Dear All,

I have applied for an MBA program in Sheffield Hallam Business School, The course has got one year paid internship. I find it really very interesting and it will pay off my tuition fees and more.It has got only CMI accreditation. Pls suggest me whether am I going into the right direction. Pls add your valuable comments.

Thanks in Advance,
Safi

I think the right solution depends on your goals. Sheffield Hallam cannot guarantee you an internship. Loughborough has a similar scheme, which is a much better university: they found that student still had to find their own. I very much double that Sheffield Hallam will find you an MBA-level internship, since their programme is aimed at 'freshers' straight out of Asian undergraduate degrees. So, a more junior internship might pay off your fees, but I would be impressed if it paid off both your fees and your cost of living during the extra year.

Thanks, It is really a valuable input to me.

I have over 9 years of experience in the field of IT (ERP Application - Oracle application as Functional Consultant ) I have worked in USA for 3 years and other parts of world.
Why I find sheffield hallam business school is very interesting is it has got very strong curriculum and faculty team, and most attractive one year assured paid internship. Right now I am working in IBM as Project lead with all these should not I able to get MBA level internship there after a decent job. I see all the MBA programs in UK (except top 5 schools) are same and I find no value in accreditation If I have good amount of work experience. Pls suggest me how to weigh Sheffield Hallam business school and its paid internship.

It's clearly not the case that all the schools are the same apart from the top 5. Certainly the subjects are similar in many MNAs, but the quality of he students and the design of the learning experience make all the different.

There are 13 UK schools in the FT global ranking, with an average salary around $110,000. There are 15 in The Economist ranking, and then 26 in the QS ranking. With each successive layer the average salary goes down, and then you get to the AMBA-accredited but unranked schools, where MBA graduares are going into similar roles as undergraduates from the top schools. Under them are unaccredited schools like Hallam.

With your background I would recommend one of IBM's top schools in the UK: London Business School, Henley Business School, Warwick Business School and Manchester Business School. I would also add in Imperial and Oxbridge. Those schools are the major schools for IBM and similar firms: Accenture, Cognizant, EY, Oracle... I just don't see why you would aim for a Freshers' MBA.

Why I choose to apply Sheffield hallam Bschool is its tuition fees only 12,500 pounds with lots of add ons but other schools tuition cost are very high minimum 20,000 pounds. Is this not a cost effective and high on ROI. Pls let me know.

[Edited by SafiMBA on Feb 15, 2015]

No, I'm not sure that is correct. If you want a cheap MBA, then there are cheaper ones. But if you want the sort of return that an MBA can deliver, then you need a good school.

There are a few very inexpensive schools with strong recognition. The cheapest are heavily-subsidised schools on the mainland: UC3M in Madrid, and CEU Business School in Hungary. Both are around half the price of UK MBAs of the same quality. In the UK, Aston, Bradford and Brunel Business Schools are also excellent value because these are schools with good outcomes that are at a low lost, mostly because they are rather boring part of England where the costs are also low. Indeed, they will cost around £25,000 but the salaries that result will be much bettwe. It's not unreasonable to say that an extra 10,000 or 20,000 in fees will produce a extra 500,000 or 1,000,000 in income. See http://www.topmba.com/admissions/financing-your-mba/mba-roi-top-european-schools-mba-salary-boost and download the free QS ROI report.

Appreciated Sir, In fact your inputs are invaluable I am continuing my research about various universities. Pls keep up the good work...Bless you!!.

Safi