Hi there,

I'm new here but have been browsing through FindMBA for a while.

I'm an sales engineer from Thailand is going to UK for the September intake, taking MBA to advance my career goal (managerial field).

(I currently am working in an EPC engineering company, in the food and chemical industries)

If possible I'd like to job hunt after the 1 year MBA in UK (using the 2 year additional visa)

I'm quite aware of the rankings, modules and accreditations of each university choices I have, but as a foreigner, some information maybe isn't accessible to me.

These are the choices I narrowed down too, I now they're at mid-tier but this is all I got!

1.Loughborough university 25% scholarship
2.Aston University 20% scholarship (applying)
3.University of Surrey 30% scholarship
4.Brunel University no scholarship

May I ask here, about the pros and cons, of these universities a bit more?
What's the likeliness of acquiring a job regarding having an MBA from said universities? (From the UK employers eyes)

Or any recommendation regarding said universities or MBA.

I'm quite lean towards Aston or Loughborough, more towards Aston.

Thank you for all the comments in advance!

P.S : My bachelor grades are at only 2.8, and tried applying to other high ranking universities as well, they rejected me mostly of the grades and low managerial working experience (I worked for around 6 years, 3 years management exp.)

What's your career goal, more specifically, in terms of role, function and location? 

What's your career goal, more specifically, in terms of role, function and location? 

Manager is a very broad term. Are you aiming at the same business function and industry or do you have a more specific transition in mind?

PS I assume you know that these are not the best MBAs for placement in the UK. I don't think any of these programmes claims to place most students into UK jobs. 

[Edited by Duncan on Jun 04, 2022]

Manager is a very broad term. Are you aiming at the same business function and industry or do you have a more specific transition in mind?

PS I assume you know that these are not the best MBAs for placement in the UK. I don't think any of these programmes claims to place most students into UK jobs. 

You might have seen that when a candidate can only get into unranked MBAs and is aiming at functional role rather than general management, then the best advice is often to aim at a specialised masters at a much better school. I think you could certainly get into an MSc in marketing at a second tier school like these ones: https://find-mba.com/board/europe/the-fts-hidden-ranking-of-second-tier-mbas-60514 and probably get into one of the very top marketing programmes: https://www.best-masters.co.uk/ranking-master-in-united-kingdom/master-marketing.html Personally, I think a huge advantage in a sales manager would be a better understanding of marketing strategy and execution. Right now, most marketing teams don't get very useful direction from sales teams. Sales managers don't know how to help marketing to design programmes that better nurture clients and qualify leads. I think that would be more useful than a so-so MBA. 

PS If any of those programmes had a deep focus on digital marketing and marketing analytics then this would be especially useful. Closing the gap between sales and marketing seems very important now. 

PS If any of those programmes had a deep focus on digital marketing and marketing analytics then this would be especially useful. Closing the gap between sales and marketing seems very important now. 

PS If any of those programmes had a deep focus on digital marketing and marketing analytics then this would be especially useful. Closing the gap between sales and marketing seems very important now. 

Focus on fit with your goals.  Don't be distracted by the Russell Group label.