A guide to which UK universities are being targeted by which investment banks in 2011. And a ranking of the most bank-friendly unis
It's milkround season! Now's the time to go to all the careers fairs and presentations that investment banks are attending/making at your university - assuming you're at one of the few universities they're actually visiting this year.
If you want to work at an investment bank, being at a targeted university makes a big difference. Networking events are very important. They're a chance to schmooze real bankers and to make the kind of lasting impression that might make someone recommend you for an interview. If you can attend an event, it could make all the difference to your chances of getting in.
On the record, banks say they're happy to receive CVs from all sorts of universities. Off the record, they only visit an elite few.
We've scoured various banks' websites to see which universities they're visiting this year - and which students (by implication) they really want to hire. We've listed the results below. Based on our research, we've also created a ranking of banks' favourite universities at the bottom of this page.
We have included any type of visit publically advertised - business games, presentations, careers fairs, dinners, and skill sessions.
Not all banks are listed, because not all banks offer a comprehensive events calendar on their website (JPMorgan's for example is looking a little thin). It may also be that some banks have finalised their campus visit schedule yet. Goldman Sachs, for example, only appears to be visiting Oxford, Bath, Imperial and Loughborough this year (Bath and Loughborough are for operations).
Which banks are visiting which universities:
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
Cambridge
Durham
LSE
Oxford
Warwick
CITI
Aston
Bath
Birmingham
Bristol
Cambridge
Cass
Durham
Edinburgh
ESCP
Imperial
King's College
Lancaster
Leeds
Leicester
LSE
Loughborough
Manchester
Nottingham
Oxford
Queen Mary
Sheffield
Southampton
St Andrews
UCL
Warwick
York
DEUTSCHE BANK
Bristol
LSE
GOLDMAN SACHS
Bath
Imperial
Loughborough
Oxford
MACQUARIE
Bristol
Cambridge
Cass
Durham
ESCP
Imperial
LSE
Oxford
UCL
Warwick
MORGAN STANLEY
Bristol
Cambridge
Cass
City
Durham
ESCP
King's
LSE
Oxford
UCL
NOMURA
Bath
Cambridge
Cass
ESCP
Imperial
LSE
Loughborough
Nottingham Trent
Oxford
UCL
Warwick
RBS GLOBAL BANKING AND MARKETS
Bath
Bristol
Cambridge
ESCP
Imperial
LSE
Manchester
Nottingham
Oxford
Southampton
UCL
Warwick
STANDARD BANK
Bath
Cambridge
Imperial College
LSE
Manchester
UCL
Warwick
A ranking of banks' favourite UK universities
The universities have been ranked from highest number of visits at the top, to lowest at the bottom. This includes multiple visits from the same bank - so LSE's score of 50 is the total of all visits from all the banks included (50 visits = Citi 24 + Bank of America 1 + Deutsche 2 + RBS 16 + Morgan and Stanley 2 + Macquarie 3 + Nomura 1 + Standard 1).
LSE 50
Imperial 32
UCL 29
Cambridge 28
Warwick 26
Oxford 22
Bristol 17
ESCP } 10
Bath 8
Durham 8
Edinburgh 8
London Business School 8
Manchester 7
Loughborough 5
Cass 5
St Andrews 5
York 5
Birmingham 4
Loughborough 4
Nottingham 3
King's 3
Leeds 3
Queen Mary 2
Southampton 2
Aston 1
City 1
Lancaster 1
Leicester 1
Nottingham Trent 1
Sheffield 1
