The "Is this university/course good enough for banking/consultancy?" thread [part 2]

OK so I want to work in investment banking in the future but I want to study languages at university. I'd be applying to Cambridge, Warwick, UCL, Durham and somewhere else.
Obviously Cambridge would be my first choice but failing that, what would be my second choice? UCL or Warwick?

OK so I want to work in investment banking in the future but I want to study languages at university. I'd be applying to Cambridge, Warwick, UCL, Durham and somewhere else.
Obviously Cambridge would be my first choice but failing that, what would be my second choice? UCL or Warwick?

I know what course you choose doesn't have much of an impact but it will help in other areas regardless. From choices 1-6 which one would give the best chances in terms of future job employment at JP Morgan or PwC ?

1) UCL - Management Science
2) UCL - Statistics, Econ & Finance
3) UCL - Statistics & Management for Business
4) LSE - Management
5) KCL - Economics & Management
6) KCL - Business Management

I know what course you choose doesn't have much of an impact but it will help in other areas regardless. From choices 1-6 which one would give the best chances in terms of future job employment at JP Morgan or PwC ?

1) UCL - Management Science
2) UCL - Statistics, Econ & Finance
3) UCL - Statistics & Management for Business
4) LSE - Management
5) KCL - Economics & Management
6) KCL - Business Management

Kcl or Bristol, is it a noticeable difference? Because kcl doesn't seem to send more than like 1 guy a year into banking, but then again it's in London so possibly better social life

Kcl or Bristol, is it a noticeable difference? Because kcl doesn't seem to send more than like 1 guy a year into banking, but then again it's in London so possibly better social life

no they're about the same in terms of reputation

Noticeable but shouldn't be more important than other criteria. KCL deffo do send a fair number into banking, not sure how you arrived to that.

And truss me Bristol social life is lit.

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Saw that the thread ended so started a new one.

FAQs:
Which universities are the best for banking?
Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Imperial and Warwick (in no order) are typically targeted more by banks. After this, Nottingham, Bristol, Durham, Bath, Loughborough, Manchester, Cass and some other ones are semi-targets.

Which degree course is the best for banking?
Doesn't matter at all. You can go into banking with a classics or music degree as much as from an economics or maths degree.

If you ask one of these aforementioned questions, I will egg your house/apartment.

Hi, I am applying for economics and finance at university. Can I become a trader at a bank with this degree or would it be better to change to something with more maths? Also, what traders do banks hire? Do they still hire FX traders or are these trades done electronically? Are there any similar jobs to trading, working in the financial markets? I'm quite passionate about which way the markets are going and how economic policies and BoE decisions impact it.

Hi, I am applying for economics and finance at university. Can I become a trader at a bank with this degree or would it be better to change to something with more maths? Also, what traders do banks hire? Do they still hire FX traders or are these trades done electronically? Are there any similar jobs to trading, working in the financial markets? I'm quite passionate about which way the markets are going and how economic policies and BoE decisions impact it.

Noticeable but shouldn't be more important than other criteria. KCL deffo do send a fair number into banking, not sure how you arrived to that.

And truss me Bristol social life is lit.

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You can but I'd try to take on more quantitative modules whilst at uni... Just because of how the role of Traders is changing - there is more and more demand for those who can understand more complex products and for those who can understand the risk models behind trades.

I'd also try to pick up a programming language like Python or R whilst at uni too.

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For banking and finance, your activities outside uni and school matter the most. For trading, you need to show that you have good teamwork and speaking skills, and ability to work with others and be sociable. Also you need to be able to make quick decisions. So doing activities like volunteering to raise funds and playing games like football or rugby can show you can make good decisions.

Thank you. I have an offer for an economics and econometrics course at Bristol which incorporates maths, statistics and economics and a finance module, which might be more appropriate. I understand that trading desks are hiring people who can code trading algorithms instead of human traders so are banks still taking on new human traders or are they just training people to code trading algorithms? Are there any jobs similar to trading that involve analysing and studying the financial markets and the economy? Thank you. I am doing a lot of activities after school do community projects and stuff like that.

The banks are hiring traders but very few. It's mostly algo traders and quants that they're hiring from now on.If you like th markets. I would recommend doing something like asset management in fixed income or do FICC strategy but that might also be replaced by algo so you never know. I would stay away from the markets side if I were you, go for IBD as that's a human business.

Noticeable but shouldn't be more important than other criteria. KCL deffo do send a fair number into banking, not sure how you arrived to that.

And truss me Bristol social life is lit.

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Bristol is awesome. Also, I've been to Swansea on a night out once or twice and had a good time there, roiders* aside. Mumbles, Wind street, Caswell. All good stuff.

Wind Street and Mumbles have been solid so far, yet to see the other places.

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Kcl or Bristol, is it a noticeable difference? Because kcl doesn't seem to send more than like 1 guy a year into banking, but then again it's in London so possibly better social life