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Finance- The need for postgraduates is growing
Cass’s proximity to the City of London makes it a perfect stepping stone for looking for future employment. Hanna Carnegie from Sweden did an MSc in Corporate Real Estate Finance and Strategy at Cass: “It has a great London location too. This made the milk run a lot easier, as a lot of the companies you get to meet up with are London based, making you closer to the market you eventually want to break into.”
Something else that Cass prides itself on is the quality of its careers advice. Surojit Roy Choudhury, did an MSc Investment Management and now works for a top UK Hedge Fund: “I undertook an MSc in Investment Management because my ambition is to become a top investment manager for a well established fund management company. Having also been accepted at LSE and Warwick, Cass was always my first choice, not only for its excellent reputation in finance related programs but also for the importance that it places on the practical application of theory.
“Cass’s location, on the doorstep of the City - exactly where I hoped to be working on graduation - was of course an added bonus. However, I was very aware that if I was going to stand a chance of landing the job I wanted then the right course, the right principles and the right location were not going to be enough. I was very conscious to take full advantage of all the help Cass Careers could offer me. I made sure that I attended as many of the workshops, seminars and relevant company presentations as I could, that my CV was in shape and uploaded on the Careers website by mid-October and that the majority of my job applications had been sent out by November. I was offered jobs by several high-profile investment banks before accepting my current position at one of the biggest hedge funds in the UK.”
Career strategies
Firat Bakici, did an MSc in Logistic, Trade and Finance: “When I enrolled at Cass I was uncertain as to exactly what my career goals were. Cass Careers helped me to focus my thinking and understand what it was I was looking for from my career. This enabled me to begin to formulate a coherent career strategy. Once I had a clearer understanding of the sort of role I was looking for I attended all the relevant career events, workshops and company presentations – one of which was given by Deloitte, with whom I now work.”
Applicants to the MSc in Finance at Cass will need a minimum of a UK Bachelors degree with a 2.1 classification or above, or international equivalent. They will also need to show competence with numerical subjects through some previous study of subjects such as finance, economics, mathematics and quantitative methods. A GMAT score may be asked from students who do not have a strong enough background in quantitative subjects. Students who have not previously studied a degree program taught in English will also need a minimum IELTS of 7.0 or a TOEFL of 107.
Daniel has noticed that demand for their courses is on the rise worldwide: “Finance programs are popular in countries with emerging economies that are rapidly developing their financial services industries. This year, we are receiving a high number of European applications as well as increased numbers from Russia and Kazakhstan.”
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