://bunhill.city.ac.uk/research/cassexperts.nsf/(smarturl)/S.Moeller

http://bunhill.city.ac.uk/research/cassexperts.nsf/All/14E6EE2182430F0580257535005D01CC?OpenDocument


Most graduate deadlines are in November, so this means right from the start of the course you would actively be looking for jobs!

You will still need a good undergrad to be considered for most Jobs..Cass or Warwick will definitely make some one look twice at your application form. But you will need other things like experience and extra curricular activities. Warwick 's location is not great but it is still near to London..If you had gotten in for the MSc finance course then I might have advised you go to Warwick but the course you have is not relevant to finance and therefore not able to compete with your offer in Cass (also are you ready to do a course not related to what you want to do, you may find it boring). Yes all the big banks go to Cass and Warwick but there are other networking events these banks run at their offices in London and Cass location makes it easy for you to attend.

On this forum people are generally negative about Cass(for some reason mostly because they can't get over the fact that it is part of city university) however employers consider the Masters courses as excellent and financial times ranks the Business School as a top school in Europe. If you follow this forum one would advise you to study even MSc in Dance at e.g Imperial ( just a wild example to show my point lol) over MSc Finance at Cass to get into IB. People here cant get over the fact that its a top business school even though its part of city university. Look at the profile of the professors (they are all very qualified with experience in the industry and academia), go on linkedin and look at profiles of some of the Alumni. Personally I am from a Top 10 university in the UK and initially was resisting Cass because of the City Uni issue. But after I got rejected from LSE I decided I have my udergraduate anyway, and the people I will be applying to Know how good Cass is and know that its not the same as all city university courses. The excellent location I could not over look too. I will be going to Cass again in June for the "friends of cass event" they are giving two different lectures to offers holders (we get to choose from options) there will also be a talk by the careers service on how to prepare for jobs applications during the summer before the MSc starts.

Sample of a finance lecturers at CASS: http://bunhill.city.ac.uk/research/cassexperts.nsf/(smarturl)/S.Moeller

http://bunhill.city.ac.uk/research/cassexperts.nsf/All/14E6EE2182430F0580257535005D01CC?OpenDocument


Most graduate deadlines are in November, so this means right from the start of the course you would actively be looking for jobs!

thanks for your sound advice....you make a good point here about the bias the ppl in this forum may have against Cass...

R u from the EU countries or local English? Why do you think Cass's tuition fees are higher than even that of LSE?

I think the reason why alot of people advice Warwick in favor of Cass is because Warwick has a more established reputation, probably because Cass didn't start to place high in the rankings untill rather recently.

Furthermore, alot of people currently in FO IB (as an example) have attended the classic target unis such as LSE/Warwick/Camebridge/Imperial/Oxford which inevitably makes the persons interviewing you sort of biased (you always have something in common with a candidate who went to the same uni as you did).

On a third note, the classic target unis are more exclusive than Cass (Cass offers A TON of Masters related to finance) and I know from own experience that it's easier to be offered a place there than LSE/Warwick/Imperial/Oxbridge. I have a few people from my current undergraduate class who were denied a place at the classic unis but almost all of them were offered a place at Cass, across courses (mainly Msc Finance, MSc Investment mgmt, and Int. Banking and Finance).

Finally I have had an internship in IB in London and been to quite a few interviews (AC) and the center is always packed with ppl from the classic unis and I have rarely encountered anyone from Cass. Not saying I haven't but the percentage is not in favour of Cass. Although take this with a grain of salt, this is merely my own experience and does not necessarily represent the overal population.


Nothing of the above says anything about the quality of the course though, and I am sure Cass is an excellent school. It has a more practial approach to teaching than the conventional academic type of teaching. If this is your cup of tea and the course interest you, then go for it.

Warwick Business School has more rep and the MSc Business Analytics and Consulting at Warwick is a top feeder program for IB and MC.