<t>As per the admission to Imperial's MathFin programme, I think the competition for places are getting tougher these few years, because more French students now realise that they need to strengthen their CV with an MSc in a reputable university. And, as far as my colleagues told me, the French only...

<t>agneswun.Tough call. I haven't looked at the Applied Maths curriculum and so I can't comment on that course. As a matter of fact, a colleague of mine studied MSc Applicable Maths (LSE) and he's working in research. I also have friends from Warwick's MSc FinMath working in hedge funds.I don't want...

agneswun,Structuring...to me, it doesn't matter what MSc you do. Not R&S tough, since it focuses a bit more on actuarial and insurance. Maybe more finance-like courses would be better. I can't comment on the mathfin courses since they are both NOT oriented for structuring.

<t>Compensate with the Tanaka Business School? No, their teaching is somewhat a joke. Their management and corporate finance might be good, and their PhD students might be good, but not their teaching. This is measured in terms of actual maths done in the courses. The MSc students are jokes as well....

<t>Sometimes, you need to ask yourself: "What do I want to do after I graduate? Do I want to be a quant? Or am I more driven by money that I should choose to work in structuring/trading?"If you are after a pure quant career, strong programming (which I think one cannot pick up in just a year), a hea...

<t>Maybe I've exaggerated the "love or hate" statement. I take it back. You probably won't hate it. Yet, some people would, after taking the course, begin to ask questions like "Do I want something related to SDEs in my job?"Imperial's program is a very competitive one in terms of job hunting in qua...

<t>Depends on whether you like maths or not, you'll either love or hate this program.If you have never done any measure theory before, it's not the program for you. You'll suffer a lot in the first term. In particular, if you did badly in stochastic processes (say, you didn't pass, which there are a...

<t>I talked to both Mark Davis (Imperial) and Joe Kennedy (Warwick) and reached the following conclusion (I studied at Warwick as well):Warwick spends an awful lot of money and effort on promoting its course and graduates to the City, as they know that the distance of its campus from London does mak...