I am making decisions between Oxford computational finance and Columbia MS in Operation Research.Could anyone compare entry-level job opporturnies between London and New York? I want to be a quant/risk management.Quant positions seems hard. If I want a risk management job, which program is easier in job-landing for international student like me ?

If you are non-EU citizen, then may be any UK university is out of question compared to US university, since immigration is much harder in UK.

since you are chinese, why not consider UBC? after graduation, you can land a risk job in vancouver for one of the real estate HFT firms

Shaik: I am not considering immigration issues here, the working visa seems easier in UK than US....MIT: sorry I didn't apply any Canadian schools....

QuoteOriginally posted by: vivian1205Shaik: I am not considering immigration issues here, the working visa seems easier in UK than US....MIT: sorry I didn't apply any Canadian schools....You should know that it could be very challenging to get a company to sponsor you for a tier 2 visa (maybe more difficult that getting an H1B) and the inter company transfer isn't really a workable option for you now and for that matter not a viable long term solution.Tier 1 has been closed for all but the most talented candidates. (i.e. super star profs, movie stars, concert level musicians, etc)And the economy is turning to sludge over here. I would not spend 1c on a UK qualification even from LBS etc unless I was either (a) very wealthy, (b) somebody else was paying, or (c) I had the right to live and work indefinitely in Europe.Immigration "reform" in the UK is only going to lead to labour shortages in 30 years and no-one will want to immigrate here. If you ask me they should open up the doors to the hard working people of the world and throw some of the indigent out.