<p>I'm not sure if many people on these forums know much about european universities, but I was wondering if I could get some advice as to the job prospects coming from a school like say Western Ivey + Economics vs going to a school in Europe like the Stockholm School of Economics.
For Economics specifically Western is ranked much lower on this site (QS</a> World University Rankings by Subject 2013 - Economics & Econometrics | Top Universities)
Honestly I'm only really considering european schools purely for the purpose of exploring my options, but the curiosity is real.
Bottom-line Question:
Does a school like Stockholm Economics hold any candle to a Canadian Business School like Ivey in terms of opportunities? Right now I find myself particularly interested in consulting (especially Mckinsey) but I know that interests are prone to change over the 3-5 years of university and so I'm open to all kinds of fields.
side note:
I'm a big fan of the "chill" appearance of the european b-school atmosphere, in my eyes from limited viewing the european business schools appear to be still hard-working but more down to earth.</p>
<p>You don’t say if this is for your undergraduate or postgraduate education.
Every university runs its courses differently. Different classes, different specialisms, different internship opportunities. </p>
<p>Research the employers you want to work for. See what colleges their top people went to. Also look at the college’s own publicity. They like to publicise where students now work. </p>
<p>You don’t say what country you’re from. You might want to think where you want to work after graduation. Where would be more highly respected back home? Would you like to work in Canada or Sweden/Northern Europe long term?</p>
<p>Also, be aware that Sweden has a reputation for a high cost of living. A beer is about $7 US dollars. In Canada, it would be $5.</p>
<p>This wuold be my undergraduate education, sorry. I’m from Canada, but I’m not really looking at preference right at this moment. I’m just kind of wondering what the big deal is with these european schools. What kind of international rep does a school like SSE (Stockholm) or St.Gallen have? (for undergrad) From what I gather it seems kind of hard to find information on these european undergrad schools employment wise…there websites are pretty basic compared to the ones we have here in North America. At first I was looking at St.Gallen because I knew it had a good mba program so I was kind of intrigued but there undergrad doesn’t really seem to be very talked about, ditto to SSE. I know that an important part of the education is the school experience, and they sound like interesting experiences thats for sure.</p>
<p>I would choose SSE but it really depends where you want to work one day because it will be much finding a job with a foreign degree</p>