Why IIM-A and not ISB?

I will answer by comparing the pros and cons of both colleges - 1. Generally IIM-A is better suited for freshers as compared to ISB as less companies recruit at ISB for entry level jobs. 2. If you want to go for finance IIM-A is lot better than ISB. While for management and consultancy both are comparable. 3. IIM-A offers 2 year course while ISB offers one year course. This can be a major factor to consider. According to me 2 years would be better as you would learn more as compared to that in ISB. 4. According to Financial Times Global Rankings ISB stands 27th while IIM-A stands at 29th position. ISB provides better mix of international students and faculties as compared to IIM-A. 5. Placements are a bit better at IIM-A. 6. Also return on investment is better at IIM-A. You should mainly consider what field you wanna pursue (Marketing, Finance, HR) , how many years to study, how much fees to pay, the type of environment you wanna study in and many other factors before making a decision. In my personal opinion go for IIM-A over ISB. (But many may disagree).

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ISB and IIMs (not just Ahmedabad) are completely incomparable. ISB is a one year course with a much bigger class size. The average experience that people have here is close to 4.5 years and they come from very diverse backgrounds. Being a one year course the structure of the course is designed very differently to give you the same insights the IIMs course structure give you in 2 years. The methodology is based completely on case studies and class room discussions. They manage to get the top faculties from various schools in the world. As a reason you get very practical view of whatever you are being taught (Not that the IIMs won’t give you the same). I think these are 2 very different schools and should not be compared. If you are someone who has more years of experience and also concerned about the opportunity cost ISB is the place for you. Although both has the different and very much high value in the market but students generally looks for ISB in case of not getting IIM-A and B.

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Hi, I think matching the schools will be a more productive exercise if we compare them with similar programs. The programme at IIMs that is most similar to ISB's One Year MBA is IIMs own One Year Full-Time MBA programmes, that like ISB's One Year Full-Time course, exclusively accepts candidates with work experience. Now before you tell me "but, the PGPX/ EPGP are executive MBA courses" - let me clarify upfront that they are not. These courses despite the odd branding, much like all one-year MBA (INSEAD, Oxford) and two-year MBA programmes (Harvard, Stanford) outside India simply accept candidates with substantial work experience. Read this for more: Don't mistake it for an Executive MBA and this one too: The 3 Questions One Year MBA Grads in India are Tired of Answering. As India's first globally accredited MBAs the One Year MBA at IIMs along with ISB's MBA is the first MBAs from India to have made a mark on the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking. More on this here: IIM A's PGPX Ranked No. 2 MBA in the World for Career Progression: Financial Times 2015 MBA Ranking The two-year PGP at IIMs is in fact accredited as an MIM and not an MBA globally for this reason. (read this for more on this: IIM Calcutta bags AMBA accreditation & IIM C's PGP ranked 13th in Financial Times MiM Ranking 2014). MIM's are management programmes targeted at candidates with 0-3 years work experience as opposed to MBA programmes that recruit candidates with 3+ years of work experience. So now that we are comparing similar programmes here is an exhaustive and excellent analysis of ISB's One Year MBA vs IIM B and IIM C's One Year MBA: IIM B vs IIM C vs ISB - Which one is right for you? which should clarify many of your doubts. As the article suggests, the choice is a personal one and depends entirely on your aims.

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