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MSc Finance Cass vs Warwick - and Why?

Hi!!

i've been offered a place in Cass and Warwick for the MSc Finance programme. Although, after reading the previous posts on this forum, I am of the opinion that Warwick is better, i can't think of any reasons why mind is programmed in such a way.

I'll be glad if you share your views and help me make the decision

ps: I am not from UK, US or the rest of Europe. So please keep in mind the placement record of outsiders for both the schools before advising me.

Regards,
flyingkolours

Reply 1

Busta

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CASS over rated, too expensive for what it is!

Warwick is an extremely good university all round and offers excellent business and finance courses with great career prospects. Only advantage CASS has is it's location

Reply 2

flyingkolours

OP

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hi busta, thanks for the reply...yeah, i keep hearing about great career prospects...but i am not sure what that exactly means...does it mean that everyone gets recruited, irrespective of whether they need a work permit? any idea what's the placement rate is at both the schools?

Reply 3

Busta

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Great employment prospects are what you make them to be. Many people assume going to a top uni, doing a top course entitles them to a good job, it doesn't! I can not stress how important that is!

If you have developed core competencies already and have a good academic background then the course is likely to enhance your career prospects. However, if you haven't developed any core competencies then you come across as too academic and some may consider you better suited to research than 'work'. A degree in itself is not enough, you need to develop your personal skills aswell as the academic one!

Reply 4

turbodave

4

Warwick hands down. Great reputation for finance, and a lot cheaper.

Reply 5

lhwjud

Got an offer for Cass Msc Finance too, but probably not going since it's too expensive. Still waiting for Lancaster reply.

Reply 6

turbodave

4

Warwick no question. Cheaper and better

Reply 7

hm82

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"Warwick no question. Cheaper and better"

Cheaper sure.... but how is it better? Is it better at landing you jobs after graduation? Is the course taught by better teachers? Better can mean a great many things.

I strongly think that if you are going to study finance you should be in London or Oxbridge. Despite how bad city university might be in other subjects, cass has an amazing careers service and a great contact with investment banks, so going to cass will definetly land you interviews. Having spoken to recruiters in firms such as JPM, they seem to generally rank firms as follows;
LSE Ox Cam - tier 1
Imperial, Cass - tier 1-2
Bath, Warwick, Nottingham etc. tier 2

Note that this is for Investment Banking.

My pref. for cass is just my personal opinion based on what I have heard and seen. I do however agree that anything above 15k pounds is overly expensive and cheaper alternatives should be sought if money is an issue.

Reply 8

turbodave

4

Fair enough, but I thought for finance it was
tier 1 - LSE, Oxbridge
tier 1-2 - Imperial, Warwick
tier 2 - Nottingham, Bath, Cass

Reply 9

Octavius85

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turbodave

Fair enough, but I thought for finance it was
tier 1 - LSE, Oxbridge
tier 1-2 - Imperial, Warwick
tier 2 - Nottingham, Bath, Cass

I agree

Reply 10

hm82

1

If that is your opinion then by all means go for for Warwick. I am just passing on what I have been told by a recruiter at JPM and friends that have undertaken finance related MSc's.

Reply 11

inidra

Hi Everyone,

I am really confused whether to choose MSc Finance at Cass or Warwick. Warwick has a better name but Cass has a better location for jobs. Can someone plz plz help me. I have to decide asap on what to choose.
My main objective is better jobs prospects after i finish.
Please advice.

Inidra

Reply 12

Paulwhy

13

I would also say that WBS is very good.
e.g. they even chosen by FA to run it's training course for football managers.

Reply 13

Biko

inidra

Hi Everyone,

I am really confused whether to choose MSc Finance at Cass or Warwick. Warwick has a better name but Cass has a better location for jobs. Can someone plz plz help me. I have to decide asap on what to choose.
My main objective is better jobs prospects after i finish.
Please advice.

Inidra

Hi,
I was also pending between Msc Finance at CASS or WBS and I would have probably taken the WBS offer, if I hadn't been offered a place at LSE. However, Cambridge is still pending.
WBS has a better reputation. Whereas, CASS has the better location and also a good reputation in the financial sector... CASS' programme is more practical oriented and WBS is more "academic"...
Hope that helps?

biko

Reply 14

hellbound

Hi
I have got an admit for MSc Quantitative Finance course at Cass for 2008/09. Initially i got very positive feedback about the Cass and the course as well. But now i found a few threads on IBTalk forums and on this forum as well, which have made me worried now.
I have done my engineering from a very reputed school in India and have a 3 years of work ex. 2 years as a software engineer and 1 year as a Business Analyst.I am worried because i'll be leaving my job for the course, so my decision depends heavily on the post course prospects or getting a job after the course, in London or anywhere else.
Any comments will highly be appreciated.
Thanks and regards
Gaurav

Reply 15

Paulwhy

13

addyshake

Since i have an MBA degree (which is obviously more generalized in terms of management) i am lookin for a more specialized and technical degree in Finance. Now i plan to apply to WBS and CASS for my MSC..can you please lemme know of my chances? and if its a good move to go for MSC finance? I would like to get into Investment Banking Trading Side as my ultimate goal. I would initial want to work in U.K and if not, then in the UAE. Plus, is the cost i am going to incur MSC worth it? as in what abou the payback period? Is it worth doing another MBA from college such as WBS? but generally i dont wat to doan mba again...but wat about career prospect? will an mba wth msc fin a good combo?

lots of your questions I am not informed enough to answer. But if prefer Msc then do that instead of MBA. And yes they should let you in!

Reply 16

ILIGAN

9

For Finance:

tier 1A - Oxbridge

tier 1B - LSE, Warwick

Imperial

Nottingham, Bath, Cass

Reply 17

plus_one

Not that I'm an expert, but I'd put Imperial in tier 1. I've heard it's very rigorous and mathematical, you need a strong maths background to be accepted.

Reply 18

nsx2050

Big 5 for Finance:
Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial, Warwick

CASS will always be associated with City.

Reply 19

talwarvarun

Hi . My name is Varun. I am applying for MSc Finance for session 2009-10. My profile is-

Xth - 83%. (CBSE)

XIIth - 88% (CBSE)

B.Com(Hons) Delhi University - 71%.

I dont have any work ex.

I want to know whether I can expect a call from Warwick & Manchester for MSc Finance? Are my marks sufficient?
Also want some suggestions regarding the following for MSc Finance-

Manchester , Durham , St Andrews, Edinburgh. Which one is the best for MSc Finance.

MSc Finance Cass vs Warwick - and Why?

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