Category Archives: MBA

How to write a great Statement of Purpose (SOP) for foreign universities!

For those who don’t know, a Statement of Purpose (SOP) is your opportunity to add weight to your candidacy to a university application, especially for education abroad. A SOP is usually mandatory is you are going to apply to foreign universities. This is your chance to tell the university why you are applying and what… Continue Reading

Top 5 reasons Engineers with an MBA should not join the banking sector!

The fad of engineers pursuing an MBA degree has gained a lot of momentum in the last decade. If it because engineers suddenly realized they’d need to have the business skills to make it big in the corporate sector? Or is it because they want an extra degree in their resume? We agree that an… Continue Reading

MBA Banking & Finance: A Degree That Works

Ushering a practical approach to education that is in sync with the needs of the corporate world, Sikkim Manipal University Distance Education (SMU-DE) launches a new course; MBA in Banking & Finance. Open to employees from the banking or finance industry with a minimum of 3 years work experience, this 4 semester course is structured… Continue Reading

Sikkim Manipal University Launches MBA in Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance is a much sought after field in the industry today. It is perhaps the only field to have got a shot in the arm due to recession owing to shortfall in managerial talent. Close to 5lac banking professionals are going to retire in the next five years, which accounts for 50% of… Continue Reading

Top 50 Best MBA B-Schools in India

Back in 2007, we featured a list of top 25 business schools in India, which was very popular with the students of B-School aspirants, so we decided to take this a notch up and add another 25 B-Schools to the list and present you with Top 50 B-Schools in India. So here is the list… Continue Reading

Full List of Indian Colleges accepting CAT scores for Admissions

Here is some great news for MBA and B-School aspirants. Now along with 7 major IIMs in India there will more than 150 colleges and Universities that will consider CAT 2009 scores for their admission process. There will be 151 non-IIMs have also registered with CAT 2009, with 49 new MBA institutes. The number of… Continue Reading

Top 10 Bschool in North America: North-western University Evanston, Illinois

Independent university, founded 1851 Calendar quarters Degrees certificates, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, first professional, and post-master’s certificates Suburban 250-acre campus with easy access to Chicago Endowment $4.2 billion Coed, 8,023 undergraduate students, 98% full-time, 53% women, 47% men Most difficult entrance level, 30% of applicants were admitted Costs (2006 – 07) Comprehensive fee: $43,825 includes full-time… Continue Reading

Top 10 Business School in USA: University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California

State-supported university, founded 1919, part of University of California System Calendar quarters Degrees bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and first professional Urban 419-acre campus Coed, 24,811 undergraduate students, 96% full-time, 56% women, 44% men Very difficult entrance level, 27% of applicants were admitted Costs (2006 – 07) Tuition: state resident $0 full-time; non resident $18,168 full-time Required… Continue Reading

Top 10 Business School in USA: Harvard University

Independent university, founded 1636 Calendar semesters Degrees bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and first professional Urban 380-acre campus with easy access to Boston Endowment $25.9 billion Coed, 6,649 undergraduate students, 100% full-time, 49% women, 51% men Most difficult entrance level, 9% of applicants were admitted Costs (2006 – 07) Comprehensive fee: $43,655 includes full-time tuition ($30,275), mandatory… Continue Reading

Top 10 Business School in America: New York University

Independent university, founded 1831 Calendar semesters Degrees certificates, associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, first professional, post-master’s, postbachelor’s, and first professional certificates Urban campus Endowment $1.6 billion Coed, 20,965 undergraduate students, 93% full-time, 62% women, 38% men Most difficult entrance level, 36% of applicants were admitted Costs (2006 – 07) Comprehensive fee: $45,200 includes full-time tuition ($31,534),… Continue Reading

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