<p>Is it possible to graduate from multiple grad school, each with different focus of major? I want to goto a business school for MBA and MS in engineering.</p>
<p>Yes it's possible (I take it you mean sequentially and not simultaneously).</p>
<p>Yes, definitely not simultaneously.</p>
<p>Actually, it is possible simultaneously -- the [url=<a href="http://lfm.mit.edu%5DLFM%5B/url">http://lfm.mit.edu]LFM[/url</a>] program at MIT has students pursue a master's in an engineering field and an MBA at the Sloan School simultaneously.</p>
<p>The CC user sakky is likely to have more information on this topic.</p>
<p>That appears to be geared towards those with an interest in manufacturing. It's a good deal for those who want that, but it's probably a small population. Not sure what the OP is interested in.</p>
<p>I'm surprised they recommend completing that program in 2 years... I'm looking at the academic schedule and it recommends taking nine courses in the fall semester of the first year! I must be interpreting something incorrectly...</p>
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That appears to be geared towards those with an interest in manufacturing. It's a good deal for those who want that, but it's probably a small population. Not sure what the OP is interested in.
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<p>Many LFM students, frankly, have little interest in manufacturing, strictly defined. I personally think that LFM should really be called "LFO" or "LFS", meaning Leaders for Operations or Leaders for Systems (Engineering). </p>
<p>But even that may be a misnomer considering the quite significant percentage of LFM'ers who end up in non-manufacturing/operations careers, i.e. the oft-popular consulting, banking, venture capital, etc. </p>
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I'm surprised they recommend completing that program in 2 years... I'm looking at the academic schedule and it recommends taking nine courses in the fall semester of the first year!
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<p>I believe you're interpreting it wrongly, although I suppose it depends on what you define as a "class". LFM students take the entire required first Sloan first-fall-semester minus the quantitative analysis course (DMD), as LFM students have already taken a far harder version quant course during the initial LFM summer. LFM students are also encouraged (but not required) to take 2 additional engineering grad courses during that fall. It's painful, but it is manageable: nobody in the history of the LFM program has ever flunked out.</p>
<p>What may be confusing is that there are also these other "courses" that aren't truly courses, at least not in the way we think of it. For example, LFM student are required to take a proseminar every semester to talk about manufacturing and operations issues. While I suppose that's a "class", the fact is, it hardly feels like one, because there are no assignments and you're basically just listening to speakers and asking questions. Most LFM students also take an (optional) fall leadership course.</p>
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Many LFM students, frankly, have little interest in manufacturing, strictly defined. I personally think that LFM should really be called "LFO" or "LFS", meaning Leaders for Operations or Leaders for Systems (Engineering).
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<p>I can see that; it has a very industrial engineering feel to the program, and that of course isn't limited to manufacturing.</p>
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But even that may be a misnomer considering the quite significant percentage of LFM'ers who end up in non-manufacturing/operations careers, i.e. the oft-popular consulting, banking, venture capital, etc.
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But wouldn't those careers be available to those who just did a "normal" MBA or a normal MS at MIT as well?</p>
<p>And by interest, I meant personal academic interest and not future career prospects. I'm not sure what the OP is interested in, but let's say s/he wanted to learn about robotics or biomedical engineering; this program would not be a match. But as you said, if you're more interested in the overall process, it would be a very nice program.</p>
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But wouldn't those careers be available to those who just did a "normal" MBA or a normal MS at MIT as well?
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<p>Well, yeah, that's the point I'm making: that LFM grads are clearly not restricted to careers in manufacturing or operations. </p>
<p>Granted, if you already know that you want to be a consultant or (especially) a banker, then the regular MBA program, including the normal Sloan MBA program, would probably be a better fit than LFM, if for no other reason, because you won't have to deal with any of the engineering requirements. Nevertheless, I am making the simple point that a significant fraction of LFM grads still end up in consulting or banking anyway, rather than ops careers. To be sure, it's not as large as the fraction of regular Sloan MBA grads who end up in consulting/banking, but it's still a fairly large fraction. </p>
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And by interest, I meant personal academic interest and not future career prospects. I'm not sure what the OP is interested in, but let's say s/he wanted to learn about robotics or biomedical engineering; this program would not be a match. But as you said, if you're more interested in the overall process, it would be a very nice program.
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<p>I think the best fit for LFM would be for those people who are interested in careers in technical management and/or the commercialization of technology, which is to say, people who are interested in not only a technical discipline, but also how that discipline is applied within a business setting.</p>