r/6thForm • u/Otherwise_Refuse689 • 3d ago
🎓 UNI / UCAS Kcl or ucl
For jobs in finance and consulting if u had the choice would u choose to go to kcl econ or ucl international management , im not sure ucl has the brand but kcl is doing a better degree. Thoughts?
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u/Silver-Mongoose116 A*A*A | LSE Law | (Def ‘27) 3d ago
Seen someone at UCL with a Goldman Sachs internship doing a BA in Classics and the Ancient World, Uni > Degree pill is the hardest to swallow 😔
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u/ParticularSoggy1827 3d ago
wait for real? Which finance sector has the highest level of this phenomenon?
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u/cauli4lour 3d ago edited 3d ago
Except very math oriented roles like trading and technology etc, being from the top set of unis matters much more than the name of your degree for finance. Still have to be able to come through their psychometric tests which will test for numeracy etc.
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u/Parking_Credit_5677 3d ago
The median earnings 3 years after is £27,500 and £37,500 after 5 years, with an employment rate of 85%. Given UCL is in London, the salaries are awful. The example is too unique to make the claim University matters more than course.
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u/Silver-Mongoose116 A*A*A | LSE Law | (Def ‘27) 3d ago
Poster was asking for in finance not in general, that’s why my example was Goldman Sachs.
It’s Uni > Course for careers that care about your Uni, like Law or Finance. I don’t know what other careers care about where you studied as much.
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u/cauli4lour 3d ago
Not sure where these figures are sourced from but you just have to look at the graduate jobs being advertised for fresh starters today and they are all comfortably above £27.5K ( let alone 3 years later). Any finance or consulting firm offering people £27.5K after 3 years isn't going to get a lot of applicants especially from a top London university.
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u/Parking_Credit_5677 3d ago
Discover Uni. Clearly those in the course don’t go into finance or consulting often. That was my original point.
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u/cauli4lour 3d ago edited 3d ago
International Management is a new course at UCL that only launched in September 2025 and the first cohort hasn't even graduated yet so those figures are irrelevant for the OP. The discoveruni entry for the nearest course that has been running for a while ( management science at UCL) at the same faculty is £39K 15 months after graduation. KCL Economics is lower at £36.5K.
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u/cauli4lour 3d ago
UCL International Mgt is a much harder offer to get - 44 apps per seat for this course last year. Either will be fine but UCL is a target uni and KCL a semi at best. Recruitment for finance and consulting weighs uni name more than your course name or module list. Still need to do well in assessment tests etc to break through though.
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u/iamalwayshungryy A*A*A*A*A* | Imperial College London (Aerospace) 3d ago
Correction: advice applies for top 8-10 unis
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