How are Business schools in Belgium & Greece ?

Question

Hi Experts,

i have come across below business schools during my surf. Please post your general thoughts related to quality of international MBA exposure and kind of oppurtunities for Indian students. How about the job oppurtunies in general ?

Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgium
ALBA Graduate Business School -greece
Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) -greece

Cheers!!

alwynjoseph · Answer

I think these schools were not even covered as part of any of the rankings

iwillscore750 · Answer

Yes alwynjoseph,

these schools are not coming in any of the Businessweek,forbes ranking.
But i found these schools in topmba websites. moreover, for top ranked schools there is plenty of information /discusssions already avaible in discussion forums, i am curious to know the information about these schools.

Cheers!!

saruba · Answer

Hello!

You can find Vlerick Leuven Gent in the following FT rankings:
 European Business School Rankings - 10th Place 
 Global MBA Rankings - 75th Place

Good luck!

iwillscore750 · Answer

Thanks saruba for your reponse on this.

Do you have more idea about these schools about kind of reputation other stuffs ? it would be helpful for me to decide about them.

Cheers!!

defeatgmat · Answer

learning business still should go to the US, I believe.

saruba · Answer

Well, in FT-Best European Schools is ranked #10; above ESADE, Essec, SSE, City University or LSE, which all seem to have better reputation than Vlerick. However, you should think of the program you want to study, because the thing can be completely different.
In the MBA rankings ESADE is 9, and Vlerick 27. Conversely, in the MiM salary report, Vlerick alumni gain $1200 more per year than ESADE alumni (although LSE, Essec, SSE and City alumni are way wealthier than Vlerick). I recommend you to play with the FT variables and charts in order to compare the data that is meaningful for you.

IMO Vlerick is a good business school, but all depends on your aims. If you want to work in the US I'm afraid a Belgium/Greece MBA won't be good recognised. If you want to work in the UK, I'd definitely go the UK. In short, I'd only go to Vlerick if I were planning to work within the area, or I couldn't aspire to a better program.

Hope this helps.

BM · Answer

For 2009,  The Economist  ranked Vlerick Leuven Gent's MBA program 10th. I have no information on the Greek programs you mentioned.

How are Business schools in Belgium & Greece ?

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