Career and growth prospects in Quantitative Finance

[Kritin]

Hi,

I'm a recent undergrad in Computer science and engineering, I am passionate about in finance and planning to do masters in Quantitative finance in US. I am little knowledge in the Investment banking industry. I did my research into to the profiles of students pursuing this course, most of them have a majors in mathematics, statistics or economics. Would this be disadvantage for me when i apply to universities and internships at company? I realized that most universities in US offer 2 year MS in Financial engineering while others in UK offer them as 1 year MSc course, is there any difference between them and its value in the financial industry any advice or suggestion would be greatly helpful Thanks!

 

[Andy Nguyen]

As long as you have the required coursework by a certain program, you can apply for there. The competition is stiff where top programs have an acceptance rate of less than 20%. This is one reason where applicants take more than the minimum requirement. They take more C++, Python, math courses and get some internship prior to applying.
UK vs US is just really a personal preference of where you want to work.