<p>I am planning for the MBA, and am considering schools in and outside the US. It seems that the global elite (top 20) business schools are mostly from the US, UK and EU. </p>
<p>So how good are the ones from England, in terms of reputation, teaching quality, networks/connections, job prospects, recruiters, etc.?</p>
<p>The 3 top names from the UK, (in my opinion) are:
1) London Business School (LBS)
2) University of Cambridge: Judge
3) University of Oxford: Said.</p>
<p>LBS is quite a new name, but maybe it's just me who think it's new, I honestly never heard of this school before, until I start looking and considering schools outside US, and see that every global rankings has LBS consistently ranked on their top 10.
Everyone knows Oxford and Cambridge of course, the universities themselves are probably one of the most prestigious (if not the most famous) in the world, but what about their business school or their MBA. </p>
<p>Comparing these 3 Unis, to the top 15 B-School from the US, how good are they? I'd say the qualities I consider most here are the job prospects and reputation in global recruiters markets.
Would an MBA from these top 3 UK schools be valued as much as, say, Stern, Columbia, Chicago, Harvard, Wharton?</p>
<p>It depends on the Rankings you are looking at. FT says european schools are among the elite. However, Businessweek says it goes like this(Business schools outside of US):</p>
<ol>
<li>Queen's Business School (Canada)</li>
<li>IE Business School (Spain)</li>
<li>INSEAD (France, Singapore)</li>
<li>Ivey - Western Ontario (Canada)</li>
<li>London Business School (UK)</li>
</ol>
<p>It really depends what rankings you look at. But school wise even in England and Europe wise for business school Oxford, Cambridge, and LBS is top 3 in England and Europe. World-wide reputation is very different pending which rankings you look at. </p>
<p>Sorry guys, I think I didn't make myself clear about my question, it's actually not the rankings that I care much about. </p>
<p>I'm more interested in how these UK business schools' reputation and job opportunity in the global market is, comparing to the top 15 U.S. School.</p>
<p>All those schools have good network/job opportunities in Europe. They are not that strong if you want to work in the US. </p>
<p>As fas as the rest of the world, LBS would be an equivalent of an elite level (top ~10) US business school. Said and Judge would be the equivalent of a near elite level school (~top 20).</p>
<p>Said and Judge are really young programs, that’s why it’s not as strong as LBS. Their primary strength come from their parent institution (Oxford and Cambridge).</p>
<p>A degree from these 3 universities will get you a job anywhere in the world.I have a friend who got his degree from Lancaster Management School and is now working as a manager of bank in Saudi Arabia for about 500 000$ per year.However, working in the most fanatically religious muslim country in the world is not for everyone.</p>
<p>^ “fanatically religious muslim country” is not how I would describe S.A., esp. if one has not been there (FYI: Jeddah is an amazing place to live + work…). </p>
<p>On another note, as a future Business student, I would say LBS is quite good for general prospects in international careers. If you want a U.S. centric education, then you are better off in the USA.</p>
<p>LBS is quite good, but still trails HSW by a lot. INSEAD is the only one that’s anywhere close to HSW. Judge and Said is comparable to 10-15 in the US.</p>
<p>LBS, Judge and Said are the top 3 graduate business schools in England and they all are fantastic business schools with superb relationship with top employers in the UK, Europe and Asia.</p>
<p>^ I have very little idea as to how marketable these grads are in the US, although some American students who finally decided to go back to the US to work after their MBA have found work. LBS has a strong relationship with top banks in the UK and Europe. Most fresh LBS grads that I know (in my time) don’t even bother in seeking employment in the US. There were lots of really good offers from top EU and Asian banks that are as lucrative.</p>