<p>Just wanna ask the people on CC of the relatively prestige of the MSc Finance Programs I got into. </p>
<p>Imperial College: Msc Risk Management & Financial Engineering (admitted)</p>
<p>Washington University St. Louis: Msc Finance (admitted)</p>
<p>University of Toronto: MSc Financial Economics (admitted)</p>
<p>Columbia University: MA Mathematics in Finance (no decision yet)</p>
<p>Which would you rank in terms of prestige, and job opportunities...</p>
<p>bump .. anyone?</p>
<p>I really cant say about UofT and Washington University in St. Louis, but the Imperial Business College isn't as prestigious since their Business school is quite new and doesn't have the same reputation as LSE, LBS, Oxbridge in the UK</p>
<p>It isn't prestigious? Seriously? That's a major buzzkill. I'll be doing Financial Engineering, so there gonna be a huge component of computer science and programming + finance. </p>
<p>I thought Imperial College was prestigious, or at least at the same level with LSE and one notch below Oxbridge.</p>
<p>the college is prestigious, but their business school compare to other department is quite below average.</p>
<p>Since you are talking about the masters level, I'd say UofT is the most prestigious out of the 3. Is it at Rotman? But if you get into Columbia, definitely go there.</p>
<p>Have you asked this question at the grad school or MBA forums? The folks there might have some ideas for you.</p>
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<p>Don't forget that the relative prestige of these programs in the part of the world where you want to work may be the most important factor in you being able to get a good job. It doesn't matter so much what anyone here at CC thinks.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>jeez you must be shelling a lot of cash if you are considering imperial college. In my own opinion, all these programs are cash cows...but I would definitely suggest columbia or utoronto</p>
<p>I haven't heard from Columbia yet. In terms of $, there is actually not much of a difference. Columbia is the cheapest. Tuition is around 33k US$. </p>
<p>I'm inclining toward Imperial, just because of the brand name of the school, the tuition costs around 36k US$, with the pound being really weak now. U of T's tuition cost is around 35k US$ - it has the longest program, 1.5 years program and I had enough of Canadian education coming from McGill.</p>
<p>Imperial's management/finance/business programs aren't that prestigious. It's certainly NOT in the league of LBS, LSE, Oxbride, Warwick and the like. eduniversal</a>, the first Official Selection of business schools</p>
<p>If you get into Columbia, go for it. Otherwise, either WUSL or Toronto would be a better option.</p>
<p>^naff was talking about the brand name which is a good argument...not many people know hw prestigious a program is...they would however favor schools which they recognize namewise.</p>
<p>^ The thing is, people in the banking and finance industry or the corporate world, in general, know which schools and programs are prestigious. It doesn't matter what the general public is. What matters is what the people in the corporate world know. And in the corporate world, Imperial isn't prestigious. </p>
<p>If you would want to rely on popularity or name recognition, the University of Toronto is quite popular world-wide. It's even more popular than Imperial, in my opinion given that it's named after a mega city.</p>
<p>Whao. This eduniversal ranks my current school as the top in Canada for business. 643% recommended. Powerful. I always thought i was attending a shi t business program at McGill. </p>
<p>Honestly, I'm just sick of staying in Canada. I need a change of environment. </p>
<p>The choice is between WUSTL and Imperial. Thanks for your advice.</p>
<p>If your choice is between WUSTL and Imperial go for Imperial since its in London rather than in a crummy city in St. Louis.</p>
<p>Have to agree with King here.</p>
<p>I'd suggest looking closely at the placement rates of the aforementioned programs, in addition to the overall academic experience, obviously.</p>
<p>The truth is, all financial engineering programs are having an exceptionally difficult year in placing students into the traditional jobs (structuring, prop trading, et cetera) -- primarily because those positions disappeared amidst the financial crisis. Clearly, you are making a huge investment in these programs, both in terms of time and money. At the end of the day, you'd want to make sure that the program gets you where you want to be, and not just a shelter from the job-market.</p>
<p>From what I've heard, Columbia University is unique because many students under different program banners (financial engineering, MBA, mathematical finance, operations research, statistics.. plus the undergrads!) compete for several coveted positions on wall street, through one career resource center. I tend to think there's a bottleneck there, though others might chime in with a better picture.</p>
<p>UoT, on the other hand, (again, this is hearsay) have had exceptional placement record. At any rate, I feel this metric should be your primary consideration, given the current conditions.</p>
<p>How do the costs look like?</p>