Finance (MSc) 2026 entry

>>The University of St Andrews Business School.

>>It covers a very diverse range because there's so many different things that you can go into in the finance space. The School really does a good job of touching on every different aspect of it. I think a lot of the things are fluid from what I learned in undergrad, but the thing that's different about the Masters programme here is we go into such depth into every single topic. So I'm kind of learning similar formulas, but applying them to maybe even more real-world applications. Getting me to think a little bit deeper than I did in undergrad.

>> The technical knowledge that you're given in terms of how to, for example, manage your portfolio. There's coding skills in there. There's interpersonal skills. They put a big emphasis on group projects here. Every course, you're almost guaranteed to be working with your classmates. Which makes the learning more interactive. It sets you up well for for the industry.

>> I'm really interested in the investment management space as well as alternative investments, so private equity, hedge funds, that sort of thing. What the Business School and specifically the Finance programme does really well here is all of the projects and essays and the group work that we do is all for real-world application. So we're pulling, you know, real-world data, stocks, bonds, indexes, and applying those to scenarios that we definitely can use in our future jobs.

>>I have my start-ups coming up in London. It's ESG exchange. So, before that, I wasn't so sure of my degree which I had. Now when I came to St Andrews it is making me go deeper into the knowledge. So it is making me more confident. So I'm thinking that, yeah, I am well prepared for the future job I'm seeking.

>>You just don't rote learn the mathematical derivations. You actually understand what the researcher is trying to talk about. So I think that's the most fantastic part about it, because I feel like personally, if I am somebody willing to go into research, I would love to think about new ideas and how they can help that. And I feel like that's what I'm really learning here. And it's amazing.

>>The Business School and the programmes here, I've met so many wonderful people. And I think the social aspect is one that's a bit different from the US. I think people here make more of an effort to really make a lot of friends, to put themselves out there, to form groups and meet new people. And I think the relationships and the contacts that I've met this year, you know, are going to be invaluable. And I'm going to have those relationships for so many years to come.

>>I definitely think the location is my favourite part. I think the history of this School and this town is something that's unmatched. And, you know, the School was founded hundreds of years before the United States was even founded. So I think that's kind of a really cool fact. And, in my free time, I love going on beach walks. I love, you know, going to the museums and just taking in the history and the architecture and the culture. And I think that's something that you're not going to find at any other university.

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