MBA Or MSc: A Round-Up Of Needs And Natures Of Business Education Around The World
Globally, an MBA degree tends to require work experience, and is seen as improving managerial abilities.
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In India, it has almost become a necessity to “do an MBA”, driven by a perception that it is necessary to have an MBA to get a good start in your career. This has led to a proliferation of business schools, as well as to global institutes targeting the Indian student. Many Indian students are applying to international business schools. While this is mostly for masters level MBA courses, some are bachelors level students.
Business programmes can be looked at 2 levels: 1) Bachelors programmes and 2) Masters programmes. A foreign Bachelors in business is not likely to give a student the kind of edge that she is looking for in terms of job prospects.
In the UK, studying business is like any other subject in the Arts. Companies in the UK believe in training natural ability, and hire based on tests and interviews. Other countries fall between the two types of recruitment, where the degree helps, but isn’t the key to success. Finally, be mindful that even at an undergraduate level, business degrees cost more.
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Top International Colleges
RankName of College / UniversityCity/StatecountryCourse Length
1
INSEAD
Fontainebleau
France
1 year
2
Stanford University
Paolo Alto, California
USA
2 years
3
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA
2 years
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA
2 years
5
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena, California
USA
2 years
6
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
USA
2 years
7
London Business School
London
UK
2 years
8
IE Business School
Madrid
Spain
1 year
9
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
USA
2 years
10
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
USA
2 years
11
Columbia University
New York
USA
2 years
12
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
UK
1 year
13
University of Oxford
Oxford
UK
1 year
14
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
USA
2 years
15
Johns Hopkins University
 Baltimore, Maryland
USA
2 years
16
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
Berkeley, California
USA
2 years
17
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
USA
2 years
18
CEIBS
Shanghai
China
1.5 years
19
Duke University
 Durham, North Carolina
USA
2 years
20
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
2 years
21
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
 Los Angeles, California
USA
2 years
22
Cornell University
 Ithaca, New York
USA
2 years
23
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
1.5 years
24
Peking University
Beijing
China
2 years
25
New York University
New York
USA
2 years
26
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
China
14 months
27
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
USA
2 years
28
Tsing Hua University
Beijing
China
21 months
29
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
1 year
30
Hong Kong University of Science...
In India, it has almost become a necessity to “do an MBA”, driven by a perception that it is necessary to have an MBA to get a good start in your career. This has led to a proliferation of business schools, as well as to global institutes targeting the Indian student. Many Indian students are applying to international business schools. While this is mostly for masters level MBA courses, some are bachelors level students.
Business programmes can be looked at 2 levels: 1) Bachelors programmes and 2) Masters programmes. A foreign Bachelors in business is not likely to give a student the kind of edge that she is looking for in terms of job prospects.
In the UK, studying business is like any other subject in the Arts. Companies in the UK believe in training natural ability, and hire based on tests and interviews. Other countries fall between the two types of recruitment, where the degree helps, but isn’t the key to success. Finally, be mindful that even at an undergraduate level, business degrees cost more.
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Top International Colleges
RankName of College / UniversityCity/StatecountryCourse Length
1
INSEAD
Fontainebleau
France
1 year
2
Stanford University
Paolo Alto, California
USA
2 years
3
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA
2 years
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA
2 years
5
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena, California
USA
2 years
6
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
USA
2 years
7
London Business School
London
UK
2 years
8
IE Business School
Madrid
Spain
1 year
9
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
USA
2 years
10
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
USA
2 years
11
Columbia University
New York
USA
2 years
12
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
UK
1 year
13
University of Oxford
Oxford
UK
1 year
14
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
USA
2 years
15
Johns Hopkins University
 Baltimore, Maryland
USA
2 years
16
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
Berkeley, California
USA
2 years
17
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
USA
2 years
18
CEIBS
Shanghai
China
1.5 years
19
Duke University
 Durham, North Carolina
USA
2 years
20
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
USA
2 years
21
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
 Los Angeles, California
USA
2 years
22
Cornell University
 Ithaca, New York
USA
2 years
23
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
1.5 years
24
Peking University
Beijing
China
2 years
25
New York University
New York
USA
2 years
26
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
China
14 months
27
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
USA
2 years
28
Tsing Hua University
Beijing
China
21 months
29
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
1 year
30
Hong Kong University of Science...