r/EPFL • • 2d ago

MSc admissions & info Choice of master’s program

Hello everyone,

This year I will (very probably) be graduated with a bachelor of honors degree in Data Science.
For my masters degree I am curious to know what are the downsides and the upsides of the MSc in Financial Engineering at EPFL ?
I heard that EPFL is quite prestigious but it is not really a business school, and also that top banks have target school and not target schools. Do you think that this programm is better than the one (in finance) at HEC Lausanne ?
I am hesitating with the MSc in Finance at Frankfurt school of finance and business , and MSc in Financial Mathematics at UCD in Dublin. As I think that Frankfurt or Dublin might be better for end of the studies internship opportunities, what are your thoughts ?
By the way I have EU citizenship, I want to become a quant developer or a quant researcher, and I am not really interested in trading.
Thanks everyone who might have an idea?

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u/Plane_Space_1635 2d ago

From what I’ve seen, EPFL is a target school for several quant firms and banks, for both quant and engineering roles.