Which university should I choose for a finance student?

Hi! I am in a similar situation, I have received offers from Loughborough and Nottingham to do Economics and want to work in IB (Investment Banking) in the future, I enjoyed visiting both unis but have noticed a theme that financial institutions prefer the more traditional universities such as Oxbridge, Warwick etc. So from that point of view I would go for Edinburgh, in your case; however, you are in that town/campus for 3 years, so you have to want to go to the uni as well!!!

Hope this helps.

Is this for your undergraduate? Go to Nottingham, their economics department and course is a lot stronger than Loughborough's, you'll have a much wider range of optional modules, and they do well in IB and other banking areas in terms of university alumni representation.

For OP, I heard that John Hopkins was quite good, but I always thought it was stronger in medicine and such. Not sure about finance.

Is this for your undergraduate? Go to Nottingham, their economics department and course is a lot stronger than Loughborough's, you'll have a much wider range of optional modules, and they do well in IB and other banking areas in terms of university alumni representation.

For OP, I heard that John Hopkins was quite good, but I always thought it was stronger in medicine and such. Not sure about finance.

Hi, I just wanted a suggestion, I have received offers from Nottingham, Bristol, and Bath for BSC Economics and I am an International student which universities do you think have the best department and employable prospects?

Thanks for the help! Think I am pretty much set on Nottingham now! Not only the course but the city as well sold it for me. Yes it is for my undergrad.

They're all very solid universities. Nottingham and Bristol in particular are pretty strong within econometrics, and have big economics Departments. Bath's course is highly technical as well, and have a lot of modules around development economics and political economics. In terms of best department, it's a pretty even playing field. You should look into the module choices they each offer and decide that way.

Since you're an international student, I suspect international rankings might hold some weight with you. In that case, Nottingham and Bristol are probably the ones you want to look at (for international job prospects). Bath is by no means bad in international rankings either, sitting somewhere between 160-250 in the world. But all this really means is which university has higher research output and funding, doesn't matter much at the undergraduate level.

In terms of employability, they're all pretty level. You won't struggle for a job going to any of these universities, but I will say that Bath is particularly known for their very good industry links, and almost everyone there take a placement year. It's one of the things Bath is the most known for.