by Charles Nwabueze
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If you deliberately clicked on this article chances are that you are at the start of your university life, and you are considering the best universities to apply for that would give you a good chance of working at Goldman Sachs or similar investment banks. Such universities are known as target universities. For this article, a target university is a university on which Goldman Sachs tends to focus their efforts on when looking to recruit. Goldman Sachs accomplishes this by creating a strong presence on such campuses through sponsoring societies, attending careers fairs and hosting events.
Below are the top 10 targets UK universities we have identified for people who want a career at Goldman Sachs. Also, if you are curious to see 150+ verified successful Investment Banking cover letters and interview testimonials from previously successful candidates, you can follow this link. But enough with this, let’s get to the list of the best UK universities for getting into Goldman Sachs:
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
LSE is ranked 27th in World University Rankings by Times Higher Education and ranked 9th in Masters of Finance by Top Universities. LSE has an overall score of 4.4 stars, according to student reviews on Studyportals. For many years the data has shown that Goldman Sachs has consistently made its highest recruit from LSE. The late Peter Sunderland that served as the International chairman of Goldman Sachs and was known as the father of Globalization was associated with LSE before his death.
University Of Oxford
The University of Oxford is ranked as the second-best university in the world by QS World University Rankings. Oxford has an alumni network of over 250,000 individuals, including more than 120 Olympic medalists, 26 Nobel Prize winners, seven poet laureates, and over 30 modern world leaders (including Bill Clinton and 26 UK Prime Ministers). Notable Oxford thinkers and scientists include Tim Berners-Lee, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Adam Smith, the father of modern economics.
University of Cambridge
Serving as the home to John Maynard Keynes, one of the world’s most famous economists, Cambridge can be argued to be one of the best universities in the world (if not the best). However, officially, Cambridge is placed third place in the QS World University Rankings 2022. In the said rankings Cambridge received maximum credit in the criteria of academic reputation, staff-to-student ratio, and international faculty ratio. Thus it would be remiss of us if Cambridge was not a target university.
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is ranked 7th best university in the world in theQS World University Rankings 2022 and is a one-of-a-kind institution that focuses solely on science, engineering, medicine and business. Perhaps one of the reasons that Goldman Sachs regularly recruits from the fold of Imperial is that Imperial offers a research-led education, exposing students to real-world challenges with no easy answers. Their teaching opens everything up to questions and opportunities to work across multi-cultural, multi-national teams – an ever-present reality at Goldman Sachs.
University College London (UCL)
UCL is ranked the 8th world best university by QS World University Rankings 2022. UCL offers a diverse community where there is the freedom to challenge, question, and think differently; a community that encourages you to pursue academic excellence, break boundaries and make a positive contribution to finding solutions for real-world problems. There have been 30 Nobel laureates among its former staff and students. Several successful Goldman Sachs applications we list on our website are in fact from UCL (and other Russel Group Universities’) students.
University of Warwick
Ranked 61st in the QS World University Rankings 2022, the University of Warwick is situated in Coventry. Their sought-for BSc Accounting & Finance is a professionally orientated qualification that encourages their students from the outset to think critically, enabling them to analyze and interpret real-life business issues to devise solutions, helping to prepare them for a career in accountancy, financial services, or management.
Durham University
Durham is listed as the 82nd world best university in the QS World University Rankings 2022. Though it is known for its excellent offerings in the subjects of theology, divinity and religious studies, archaeology and geography (ranked among the top ten universities in the world in these subjects) Durham makes a formidable attempt at making its business school intellectually stimulating for its students.
University of Bath
The University of Bath is ranked 6th for graduate prospects by the Complete University Guide 2022 and 7th by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022. Their graduates are highly sought-after; in 2019, 89% of their full-time UK domiciled graduates were in high-skilled employment 15 months after leaving the University. If you decide to commit to the University, you’ll enjoy their beautiful award-winning campus and facilities.
Aston University
If you take Aston University’s ranking as No. 485 University on the ‘QS World University Rankings 2022’, you might be wondering how it has made our list. However, when it’s taken into account that it has enjoyed a 10-year relationship with Goldman Sachs through the 10,000 Small Businesses program that Goldman Sachs launched in the Midlands in 2011, then you’ll see our reason for its inclusion. Aston offers the perfect combination of award-winning teaching, world-class facilities and a fantastic student experience.
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde offers students access to interactive classrooms, digital design facilities and labs, top-flight engineering simulators, multi-million-pound chemical engineering facilities, laser and photonics facilities, campus-wide wireless internet access and numerous computer labs. According to the Complete University Guide and Good University Guide by the Times, Strathclyde is the highest-ranking Scottish university for accounting and finance.
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Charlesis a writer, practising lawyer and personal trainer who loves learning and developing himself. He graduated from Middlesex University, London with eight first-class grades in the second and third years of his law degree, and received a postgraduate offer from Cambridge University. He loves strength training, boxing and encouraging people to succeed in their pursuits (legal ones)
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