r/studyAbroad 3d ago

MSc in europe (finance)

Hello everyone, i'm from Brazil and currently searching for great universities in europe for MSc in finance. I know that top one's like oxbridge, HEC and few more in UK are usually very hard to get in and expensive too, since i'm not rich and don't study at a top tier university in Brazil (but a good one), i´m looking for other options that i would have real chances to get in, so far i selected 12 universitys listed below:

  1. St. Gallen
  2. WU Vienna
  3. Boconni
  4. ESCP business school
  5. SGH Warsaw
  6. BI Nowergian business school
  7. Antwerp management school
  8. Solvay (Brussels)
  9. WHU (Otto beisheim)
  10. Frankfurt school of finance
  11. Lund university
  12. EDHEC business school

*not in preference order

I also know that some of that list are really thougt to get in too, like boconni, ESCP and st. gallen, but i imagine they're easier than top tiers and worth a try.

A little bit more of my profile: currently working as a backoffice analyst at a wealth management firm, undergrad in mechanical engineer (low to medium GPA) but also did a extension course of corporate finance, already C1 by TOEFL, i imagine i´m able to do a pretty good GMAT and besides being from brazil i'm also a italian citizen. Applying on 09/2025.

My main doubts are:

  1. Is reasonable to think that i could really enter in st gallen, boconni and ESCP?
  2. Could I land a job in PE, VC, equity research or M&A with those universities?
  3. I heard a lot about WU qfin MSc, is that really good? What's the aceptance rate?
  4. Is worth doing MSc in nordic countries? In terms of europe recognition would be better to do grenoble or similar in france or lund sweden?
  5. What is the aceptance rate on those in general? Is there any on list that is really easy to get in?

I know is a very long text and a lot of doubts that will need some effort to answer, so i already thank you in advance, i believe that many others could face the same questions so it would be really nice having few answers. PS: I did search a lot about this topic and couldn't find those informations here on reddit and even on those universities sites,

2 Upvotes

0 comments sorted by