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MSc Finance and Capital Markets vs. MSc Financial Services UL

  • 15-03-2012 12:05pm
    #1
    pog it
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    Hey all,

    I may end up applying to both of these courses and I am completely aware that they can be tough to get in to, but does anyone know if either has the edge over the other in terms of how they are esteemed internationally and also of course in terms of course content? They are both excellent courses of course but I'm thinking the MSc Financial Services might be the tougher of the two? Anyone any experience of either?


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  • #2
    ixus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭ixus


    I've commented on both before. It's somewhere in my post history.

    What are you looking to achieve? What do you think you want to do when finished? Wha'ts your background?

    i.e. give us more details and maybe we can help you out more.


  • #3
    pog it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭pog it


    My background isn't business or finance related but these courses do accept graduates from other disciplines in certain cases. I do have a good academic background so that will stand to me.

    My dream job was to be a trader and I gave it my best shot but for a few reasons this didn't work out for me. Risk and compliance and financial analysis are where I want to go now so both of these courses would be a good fit, and so I'm just trying to see - if I had the chance to choose- which I should go for. My impression is that the UL MSc would be tougher going, don't mind that at all, but I'm thinking it might be better for my career in terms of course content and for my CV.. could be wrong about that though so I wanted to ask here!

    I have read other posts but couldn't find any thread where the two were weighed up together.


  • #4
    ixus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭ixus


    Ok, I've got a slightly better picture. I don't need to know your results but, the courses you did would help.

    For example, if you said you did computer engineering or something math related, I'd throw in the MSc in Computational Finance as the better of both.

    I don't think there's any difference in the UL or DCU course really. I did the MSc in Finance in UL, I know three people who did the one in DCU. I rate both.

    Here's what I wrote in a PM to another poster one time (it was trader related):
    Comp Finance is kind of Quantsy, or at least, they make it appear so. I think it is a savage good course. No point in doing an MSc if your doing Finance as an undergrad. The reason I say this is because I did Comp Engineering as undergrand and I thought the MSc was relatively easy for someone who hadn't covered the basics. Not saying I'm the smartest, just that it was't that hard. So, if you''ve covered a lot of it, I don't see the point in going further.

    My thoughts on UCD (Quant)and TCD (Finance) are that they are too expensive. I know 2 people who did the DCU Masters in Capital Markets, one is in Susquehanna and one is a broker for a large European bank in London. They worked hard though.

    I know 2 people who did the new Risk course in Maynooth, One is trading with me now and the other is in First Derivatives in Newry. The Comp Finance guys in my year all got jobs though I think only one really pursued being a trader and is. The others are in portfolio management or risk type jobs mainly in London.

    I think it could simply come down to location and costs for you. Both have good reps.


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