I am a pharmaceutical sciences graduate, with 7 years experience in sales at multinational companies in three different countries in the Middle East. I am finishing a general part-time MBA at Strathclyde Business School Center in Bahrain. Because a lot of my colleagues are doing online degrees, the MBA has lost its value. I am planning to do a full-time business degree in Europe to be immersed in the studies and to gain in-depth experience in the Marketing field. I plan to work there afterwards. I have contacted some universities, but they recommend that I apply for a full-time MBA not a Master of Science, due to the age constraint. I have contacted Mannheim Business School today and they responded that I won't be considered for MBA because I have only my project left to finish the current one. Is there any advice regarding this choice?

Mannheim Business School does not offer an MSc in marketing. of course no-one will admit you to an MSc in management if you have an MBA: there would be nothing new for you to learn, and you would be taking a seat from someone who could benefit more. Take an MSc in marketing. Cranfield, Birmingham and Lancaster could be especially good: they have programmes for people with an exisiting foundation in sales/marketing.

I know that Mannheim doesn't have it. They have the MMM and the admission office told me to contact them and check it.

Regarding the MSc in the UK, will I be able to work there after graduation? As far as I know, the job prospect in the UK is difficult especially for a Middle Eastern.

Kindly advise.

If you speak German, then I recommend an MSc in marketing in Germany. That's a better market. But if you don't, then you have choices if you want to work in Europe: spend a year in Germany or some other country to learn the business language if you don't speak it to a professional standard, and then take an MSc in marketing that's taught in that language; or study in English in a country where the working language is English. Indeed it's harder to find work in England than in Germany if you speak both languages.

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Regarding the MSc in the UK, will I be able to work there after graduation? As far as I know, the job prospect in the UK is difficult especially for a Middle Eastern.

Well I completed my MBA from Bradford and have been in UK for past 7 years; from my personal experience I would say that getting a job post course completion is difficult for freshers but for industry professionals they can certainly build contacts from the very beginning of their course and also internships & industrial projects help a lot. Moreover, the B schools have good industrial links which student with potential can certainly use to their benefit.

The visa doesn't *exactly* coincide with the end of your studies. Many visas will run through to graduation, which can be the following year.