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Quantitative analyst degree

I'm currently wondering what is the best degree to become a quantitative analyst. I understand maths is most likely the best but would a maths with stats for finance at imperial or morse at Warwick or lse financial maths and stats be fine? As long as the masters is related to financial maths or quant will it matter that much as to which degree is taken at undergraduate level? Thanks

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by RaidZ_FadE
I'm currently wondering what is the best degree to become a quantitative analyst. I understand maths is most likely the best but would a maths with stats for finance at imperial or morse at Warwick or lse financial maths and stats be fine? As long as the masters is related to financial maths or quant will it matter that much as to which degree is taken at undergraduate level? Thanks

Personally, I would go for the CQF qualification since it's directly relevant (see: https://www.cqf.com/frequently-asked-questions). However, so long you get the skills you need to become a quant, I don't think the employers would care that much where you get them from, including which undergrad you did (more than likely it would need to be maths based though).

I would double check this with a quant to be sure.

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by RaidZ_FadE
I'm currently wondering what is the best degree to become a quantitative analyst. I understand maths is most likely the best but would a maths with stats for finance at imperial or morse at Warwick or lse financial maths and stats be fine? As long as the masters is related to financial maths or quant will it matter that much as to which degree is taken at undergraduate level? Thanks

Its best to get a degree from a target university. This includes oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, Warrick, UCL. LSE is fine, however, it is not considered to be as good as the others to become a quantitative analyst. LSE is more well known for economics/Finance, however, their maths department is no where near as good as other top unis. As for you second question, as long as you do a mathematial degree it is fine. My advice would be to get a maths degree from a top uni and then do masters in quantitative finance if that is what you want to do.

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by MindMax2000
Personally, I would go for the CQF qualification since it's directly relevant (see: https://www.cqf.com/frequently-asked-questions). However, so long you get the skills you need to become a quant, I don't think the employers would care that much where you get them from, including which undergrad you did (more than likely it would need to be maths based though).
I would double check this with a quant to be sure.

employers definitely do care, the better the uni the more chance of being hired. COWI is ideal

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The significant concerns about an indisposed desire to work in quant finance with limited experience of the sector and the alternatives notwithstanding, here is a thread that might help: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7574609

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