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Irma

Joined: 15 Nov 2009
Posts: 11
Oxford & Cambridge
Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:07 PM
Hello,

I am planning to apply to Oxbridge business schools, just have one concern. Their EMBAs are not listed by FT at all. I can not understand why this might be happening. They can not be worse then 85 schools in the world (their price defenitely says they are one of the top:).

Besides, they are not accredited by either AMBA, EQUIS or AACSB.

Can anyone advise me why these schools' EMBAs might not be on FT list? And how I can be sure of the quality of education and of the sound ROI?

Feedback from the alma mater would be sooo interesting.

Thanks a lot,
Irma
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D.jung

Joined: 31 Aug 2008
Posts: 93
Oxford & Cambridge
Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:25 AM
which program do you mean by that - do the two schools offer a program together, or is it just some school trying to make some money out of combination of two big names? can you please post a like to the program? some more infos?

[Edited by D.jung on 17 Nov 2009]
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Irma

Joined: 15 Nov 2009
Posts: 11
Oxford & Cambridge
Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:58 AM
Sorry, I was not clear. They have Executive MBA programs absolutely independent from each other, I just "saved" the space:)

Have a look at this

rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/emba-rankin…

you won't find any of these two schools there. Their full-time MBAs are among the top 10 or 15 but Executive MBAs not even in top 100??
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D.jung

Joined: 31 Aug 2008
Posts: 93
Oxford & Cambridge
Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:17 PM
i would guess it has to do with the age of the EMBA program - it takes time for a program to get listed and ranked. do you have any idea how old it is?
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Irma

Joined: 15 Nov 2009
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Oxford & Cambridge
Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:57 PM
both b schools are quite young, and probably EMBA was develped much later then full time MBA

but many quite "young" EMBAs like OneMBA, Trium etc are listed. I suspect Oxbridge EMBAs are not younger than these joint EMBAs (as joint degrees came into vogue recently)

so, must be something else..
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D.jung

Joined: 31 Aug 2008
Posts: 93
Oxford & Cambridge
Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:06 PM
i fear the answer may have to do with marketing.... school with such big names sometimes don't feel obliged to spend lots of money on marketing. but i am just guessing here :-)
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Irma

Joined: 15 Nov 2009
Posts: 11
Oxford & Cambridge
Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:50 PM
thnx a lot, D.jung, have a nice weekend
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april.flowers


Joined: 16 Jul 2009
Posts: 20
Oxford & Cambridge
Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:41 AM
I can't seem to find any information on this program. It sounds interesting though - can you post a link?
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Irma

Joined: 15 Nov 2009
Posts: 11
Oxford & Cambridge
Tue Nov 24, 2009 08:26 AM
sure

www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/degrees/emba/Pages/default.aspx
for Oxford and

www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/emba/index.html
for Cambridge
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boy-on-biz

Joined: 29 Nov 2009
Posts: 23
Oxford & Cambridge
Fri Dec 04, 2009 09:29 AM
Hi Irma -

I am thinking of applying to Cambridge EMBA. But the EMBA there is very young, so is Oxford's. If you are not looking for a major career move, these two big names will be globally recognized. Plus the alumni contacts you need will be available.

So I do nto think you should worry about rankings that much. Over time in your career, it is not rankings that matter on your CV but the brand of the institution. And I am sure the education will be good.

My only concern though is the lack of accreditation, this could effect places where you could get loans to finance your education. I do not know how much one needs to worry about accreditation for EMBA's from a quality point fo view.....
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aragorn123

Joined: 14 Jun 2009
Posts: 64
Oxford & Cambridge
Mon Dec 14, 2009 09:55 AM
Come on! You do not need any accreditations when u hv a brand-name of Oxbridge with u! The brand-name itself is a biggest accreditation!

As per the recent trends, Judge Business School is placed higher than Said!
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