Choose Your MBA

The MBA Way: Charting Your Path
by Judy Martinez, Director, MBA Center London

MBA Center Director Judy Martinez delivers her experienced assessment of the challenges many MBA candidates face when they apply. Judy's savvy has served her students well. She has delivered advice, coaching, and tutorials to students who have been accepted to the best MBA programs in the world. Judy gives straight answers to sometimes tricky questions of why and how a student should (or sometimes should not) apply for an MBA. More »


Getting an MBA in France
by Maria Yusakova, Director, MBA Center Paris

The rapid growth of the MBA in France can be explained by two different, consecutive development initiatives. Until the late 80’s, most of the growth of the French MBA programs was fuelled by French business enterprises. The MBA was considered an ideal supplementary education for individuals with technical backgrounds who wanted to acquire additional management skills leading to a general management degree. However, since the early 90’s most of the additional growth has come from foreign students who come to study business administration in France. More »


Future Can't Be Brighter for MBA Grads
by Hubert Silly, Founder, MBA Center

Application numbers for MBA programs are up all over the world. However, given the recent findings of the Corporate Recruiters Survey and other research by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, the market for MBA graduates is by no means saturated. With employers planning to hire a greater number of new MBAs than they did last year and salaries topping $92,000, often with signing bonuses, the next few years promise to be progressive for MBA candidates and programs alike. More »


The European Advantage
by Giuseppe Ruggieri, Director, MBA Center Rome

While American MBA programs still represent the majority of the Top 10 in most MBA rankings, the evolution of the MBA market may cause many to look across the Atlantic for significant changes in the coming years. More »

Top U.S. MBA Programs
by Judy Martinez, Director, MBA Center London

The Masters of Business Administration is by no means an old degree. In comparison even with the field of business itself – the first business school was Ecole Superieure de Commerce of Paris (ESCP) founded in 1819, and the first undergraduate business school was founded at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1881 – the MBA is a newcomer to the field of higher education. More »

Surf’s Up For U.S. MBA Programs
by Nadja Graf, MBA Center Paris

The first MBA Program was established at Dartmouth University in New Hampshire in 1900, closely followed by Harvard’s graduate business program in 1905, initiating the famous case study method. To this day, the United States is not only the homeland of the Master of Business Administration, it is also the leading force for MBA program changes and innovation. In 2007, demand for admission to U.S. graduate business schools has risen substantially, while the lure of a PhD in management education appears to be on the decline. More »

Today's MBA: A View on Current Trends in the MBA Marketplace
Christophe Coutat, Founder of Access MBA

Though the name stays the same - MBA still means Masters in Business Administration - the game to getting an MBA seems like it is always changing. There are now more ways to get an MBA than ever before and that has a lot to do with the demand. Christophe Coutat surveys the land and offers his insight on what’s changing with MBA Programs. More »