From MPhil to academic or industry career
Get to where you want to go. At Cambridge Judge, we are here to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to progress to a rewarding academic research or industry career. As an MPhil student, you can take advantage of the University of Cambridge’s Career Services, attend recruitment events and connect with our international and supportive network of alumni.
Discover more about the career outcomes of our Finance MPhil graduates and start planning your future.
Progression to PhD
On completion of their MPhil in Finance degree, students continue to a PhD at Cambridge or elsewhere.
Our graduates have been admitted to PhD programmes at world-leading business schools and universities, like:
- Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
- Harvard University
- MIT
- University of Chicago
- Stanford University
- Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- University of Oxford
- New York University’s Stern School of Business
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Columbia University
- Tilburg University
Progression to a finance career
Employers know that we are extremely selective about who we admit to the MPhil in Finance programme. We only accept students with impeccable academic backgrounds and our strict selectivity leads to our students being highly competitive in the job marketplace.
This is reflected by the fact that the Global University Employability Ranking 2023/24, published by Times Higher Education, placed Cambridge fourth in a list of the universities from which global companies recruit.
MPhil graduates have secured an impressive range of position in organisations such as:
- Bain & Co.
- Barclays Capital
- Cazenove
- CIBC World Markets
- CitiGroup
- Credit Suisse
- Deloitte
- Deutsche Bank
- Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
- Enbridge
- Ernst & Young
- Gartmore Investment Management
- Goldman Sachs
- IBM
- JP Morgan
- KPMG
- LEK Consulting
- Lehman Brothers
- McKinseys
- Merrill Lynch
- Morgan Stanley
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers
- PSG Group
- Rothschild
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- UBS
- Warburg
- Watson Wyatt
- The World Bank
Your career support
We can help you whether you have no decided plan for what to do after Cambridge, a few ideas or a clear idea. You’ll get the support you need through:
Careers Service platform
The University of Cambridge Careers Service platform giving you access to: 1-to-1 guidance consultations; booking your spot-on workshops and briefings; careers fairs and employer presentations.
Career Essentials programme
The University of Cambridge Career Essentials programme that provides a selection of sessions, offering you the opportunity to access career and recruitment advice you need from our career advisers.
Recruitment events
The Careers Services at the University of Cambridge organise recruitment events that attract major global companies, who are keen to hire from the talent pool assembled in Cambridge, and offer you excellent networking opportunities.
Visit the University’s Careers Service website to find out more