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Business MBA, Where's best to study MBA in Malaysia?

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ezh1114
post Aug 7 2016, 05:21 PM

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Hi all,

I'd need an advice here. Always wanting to enrol MBA programme for career progressions and also networking - preferably specialising in international business or finance.

Here's my particulars:
1. First degree - BSc (Hons) Acctg and Finance - Sunway Uni affiliated with Lancaster Uni (don't have good grade)
2. ACCA Affiliate - recently just obtained membership - ACCA member now
3. 3 years working experience in Big4
4. Have experience in research
5. Budget around RM30k self-funded
6. Future prospects: build own business by 30yo (current age 25)

I have two choices in my mind:
1. University Malaya MBA - part time (can self funding since fee around RM30k)
2. Sunway-Lancaster MBA - part time (I'm their ex-student however no discount due to bad results in degree - fees are costly to me)

Should I,
(A) Proceed with 1
(B) Proceed with 2, takes EPF 2/ bank loan/ PTPTN
© Do not start MBA so soon, but by when should be the right time?

Thanks for all your advice!
ezh1114
post Aug 31 2016, 03:55 PM

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QUOTE(Topace111 @ Aug 17 2016, 05:54 PM)
If you want to switch career using your MBA to a better corporate life, any MBA that is not listed in FT100 will be very difficult. I don’t like to use this example but if your MBA does not cost up to RM250,000 it’s not a top-tier university. Please check link below:

http://rankings.ft.com/exportranking/globa...anking-2016/pdf

You see Insead there right? It’s in Singapore, their fees now is around EURO75,000. That’s equivalent to RM300,000 to RM400,000. Its already cheap as it’s a year program. If you go US like Harvard and Stanford its easily half a million ringgit. You will ask what for? Bcos unlike degree, only top MBA makes a difference to the employer. Who you think can afford those schools? It must be very rich entrepreneur or top C-level executives. They are there to find network …. and study along the way. These schools has special career fair that only opens to them like Google, Amazon, JP morgan,….
If you want to save your money doing MBA, I think it’s better you save money for your entrepreneurship. You don’t need MBA for that. A lot of people make mistake thinking MBA will change their life. You pay peanuts, you get peanuts.

Last useful tip to choose MBA. If the school does not require you to take GMAT, very highly likely that MBA is not a top-tier one and it won’t dramatically change your career. See link below if you are not sure what is GMAT
http://start.gmat.com/gmatprep_en?&utm_sou...7259022549,gmat

The top MBA school currently in Malaysia is the Asean business school (collaboration between MIT and Bank Negara). Cost should be around RM300k also.
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Thank you for all the valuable tips and infos!! I have noted this down in case the thread went missing.

 

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