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Career Change Advice-Financial Sector-Best MSc

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  • 07-11-2010 6:54pm
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    freebird22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi,

    I looking to change career into the financial sector. I have a Manufacturing Engineering degree with 10+ years work experience in quantity surveying, contracts management, project controls etc etc...but there is not much of that type of work for me in Ireland anymore hence I am looking at changing careers. Finance, investement banking, risk management, hedge funds etc etc really interest me.
    I suppose then my question would be how I could facilitate a change in career into this sector or even if it is feasible? Looking at MSc in Finance in TCD or UCD...are these courses what I should be looking at, or could I even get onto them?? and also what job prosects are there after completing a masters and what are the best areas to get into given my previuos history???

    Any advice welcome.....


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    ucdperson
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭ucdperson


    Engineers often gravitate towards the quant end of finance given their numerical skills. In addition to the general Finance degrees also look at the MSc in Quant Finance and the MSc in Business Analytics in UCD. The latter in particular is a common path for engineers into business (not only finance).


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    freebird22
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    Thanks for the reply ucdperson...I'm not too sure on the Quant Finance Masters. I dont want to get specialised into programming and quantitive stuff. ideally I'd like to go into assetr management or investemnt banking. Just not sure how to achieve it given my background or whether its just a pipe dream.


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    ucdperson
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭ucdperson


    Well in relation to UCD, if you are in Dublin go along to the Smurfit Open Evening and have a chat with someone there.


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