MSc Financial Technology at Imperial
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MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering Imperial vs MSc Computational Finance Kings
Is MSc Mathematics and Finance from Imperial that good?
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Hello everyone!
I recently got an offer to study MSc Financial Technology at Imperial College London. I have done an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from a semi-target university (ex: Durham, Bristol) and graduated last August 2023.
I am currently working as a Software Engineer at a big tech company. My plan is to pursue the masters to switch into IBD (specifically TMT so I can leverage my tech background) or a Quantitative role (ex: Quant Trader, Quant Analyst).
I have also done spring weeks in 3 BB banks and a consulting internship in one of the Big 4.
The MSc in Financial Technology has basically the similar foundation and core modules (*listed below) as their normal MSc in Finance however also has coding modules which includes C++ and Computational Finance in its electives. This is why I chose this course instead since it would give me more flexibility.
Also looking on LinkedIn most of the previous students in MSc Financial Technology have gone into Quant roles but I also see a few in IBD (2/3).
I also got an offer for MSc Computational Finance in UCL, however its is fully quant focused and I haven’t seen anyone on Linkedin breaking into IBD through this course.
So would you say I should go ahead with this masters or should I chose between an MSc Computational Finance or MSc Finance which would limit me to either apply to IBD or Quant roles but not both?
Appreciate any help, thanks!!
*MSc Financial Technology
(Foundation Modules)- Applications of R and Databases for Finance, Business Valuation, Markets and Securities, Data Structures and Algorithms with Python
(Core Modules)- Accounting and Corporate Finance, Big Data in Finance I, Blockchain and Applications, Ethics & Professional Standards in Finance (online), Financial Econometrics in R/Python, Investments and Portfolio Management, Mathematics for Finance
*MSc Finance
(Foundation Modules)- Application of R for Finance, Business Valuation, Financial Modelling, Markets and Securities
(Core Modules)- Corporate Finance, Derivatives, Ethics & Professional Standards in Finance, Financial Econometrics, Investments and Portfolio Management, Macro Finance, Mathematics for Finance