Re: Masters in Management in Germany
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28 Oct 2015, 01:01
Hi abhishek101,
I'll answer your question from a perspective of a German business student.
Both EBS and HHL are reputable German business schools. They differ more in their direction/orientation than on general reputation/quality.
While both are good schools for consulting and graduates, it differs their focus differs considering finance versus entrepreneurship/startups.
HHL is a very startup/entrepreneurship-focused school. It is generally seen as No1/No2 in this field (it can be argued whether WHU is superior, equal or below to HHL with respect to this field). EBS has something in this field, but it is less pronounced than at HHL or WHU.
(e.g. see German publication Gründungsradar)
EBS, however, is more oriented towards finance and investment banking. Maybe, this is related to the close proximity to Frankfurt, the financial center of Germany.
(EBS has an own Master in Finance program, HHL not, at least not to my knowledge).
One other point of difference is the size.
Both institutions are small compared to German public universities (which are full-fledged universities offering all different kinds of subjects) since they focus nearly exclusively on business (the EBS tries to built up a parallel law school, which so far may be deemed a failure, but this leads off-topic).
Still, comparing EBS with HHL, it is apparent that EBS is substantially bigger than HHL. EBS has undergraduate programmes, HHL has not. And I think that even the size of EBS master programmes combined (they have several specialized master programmes) gives a significantly larger class size than the master at HHL (but verify this as I am not certain about this).
The size difference, combined with the fact that HHL effectively started in 1992 after German unification, while EBS started in 1971, results in a larger alumni network at EBS.
Nevertheless, I have the feeling that the commitment and "sense of belonging" at HHL is greater among students and alumni.
Since you said, that you already dived into the financial times data, I will cut this part.
I hope this helps you in getting an idea of the differences between both schools.