求推荐比较好的硕士项目为finance phd做铺垫

LotusGoGo

希望各位大神指点迷津。
本人希望申请北美的finance phd。研究了好些学校发现一般都有至少半数的phd 学生有master degree.
如果想要申请好的finance phd program,感觉还是有个北美硕士文凭比较好。请问有什么推荐的硕士项目嘛？
看了一下mfe的项目，基本都是industry oriented,毕业生几乎也都去了业界。如果以mfe类似的做跳板，是好的选择嘛？
如果读统计的master，好申fin phd吗？
个人本科几乎没有学过经济，所以不打算考虑经济硕士。
除了以上几个方向，还有推荐吗？

十分感谢！

xsnakex110

In my personal understanding, there is no absolute. Master in Economics is more preferred, because there will be advanced microeconomics, econometrics, statistics and math courses choices that will help you in phd study. If you can do great job in PhD-level microeconomics and econometrics courses, it will make you more competitive. Anyway, Master program is just one aspect of evaluating application to Phd in Finance.

LotusGoGo

xsnakex110 发表于 2015-8-25 05:37
In my personal understanding, there is no absolute. Master in Economics is more preferred, because t ...

thanks for the opinion.

I also heard that there are extensive courses in econ in phd first 2 years. however considering my current background, i don;t think i will have a competitive advantage when applying for master in econ?

do you know any master in finance program that is more research oriented?

Thanks.

xsnakex110

LotusGoGo 发表于 2015-8-25 21:58
thanks for the opinion.

I also heard that there are extensive courses in econ in phd first 2 year ...

Most master of science in finance programs are practitioner-oriented. You will learn basic knowledge about corporate finance, M&A, derivatives, banking and portfolio management. They all are not research oriented. However, a good MSF program will give you better understanding about Finance and also bring you access to more resources, like your professors. You can work with them in research to some extent. These conditions will help you for sure.

LotusGoGo

xsnakex110 发表于 2015-9-13 22:48
Most master of science in finance programs are practitioner-oriented. You will learn basic knowled ...

I agree. most finance programs, and mfe are industry oriented.
There is the trade off, the high cost of going for a master, and the academic resources I can get from it.

465129883

Hi, if you want to do a PhD in Finance, perhaps MSc in Finance and Economics at LSE is a good preparation.

LotusGoGo

465129883 发表于 2015-11-14 21:27
Hi, if you want to do a PhD in Finance, perhaps MSc in Finance and Economics at LSE is a good prepar ...

sorry, haven't been on the forum for a long time. Thanks for your advise, and I agree that it will be a good prep. I found out the program quite late, not sure if there are still vacancies now.

LotusGoGo

465129883 发表于 2015-11-14 21:27
Hi, if you want to do a PhD in Finance, perhaps MSc in Finance and Economics at LSE is a good prepar ...

sorry, haven't been on the forum for a long time. Thanks for your advise, and I agree that it will be a good prep. I found out the program quite late, not sure if there are still vacancies now.

465129883

I think there will be some places, but it's more difficult to enter now because I know many guys have got admitted to this program. Have a try! It's a wonderful program for PhD in Finance.