Econ Background → Quant Finance MSc: Realistic UK/CH Options?

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I’m hoping to get some advice on applying to Quant Finance master’s programs in the UK or Switzerland. The main challenge I’m facing is that most of these programs require a STEM background, while mine is in Economics. Despite this background, I keep running into the impression that I’m not “suited” for the good quant master’s programs in the UK and Switzerland, since I don’t come from a STEM degree. My question: Could you recommend programs in the UK or Switzerland that are open to students with an Economics background, but still offer good employment rate in quant finance (or related fields like data science/ML in finance) before or shortly after graduation?

Here’s my profile:
  • BA Economics (GPA 3.9)
  • MA Economics (GPA 3.7). The school isn’t “top” overall, but it’s a niche program with a good track record of placing students with 3.9+ GPAs into Top-15 US Econ PhDs.
  • LinAlg, Mathematical probability, statistics courses in undergrad + extensive ML coursework in grad + graduate-level classes in Econometrics (really a lot of econometrics), market microstructure + corporate finance and risk management courses
  • Professional experience: 1 year as a data scientist
  • CFA I
  • Self-study: worked through Shreve’s first book
  • Currently taking a C++ course at a local college.
  • GRE: 164Q.
 
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