Australian Universities

[m_vaughan]

How come you have not considered the US? Not very sure about Australia for overseas education, although people are slowly beginning to consider it.

But nothing beats an MBA for Management. And in India, nothing beats the IIMs. I am currently in my first year of work (in Schneider) and I will be doing an MBA after 3-4 years (since I have signed a bond for 2 years with the company). IIMs obviously are first options, and the advantage for me is that (being an NRI) I just need to write my GMAT. If I dont get into the IIMs, I will go to the US for the same.

My advice is work for a few years and then do the MBA, because it is the most recognised and accepted degree. Also suggest you dont think just about enterpreneurship as a career.

All the best.

 

[Abhas]

Thanks for the reply..
MBA was my first thought, but there is a problem, due to which i cannot do MBA. It requires atleast 2 years full time, something that I don't have, and neither can I wait for 2 years because my father wants me to get in the family business as soon as possible, and 2 years from now is the max he is allowing he to study further.

I do not intend to work in an organization, rather, manage my own business. Keeping all this in mind, I have realised the Master of Commerce course is the best suited for my needs, and has an excellent course curriculum.

As far as career is concerned, Even if i do my Masters in computers, eventually I will have to come into business. Doing some modules on Entrepreneurship will certainly help me in the future. I do not intend to specialize in entrepreneurship, but a few modules are good enough for me. The good thing about doing a general course is that we learn about everything, so that our basics are clear, and we strive to strengthen these. If i specialize, what generally happens is, we tend to create a mental block, and we only focus on the area of specialization, when we work in the future. Like, if a person specializes in Marketing, He will surely look for a career in only marketing, and would probably not be confident about his other abilities.
Surely, some people call the general management student a Jack of all trades, but a master of none, but I happen to think otherwise.

US was on my mind, but I am somehow more inclined towards Australia. India is ruled out, because I have a degree from University of Bradford, which is Not recognized in India. (No foreign university is recognized.)

As far as Work is concerned, I have been actively involved in the business since the last 5 years, and I am sure, a postgraduate course in management is the Best thing I need.

 

[Jakester1288]

Does anyone here know anything about Southern Cross University? I will most likely go to study there.

 

[m_vaughan]

I was of the opinion that you were planning to start a business yourself. If its just about working with your family and taking over. In that case, you can still do without an MBA. You can actually do without a Masters as well, but I think you want to have some idea about management.

There is a University of Bradford in India?

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India is ruled out, because I have a degree from University of Bradford, which is Not recognized in India. (No foreign university is recognized.)

All the IIMs recognise foreign universities. If you are an NRI at the time of applying, you also have to send your GMAT scores.

 

[Highlander999]

Hang on this is the jewellery business isn't it? The one you showed me on MSN? If so, stick with that, you got a little gold mine there, do you even need a degree to help run that?

 

[m_vaughan]

Every business needs management. Whatever Abhas learns in the modules could help him make better decisions in the future.

 

[Abhas]

I was of the opinion that you were planning to start a business yourself. If its just about working with your family and taking over. In that case, you can still do without an MBA. You can actually do without a Masters as well, but I think you want to have some idea about management.

There is a University of Bradford in India?

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All the IIMs recognise foreign universities. If you are an NRI at the time of applying, you also have to send your GMAT scores.

University of Bradford has a collaboration with my college, and we are basically studying their course, but in India.

I am not an NRI, so thats ruled out. I cannot give the CAT, and that's the only way of getting in IIM's other than GMAT. GMat will require a very-very high score imo..

Hang on this is the jewellery business isn't it? The one you showed me on MSN? If so, stick with that, you got a little gold mine there, do you even need a degree to help run that?

Ofcourse I need proper education to run a business. Infact, to get employees' respect, the manager should be very well educated, and experienced. If i can get the education, experience won't be a problem.

Every business needs management. Whatever Abhas learns in the modules could help him make better decisions in the future.

Spot on

 

[Highlander999]

Ofcourse I need proper education to run a business. Infact, to get employees' respect, the manager should be very well educated, and experienced. If i can get the education, experience won't be a problem.

I just drunk them under the table at M&S to get the respect. Meant my life back in my office was easier

 

[smssia0112]

Australia's education system is considered to be one of the best, I'm not sure about in uni specifically but overall it is ahead of the US and UK.

 

[Abhas]

Australia's education system is considered to be one of the best, I'm not sure about in uni specifically but overall it is ahead of the US and UK.

You are one of the very few people who have said this.
Generally, US education is considered the best, followed by UK, and then Australia.
As far as management education is concerned, I suppose, this does hold true to a certain extent, but I am fine with studying in Australia.

 

[m_vaughan]

IIMs are the best. Unless you get into Harvard or Wharton.

 

[tassietiger]

Australia's education system is considered to be one of the best, I'm not sure about in uni specifically but overall it is ahead of the US and UK.

How come the international students that come here tend to say that they had no chance in their old country and thought they would come to Australia to be able to get qualifications and stuff?

I reckon I've gotten an excellent education out of Australia and will continue to for a few years still, but the bar is higher in other countries.

 

[Kshitiz_Indian]

Abhas, I know you can't study in India, but atleast don't rule out IIM's from being the best, because they are!

 

[Abhas]

Ofcourse I am not ruling out IIM's. I know they are one of the Best in the World.

When I mentioned US, UK, Australia, it meant in a general way, and not specific to any university / B-School. Sadly, other than the IIMs India does not have too many good institutes.

 

[angryangy]

La Trobe is alright, but it's not in the same league as Monash and Melbourne. Of course Melbourne doesn't do specific degrees straight away anymore, first you have to complete a general degree in one of six areas, but Commerce is one of them so you might not need to do a specialised degree afterwards.

It's hard to simplify, but Melbourne is highly regarded for humanities, like Law, while Monash is a very big uni for science and engineering; although Melbourne is generally regarded as the major university, Monash manage to turn out a lot of scientific papers. Deakin is regarded well for business and commerce. That's a tough one really because, I mean face it, in the business world, a lot of great businessmen have actually abandoned their degrees.