Accepted: HEC Paris MiM($$) or IIM Bangalore MBA

Question

I have to choose between the HEC Paris MiM (with 8k + living expenses scholarship) or an MBA at IIM Bangalore (pgp). I'd love some help on that, Thanks!
I am a final year undergrad student, and my target domain is consulting. I am not a French speaker.

mainester1990s · Answer

MiM. It’s more suited for your stage of career, plus it’s a good school, opens up your options in a few years time, you can still do an MBA in a much better school than IIM.

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JohnnyBlaze · Answer

Where do you want to live? Europe? India? Purely based on schools, HEC has greater int'l regard and an MiM makes more sense at this time in your career, BUT if your goal is to stay in India, IIM is the clear option.

kiran120680 · Answer

Hi, Where you want to settle after MS? If you want to settle in the EU, HEC is the better option. IIM-B Pgp program is good for Marketing.

rishi02 · Answer

Unless you're absolutely certain that you do not want to settle in India and/or want to do an MBA from a top-10 global university at some point down the line, I'd recommend IIM over HEC

Since you're targetting consulting as a post-masters career path, fluency in atleast one local language will be a pre requesite. For that matter, I can't imagine any front office role (IB, Consulting etc.) where you could get away with lack of local language proficiency! You could try applying to consulting roles in London, but i'd recommend doing some research to see if alumni from HEC have previously done that. Visa is a bigger hassle than most people realize!

If you're planning on applying to consulting roles in India, then IIM is a no brainer anyways.

Also, In the grand scheme of things, from a cost perspective, the scholarship from HEC really isnt that much.

Accepted: HEC Paris MiM($$) or IIM Bangalore MBA

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