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Hi, these are the course I have applied to(some received offers from), could you please tell me which would give me the best shot of getting an internship/job? I also enjoy maths so guiding me to which courses are the most mathematical would be great.

Bristol: Economics and Finance BSc (Should I switch to Economics and Maths? Didn't take further maths which could be a problem, so maybe too much pure maths as would prefer it applied to economics. Which to employers prefer the pure maths or the finance?)

Manchester: Economics BSc (wide range of modules to choose from such as time series analysis, mathematical finance...)

Nottingham: Financial Mathematics BSc (wide range of modules to choose from such as time series analysis)

Durham: Finance BSc

York: Economics, Econometrics and Finance BSc ( While york may not be as prestigious as the others, the course looks great. Great spread of modules most compulsory, such as time series...)

My opinion of where I would order them from the best to not as good:

1: Bristol (not sure about switching though from Economics and Finance to Economics and maths? I know some of the hedge funds such as Citadel greatly appreciate statistics. The modules are very restricted in choice. Being a BSc I assume the course is mathematical but I'm not sure when looking at the modules.)

Link to modules for Economics and Mathematics:http://www.bristol.ac.uk/unit-programme-catalogue/RouteStructure.jsa?byCohort=N&cohort=Y&routeLevelCode=1&modeOfStudyCode=Full+Time&ayrCode=17%2F18&programmeCode=9ECON005U

Link to modules for Economic and Finance: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/unit-programme-catalogue/RouteStructure.jsa?byCohort=N&cohort=Y&routeLevelCode=1&modeOfStudyCode=Full+Time&ayrCode=17%2F18&programmeCode=9ECON019U

2: Nottingham/ Manchester/ York (Dont think there is much between them).

3: Durham (I know Durham is more prestigious than some of the others, but looking back on the course I chose it doesn't look as heavily mathematical and also doesn't have any statistical modeling modules. But the modules do look great.)

Link to Durham Finance modules: https://www.dur.ac.uk/courses/info/?id=12317&title=Finance&code=N305&type=BSC&year=2017#coursecontent

I know there's a lot here so responses are greatly appreciated!

Edit: From the employers perspective, is it more beneficial to have a degree in a single honurs, so just straight economics from bristol as you get more depth into the subject?
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Original post by C.Finance
Hi, these are the course I have applied to(some received offers from), could you please tell me which would give me the best shot of getting an internship/job? I also enjoy maths so guiding me to which courses are the most mathematical would be great.

Bristol: Economics and Finance BSc (Should I switch to Economics and Maths? Didn't take further maths which could be a problem, so maybe too much pure maths as would prefer it applied to economics. Which to employers prefer the pure maths or the finance?)

Manchester: Economics BSc (wide range of modules to choose from such as time series analysis, mathematical finance...)

Nottingham: Financial Mathematics BSc (wide range of modules to choose from such as time series analysis)

Durham: Finance BSc

York: Economics, Econometrics and Finance BSc ( While york may not be as prestigious as the others, the course looks great. Great spread of modules most compulsory, such as time series...)

My opinion of where I would order them from the best to not as good:

1: Bristol (not sure about switching though from Economics and Finance to Economics and maths? I know some of the hedge funds such as Citadel greatly appreciate statistics. The modules are very restricted in choice. Being a BSc I assume the course is mathematical but I'm not sure when looking at the modules.)

Link to modules for Economics and Mathematics:http://www.bristol.ac.uk/unit-programme-catalogue/RouteStructure.jsa?byCohort=N&cohort=Y&routeLevelCode=1&modeOfStudyCode=Full+Time&ayrCode=17%2F18&programmeCode=9ECON005U

Link to modules for Economic and Finance: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/unit-programme-catalogue/RouteStructure.jsa?byCohort=N&cohort=Y&routeLevelCode=1&modeOfStudyCode=Full+Time&ayrCode=17%2F18&programmeCode=9ECON019U

2: Nottingham/ Manchester/ York (Dont think there is much between them).

3: Durham (I know Durham is more prestigious than some of the others, but looking back on the course I chose it doesn't look as heavily mathematical and also doesn't have any statistical modeling modules. But the modules do look great.)

Link to Durham Finance modules: https://www.dur.ac.uk/courses/info/?id=12317&title=Finance&code=N305&type=BSC&year=2017#coursecontent

I know there's a lot here so responses are greatly appreciated!

Edit: From the employers perspective, is it more beneficial to have a degree in a single honurs, so just straight economics from bristol as you get more depth into the subject?


there is literally a sticky with these questions

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there is literally a sticky with these questions

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Would you point me in the direction?
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Would you point me in the direction?


You don't know where to find the sticky? :tongue:

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4224570
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Would you point me in the direction?


main ib subforum -> Sixth form faq

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