<p>I've always considered going to Europe, specifically Germany, for school, and i was wondering how schools like the Frankfurt School of Finance, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, or the Goethe House of Finance stack up with their american counterparts. would it be advantageous if i were applying for internships to London/Paris/Frankfurt offices of US IB's, otherwise I'mm considering USC/CAL/UCLA.</p>
<p>For Europe LSE is very dominant, followed by Oxford and Cambridge. Beyond that no European schools stand out in terms of recruitment, with the possible exception of St Gallen in Switzerland (although I heard you have to be fully tri-lingual to graduate from there).</p>
<p>how are USC/Cal/UCLA as far as recruiting? would studying in Europe carry any advantages with it.</p>
<p>Not good for NY, I’m not as familiar with LA/SF recruiting. Doing a study abroad in Europe you mean? If so not likely.</p>
<p>Totally agree with nauru. Cal >> UCLA, USC >(no comparison)> Frankfurt School of Finance, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, the Goethe House of Finance on Wall Street.</p>
<p>Yeah basically if you study in Germany you are going to be stuck working in Frankfurt. The Germans who are really good manage to make it to London or New York. The rest wish they could get the heck out of Frankfurt. Most finance-inclined German students you speak to would be overjoyed at the opportunity to study at USC/UCLA/CAL, but either don’t have the grades or don’t have the international tuition money (or don’t have either) required to do so. Same goes for German attitudes to the top European IB feeder schools, ie LSE/Oxford/Cambridge. These three are far more dominant in European IB than HYP is in US IB.</p>
<p>If you want to spend time in Germany because you like it, then by all means do so – just not for your study abroad. Do yourself a favor and do your semester abroad at the most reputable school you can. There are plenty to choose from across England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain. All are fun countries (ok England is a lot worse than the others in terms of cultural experience but still… at least it’s tops for academics and recruitment)</p>
<p>LSE/Oxford/Cambridge is far more dominant to European IB compared to HYP to US IB mainly because of the total number of undergrads LSE/Oxford/Cambridge churn out (relatively huge undergrad populations + turn over rate of 3 years instead of 4). The group of Ivy League + Stanford + Duke (together at least equivalent to LSE/Oxford/Cambridge in terms of quality of undergrads) has the same dominance on Wall Street.</p>
<p>As far as Cal/UCLA/USC goes, I’d say:
Cal > UCLA > USC for investment banking, and you’ll probably only have a shot at SF banks (maybe some NY offices if you’re top notch at Cal). </p>
<p>For international, I’d say LSE > Oxford/Cambridge for IB in NYC, and based on people I’ve talked to in the industry all three are pretty well represented, but I have far less information in this field. </p>
<p>I don’t know of too many people who go straight from Germany UG to IB, but I have seen people go from Germany/other European UG -> European finance/IB -> top US MBA -> whatever you want in US.</p>