Career outcomes
On completion of their MPhil in Finance degree, students continue on to a PhD or industry.
MPhil in Finance graduates have been offered admission to PhD programmes at:
- Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
- Harvard University
- MIT
- University of Chicago
- Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- University of Oxford
- New York University’s Stern School of Business
- London School of Economics
- Columbia University
- Tilburg University
Students who complete the MPhil and proceed to the School’s PhD programme can apply to have their MPhil year counted towards their PhD.
Those students who have gone into industry have secured an impressive range of position in organisations such as:
- Bain & Co.
- Barclays Capital
- Cazenove
- CIBC World Markets
- CitiGroup
- Credit Suisse
- Deloitte
- Deutsche Bank
- Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
- Enbridge
- Ernst & Young
- Gartmore Investment Management
- Goldman Sachs
- IBM
- JP Morgan
- KPMG
- LEK Consulting
- Lehman Brothers
- McKinseys
- Merrill Lynch
- Morgan Stanley
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers
- PSG Group
- Rothschild
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- UBS
- Warburg
- Watson Wyatt
- The World Bank
The Global University Employability Ranking 2022, published by Times Higher Education, placed Cambridge fourth in a list of the universities from which global companies recruit.
Employers know that the competition for entry into the MPhil in Finance is fierce and that we are extremely selective. No one who gains entry into the MPhil in Finance will have anything less than an impeccable academic pedigree. We have found that this selectivity at the admissions stage has greatly helped our students when they compete for jobs in the marketplace.
Careers support
As an MPhil in Finance student you will have access to the University of Cambridge’s excellent careers service.
Its recruitment events attract major global companies, who are keen to hire from the talent pool assembled in Cambridge, and offer you excellent networking opportunities.
Visit the University’s Careers Service website to find out more
