Hello all.

I am a prospective international student that has just accepted a spot in the MSc Investment and Finance course in Strathclyde Business School. What can somebody tell me about the business school, the maturity of the students, its comparisson to other business schools, and life in general as a student and resident of Glascow.

Thanks

ve almost the same problem. I applied to the MSc Finance and Investment course to Durham and others, but not to Edinburgh and Nottingham. Exeter I HAD to apply for MSc Financial Economics.

From what I have researched and asked in forums, Durham leads your group of choices based on the rankings, the attrativeness of the collegiative system or Oxbridge style, how long it has been running and how people talk about it.

Personally I like Durham the most and that is my first choice too. I also liked Edinburgh and Nottingham but couldn't applied to them. I specially lke Edinburgh because of the city, I had a chance to go ones and its incredible. As a sustitute I applied to strathclyde and glascow.

Also, I think, you may want to rank them considering your own personal needs. Like in my case, I am from Central America, and not many employers have heard of all of them. Our ignorance and distance has limited us to consider only US universities and the most famous ones in the UK like LSE, Oxford and Cambridge (sad, very sad). So considering this, a university from a well known state or city (that has the same name) helps.

About the CFA, I do not know much and I don't consider it critical for me. I say many schools with the same CFA partnerships, almost all covering 70% of the curriculum. I am not sure, but it seem to me that it wasn't that difficult to sale and some schools even used it as selling point. That killed it for me. but I guess I will still take one with the partnerships for a just in case.

I believe hey are all at the same level academically and based on prestige. The differences might be minimal. Maybe Exeter is a little below the others. Maybe you need to evaluate them now based on your own criteria (average age, career prostpects and business ties, the city, track record of the program, and how well is it know in your country or community).

Hi all. I need help on ranking some courses I applied to for a masters in finance related course.

I'm from Nicaragua and I just won an award to study an MSc Finance related course in the UK. I initially preferred courses related to finance and investments and it was easy at first considering that my obvious choices were the top ones like Oxford, LSE, LBS, Warwick and others in London. But shortly I found out that the award had a fee limit around 15,000 GBP which wasn’t enough for this schools or any other course in the city.

It was tough! I had to look for the best schools slightly below the top 5 that were around that budget and were considered the closest to the top or simply the best. I was able to narrow it down to 11 thanks to rankings and some friends advise. I mainly focus on the FT MBA rankings and the masters in finance listing as they focus on postgraduate studies, but in this group of schools it’s difficult to differentiate what makes one better than the other. I also considered other rankings like the times, the guardian, the complete university guide and the economist, but the first three focuses more on undergrad I heard and the economist only focuses on MBAs.

Finally I applied to Durham, Exeter, Glascow, Strathclyde, St. Andrews, York, Portsmouth, Aston, Bristol, Loughborough, Birmingham, Bradford, and Leeds (I couldn’t apply to other schools like Manchester, Edinburgh and Nottingham due to deadlines and fees).

How could I rank these schools? I think I will be accepted to the majority of them and I just secure admissions to Glascow and Strathclyde. What I need to consider (apart from the structure of the course which I have already done) is how to rank or classify them on the basis of their prestige on the field, the prestige in the UK and abroad, and an understanding of the perception locally and internationally. My goal is to have a degree that is internationally recognized and to study in the best school considering the budget limitations.

I’ll appreciate any advise or suggestions! Feel free to elaborate. Sorry for the long story! :p