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shashank Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 3	South African / Australian MBA? Fri May 04, 2007 12:30 PM Thank u so much. i also have another question which university do i join for mba in finance
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tuvia Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 3	South African / Australian MBA? Sat May 12, 2007 12:54 AM i cant seem to open their web the u of cape town's webpage. can someone tell me what is the tuition price there?
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jona Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 59	South African / Australian MBA? Tue Jun 19, 2007 09:51 AM Hi Tuvia, no problems here to open that site... here the info about tuition (all per year): >>Masters in Business Administration - Modular, MBA Mod - US$26 000 >>Executive Masters in Business Administration (Foreign), EMBA - US$24 000 Found it at www.gsb.uct.ac.za/gsbwebb/default.asp?intpagenr=64… it's the tuition of 2007, they did not publish the 2008 one until now.
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tuvia Joined: 10 May 2007 Posts: 3	South African / Australian MBA? Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:31 AM thank you jona- i was able to open it. it looks like a very interesting option for study.
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vasilijs Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 36	South African / Australian MBA? Fri Oct 26, 2007 03:08 AM I myself was thinking about both South African and Australian programmes. If you are thinking about MBA in Australia versus MBA in South Africa, my advice would be to go for Australia - AGSM or MBS. South African schools. The problem with these schools in FT ranking is that similarly to CEIBS they report their salary in ppp rather than in absolute term. I simply cannot believe that a four-year-old MBA from a South African school gets US$160k a year as per FT ranking. That was an immediate turn-off for me, since salary is 20% of FT ranking, and, therefore, the school which reports salaries in ppp and is ranked in the bottom part of FT100 may fall out of the ranking completely if FT changes the policy. I assume, we all more or less agree that apart from the fact how good the programme is, we all look for some kind of a brand we want the school to have. And for me the brand of any South African MBA school is far lower than the brand of any Chinese school - even the brand of South Africa is lower than the brand of China. Therefore, I dropped this idea completely, without doing more research on this. It is simply too risky for me. The Australian schools - I sincerely recommend to take a look on them. I was short on money, and therefore did not really considered them - MBA in a good Australian school costs about 20% more than MBA in Hong Kong. But Australian Graduate School of Management easily may have been my choice. Melbourne Graduate School of Business could have been my choice either. These schools are internationally recognized, long time in rankings, plus Australia is a good brand for education. If I had more money, I would probably end up in Australian Graduate School of Management rather than in HKUST. And if I did this, I would regret about this now (after doing more research and seeing how the things turned out) since HKUST has much more potential to grow than AGSM. In fact, I am happy that I did not go to AGSM and enrolled in HKUST. But this is for me - for somebody else it may be the other way around since generally speaking AGSM, MBS and HKUST are more or less in the same pool globally. AGSM is a mature and well-established programme, so that if you are looking for an MBA programme outside of Harvard-Wharton-INSEAD-... frames, AGSM and Melbourne are definetely to be considered in the first tier of the remaining schools. AGSM is a strong programme and a good brand. Melbourne is a bit less prestigious, but quite comparable. Just one note - Australian MBA programmes want mature people. If you are 25 year old, this is not for you. If you are 30 year old, this may be still too early for you. If you are 35 year old, this is what AGSM and MBS target for. Again, I may be mistaken, but this is my impression. I did not apply to any of these schools, I did not do the interviews there, and I did not work with the graduates. These are purely the results of my theoretical research on both South African and Australian schools. I did this research for myself when I was looking for a course. I hope it helps...
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henkheath Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 10	South African / Australian MBA? Fri Oct 26, 2007 06:43 AM What concerns you about the US$160K, too little, or too high, give me your expectation. Believe me when I tell you that I left my US$220K job, because I was able to Nett little more than US$42k in 5 weeks, and I will only complete my MBA through the University of the North West in 10 days 4 hours and 6 minutes and counting. When I started my MBA 3 years ago i was earning US$20K in a franchise group with more than 160 outlets nationally, I have been headhunted 3 times and have now left to pursue my own dreams.
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vasilijs Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 36	South African / Australian MBA? Fri Oct 26, 2007 02:35 PM I am really glad for you. What concerns me about US$160k is that South African schools refer this number as AVERAGE salary of the graduates. Harvard and other top schools refer less than that. But I may be wrong, don't take me too seriously.
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pravsr Joined: 08 May 2008 Posts: 1	South African / Australian MBA? Fri May 09, 2008 09:28 AM I sincerely feel that you can take a look at the Indian School of Business which was rated #20 by Financial Times. The school has a 1 year MBA with good placements all over the world. isb.edu/isb/index.shtml
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lukeh Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 186	South African / Australian MBA? Sat May 10, 2008 05:18 PM I sincerely feel that the ISB is located in Hyderabad. Which - in all sincerity - is in neither South Africa nor Australia. Take a look.
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