---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Walter Schachermayer ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Von: Howard Jones [mailto:howard.jones@said-business-school.oxford.ac.uk] Gesendet: Dienstag, 07. März 2006 15:24 Betreff: Oxford University Master's in Financial Economics

Dear Colleague,

I would like to bring to the attention of your students a new master's programme at Oxford University: the Master's in Financial Economics (MFE). It is an intensive nine-month programme taught jointly by the Economics Department and the Finance Faculty at the Saïd Business School.

We want to attract applicants who are in the final year of an undergraduate degree. The programme is also aimed at students who have a few years' work experience after their first degree. We are particularly looking for candidates with very strong quantitative skills, whatever the subject of their first degree.

The inaugural MFE class of 70 students began in October and is now half-way through the programme. They are an exceptional group of individuals including six Rhodes Scholars and one Marshall Scholar, as well as employees from government finance ministries, the IMF, and top investment banks. They have an average GMAT of 730 which, to my knowledge, is higher than for any comparable programme. We expect that most who graduate from the programme will pursue careers in the financial services sector, although there is also a research track leading to a doctoral degree. There is more information at:

http://www.sbs.oxford.edu/mfeweb www.sbs.oxford.edu/mfeweb

What would be the best way to reach students in your department? I enclose information sheets which you can print off or forward to students, and a poster which can be put on a notice-board. I would also be happy to mail you a hard copy of the poster. Please could you let me know if you would like me to do this or confirm to me if you forward this message to your students.

I would be delighted to answer any questions you, your colleagues or your students may have on this programme.

Yours faithfully,

Howard Jones, Programme Director

Master's in Financial Economics

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Tel: +44 (0) 1865 288849