I'm a Fin Math master student in UK in a prestigious business school -- among those outside London. Finally finished with my coursework and preparing for dissertation , it's about the time to think about career. I don't plan to go for PhD at the moment, and as everyone knows 9 out of 10 quant jobs require a PhD (and the last one just don't bother to put it explicitly). I would like to seek for a career which would apply the fin eng skills i learn this year. So my question is whether there exist such jobs which has a quantitative element but don't require a PhD.I'm basically an ordinary master student, maybe top 1/3 of the class but surely not the top few. I'm from East Asia and you can probably see my English is only at daily communication level. I'll need a work permit to work in EU.So can anyone give me a starting point for job search on some semi-quantitative positions or fields? I'll appreciate also if you let me know I'm asking the wrong question or thinking in a wrong way. Thanks very much

Check out agencies and banks such as HSBC and Barclays for jobs. Speak to agents and HR at banks. Go for a few trial interviews in finance. Work in bank for couple of years. Decide whether want to continue working or do PhD in quant finance.

So what job title should i search for if i want such semi-quantitative positions for Fin Eng Master?? the problem is when i see "quant" as the job title i am almost sure it's for PhD's.

Search on "finance". Speak to recruitment agent - he/she will soon put you right.

Go work in Hong Kong or Japan then, since you are from far east . Your degree might worth more in Asia than UK or US