HKU MFIN, CUHK MFIN, HKUST ECON~顺带求选校意见~

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one vote for ust econ (+CFA)

but this really depends on OP's background and career goal....

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cheesechan 发表于 2015-2-9 17:44
one vote for ust econ (+CFA)

but this really depends on OP's background and career goal....

I intend to start a career in Shenzhen right after graduation.
I have consulted my consin who's working at an investment bank in China and he recommended HKU...
but you seem to know what you're talking about, could you please elaborate?

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Nevermore 发表于 2015-2-9 17:31
HKU可能找工作容易一点 CUHK的课程hardcore一些能力会硬一些 UST的ECON跟前面那两个完全不是一个种类基本上 ...

谢谢！
UST IM去年就有fulltime 不过我连面试都没有 被鄙视了~
有去听CUHK的info session 刘明一直在强调how tough the program is...
还有据说HKU MFIN很偏数理。。。

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拧发条喵 发表于 2015-2-9 18:25
I intend to start a career in Shenzhen right after graduation.
I have consulted my consin who's w ...

1. school name won't make big difference - all are likely to get your the same interview, and thus the quality of the program matter more, in addition to if it fit you well.
2. HKU MFin vs CUHK MSc Fina - HKU have more FE/RM stuffs, and thus slightly more quantitative, good or bad. but if one really want something quantitative, it is not really enough also.
3. having a tough program is good, but having a high failing rate is bad.
4. the econ one is the most academic, i.e. the best training for analytic ability, but the least practical at the same time. Kind of trade off.
5. I consider the master in finance in HK is a bit over-priced. especially one can get a master in econ, math/stat, (accounting), law and etc at a price which is a fraction of that of the finance one, and one can prove the finance knowledge through CFA (but not vice versa). It is very rare that a finance job is opened to only finance but not other (econ/business, sci/eng) background.
6. the industry, and the division which you targeted matters, as much as your preferred location.

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cheesechan 发表于 2015-2-9 19:11
1. school name won't make big difference - all are likely to get your the same interview, and th ...

thanks for your input.
1. i think HKU holds a better reputation than HKUST/ CUHK in mainland China which is my ideal location (shenzhen)

3. are you talking about CUHK? I read in somewhere saying they do have a lot of students can't graduate in time but they all graduate in the next few months

4. IA

5. IA especially the HKU MFIN's course structure is based on the CFA curriculum...

I was pretty convinced to choose HKU, now I have something to reconsider...  thanks again

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拧发条喵 发表于 2015-2-9 20:56
thanks for your input.
1. i think HKU holds a better reputation than HKUST/ CUHK in mainland Chin ...

1. that's true that HKU have the best general reputation among the three, but:
A/ is it also the case for business, econ and finance? as far as i know, in HK, the ranking of business, econ & finance is quite the reverse of the general one. and you may guess which reputation will affect the view of the corporation in the industry more.
B/ is this different big enough s.t. chances for interview will be different? as far as I know, that's the case between the "HK top 3" and CityU/PolyU, but not among the top 3.

3. not any specified one, but all program in general.

5. I will say the first half (especially the first 4 course) of HKU MFin is simply, crap. The advanced part is really nice (but still slightly not quantitative enough), but you will have limited exposure since the limited number of course available.

P.S. having a MSF based on the CFA curriculum is kind of good or bad, depends on the student indeed.......for those who want to graduate as easily/fast as possible, it is very nice. Not for me though.

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cheesechan 发表于 2015-2-9 19:11
1. school name won't make big difference - all are likely to get your the same interview, and th ...

---but CFA seems to be not so practical as compared to CPA + legal professional qualification in mainland？

just saw your latest reply... I am really taking your advce into serious consideration..  so hmmm....Let me 静静。。。

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拧发条喵 发表于 2015-2-9 21:17
---but CFA seems to be not so practical as compared to CPA + legal professional qualification in ...

the most powerful background to do finance is not finance......but rather mathematics / law....(as one of my prof said) <--- and of course this choice points to different function in finance.
=> for both, it is something to be started at the bachelor, and a master alone will not be enough. either a bachelor in math (or related), or a LLB, else you won't be able to get in the field (corresponding MFE/LLM or similar)


CFA, MSF, ........whatever are just a plus. finance is simple, and thus no prof qualification will be strong enough to earn any legal status.


accounting is useful, but i am not sure if worth to take a degree solely for it or not.
not quite sure if you can get the CPA title or not without working experience in accounting........

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拧发条喵 发表于 2015-2-9 18:28
谢谢！
UST IM去年就有fulltime 不过我连面试都没有 被鄙视了~
有去听CUHK的info session 刘明一直在强 ...

我自己是UST的本科ECON然后读了一个mfin 我觉得cheesechan说得挺有道理 如果不打算在香港工作那其实不用多花钱去另两家 UST ECON就行然后考CFA MFIN课程上很多内容就是CFA教材加强版

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Nevermore 发表于 2015-2-10 16:28
我自己是UST的本科ECON然后读了一个mfin 我觉得cheesechan说得挺有道理 如果不打算在香港工作那其实不用多 ...

其實我覺得就算打算留下找工作也沒必要……

mfin更加是for those haivng  background that is completely unrelated with finance…
而要搞fe/rm的fresh grad倒不如弄個fm/risk/stat的master(+cfa)更實際

我覺得在一個相關較但學術的項目的最大缺點是，很可能少了那一種找工作的peer prreesure and environment

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Nevermore 发表于 2015-2-9 17:31
HKU可能找工作容易一点  ...

I guess it will be quite interesting to have a look in the "Global Employability University Ranking"

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赞一个，LZ的硬件好强啊！
此外，个人觉得港中文应该是这些offer中最好的选择吧，综合各项来看
当然，我觉得以LZ的条件，应该可以向学校争取一些tuition waiver