kundan77
trahul4
THanks for the info.
Yes i have heard about GISMA and its link to Purdue. Are you studying at GISMA?
Like you, I, too, am an MBA aspirant. As I am currently working in Germany, I do keep exploring the possibilities of an MBA education from one of the German B-Schools. The info I posted previously was taken from one of the German web-magazines.
Because I live in Germany and have been researching German b-schools for over the last years on and off, I have to comment on studying a
FULL-TIME MBA in Germany. I think that it's wasted money. UNLESS, you want to work in a German company and stay in Germany, then it's not "necessarily" wasted money.
Let me say the following to give you an insight into how I view a full-time MBA. I think that if you want to establish a strong foundation for a future career in business, wherever that may take you, you MUST get into the best program you can get into. In other words, go for the best! Whether that's the Top 20 or 30 globally, or Top 5 or 10 regionally, go for the best of breed.
Several of my German friends who are working in finance are familiar with the MBA, but don't put much value on it. They all have their Diplom in business/finance, you name it. And, the Diplom carries a lot more weight in Germany. The MBA is somewhat new for them. A good site to check out for German MBA news is Handelsblatt (but you need to know your German!):
https://www.handelsblatt.com/mba
As far as HHL, WHU, and GISMA go, I am staying away from them.
HOWEVER, if you are considering an Executive MBA (part-time), then WHU and GISMA have strong reputations. Goethe Business School in Frankurt also has an EMBA, with links to Duke Fuqua. It's not ranked yet, so....
But full-time MBA programs, I would actually take Mannheim and a very reputable b-school in the German-speaking region of Switzerland - St. Gallen - over the above-mentioned schools.
St. Gallen, or HSG, has a very strong reputation as a business school in Europe. Many top CEOs of German multi-nationals have gone to HSG, i.e Ackerman of Deutsche Bank. Their MBA program is relatively new, with a small class size, but the program looks really good. Plus, the average GMAT score is in the high 600s - which is the usual trademark for any top MBA program.
Mannheim also has a very strong reputation of b-schools in Germany.
Here are links to both schools:
https://www.mba.unisg.ch/org/mba/web.nsf ... endocument
https://www.mannheim-business-school.com ... e-mba.html
Rankings from a German business journal:
https://www.mba.unisg.ch/org/mba/web.nsf ... rriere.pdf
I think you should also take a look at the FT rankings on European b-schools in order to get a feel for general reputation. I think this gives a good assessment of the quality of each business school and could help assess the quality of some of the young MBA programs at several of these schools. These are not the MBA programs, but the actual business school itself:
https://rankings.ft.com/european-busines ... l-rankings
All the best,
William