<p>Hey everybody, </p>
<p>I am a mechanical engineering undergrad. from India exploring new opportunities for my graduate studies. I do have a mech. engineering topic in mind for a major, but over the past few days I have seriously started thinking about taking up investment banking as a career. The job seemed to be fast-paced, at least sometimes, and paid well in some cases. I don't really mind the pay being low or high. The job sounded exciting, to say the least, and I felt the growth prospects of this field could be a little better than my engineering career. Not that the banking career is faster to grow in, I mean that its possible to reach greater heights in terms of positions in a company, after some years of working.(possibly with a higher pay compared to engineering, if things work out and i'm lucky)
So, now I was thinking of a masters in finance or financial engineering in some US universities(not sure if they are one and the same). Is it an advisable route to becoming an investment banking analyst ?
Or should I get some years of work experience and work towards my MBA focussing on finance ?
Also I would be interested in knowing whether a masters in accounting is going to be of use to breaking into I-banking ?
A list of noteworthy universities for masters in finance could be useful too.</p>
<p>If there is a similar post like mine which has much more info., please link it.
Thanks for taking your time to read my incredibly boring post. :)</p>
<p>Hope you have a wonderful day ;)</p>