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Kyoto University is among the top ranked universities worldwide. Kyoto offers a wide range of academic programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for its international students. According to Shiksha Popularity Ranking, Kyoto University has an overall ranking of #93 in world and #2 in Japan. Also, Kyoto University is ranked by top ranking authorities worldwide that are shown below:

The MBA specialisations students can pursue at the top private MBA colleges in India are listed in the table below, along with details about the colleges offering them:

As per Forbes, the average salary at IE Business School is around USD 135,000 (Around INR 1.18 Cr.) as per Payscale.com. A few of the salary as per the job titles are given below: 

IE Business School ranks #10 Globally in the Financial Times 2025 rankings for Executive Education (Open Programs), thereby maintaining its position among the world's top institutions for the third consecutive year. This recognition reinforces the school's commitment to delivering world-class education and empowering professionals via lifelong learning experiences that inspire leadership, impact, and innovation. 

A few of the Financial Times Rankings (the latest) are: 

• Executive Global (MBA): #19 in the world

• MIM: #21 in the world in 2024

• Master in Finance: #12 in the world in 2024

IE Business School consistently ranks among the top academic institutions in the world. According to Financial Times, IE Business School is ranked at #18 for its MBA course. The subject rankings  as per the QS rankings are given below for 2025: 

The duration of IE University of Madrid MIM course is 15 months. The language of instruction of this course is English & Spanish. 89% of the students studying in the course are international. Furthermore, in the QS MIM rankings, IE Business School ranks at #9 position. The application for this course can be submitted online only. The admission decision may be released within 4-6 weeks after the submission of the application. 

It has been mentioned officially that if students meet all the requirements after completing the application of IE Business School Master's courses, the school will invite students to an interview with an Admissions Manager. Students are going to receive the admission decision via email within two weeks. For the International MBA course, the school has mentioned that the admission decision may take 1-3 weeks to get back with the final decision. 

To apply to IE University Spain International MBA course, the applicants are required to apply online by accessing the direct university application link. A few of the documents required to apply for this course are a Bachelor's degree, resume, personal statement, photocopy of current passport, etc. Also, appear for the GMAT / GRE tests. After this, an online assessment is conducted. Lastly, after the selection a personal interview will take place.

The language of instruction for IE Business School International MBA is English. Furthermore, the duration of this course is 11, 15 or 19 months. Also, the tuition fees for this course is €82,300 for 11 - 13 month duration course. To apply for this course, students are required to fill application form online. This course is designed for the professionals who are looking to transform their careers with skills, knowledge, and behaviours needed for social impact. 

ECU graduates are currently working in industries like Operations, Education, Business Development, Healthcare Services, Community & Social Services. Some of the notable ones are as follows:

• Georgie Gardner (Journalist)

• Nick Kay (Basketball Player)

• Stella Donnelly (singer-songwriter and guitarist)

• Nic Westaway (Film Actor)

• Lucy Durack (Actor)

• Adam Voges (Cricketer)

• Libby Mettam (Politician)

You will come across several Data Engineering courses at the intermediate and advanced levels that actively include real projects with big data tools. The projects usually revolve around building ETL pipelines, data processing systems and pipelines.

Project work actually allows you to apply your theoretical knowledge hands-on to data modelling and data pipeline designing, assessing your practical understanding and adding value to your project portfolio. To make sure that there is project-based learning included in the course modules, you should always check the course structure of Data Engineering courses.

Data Engineering jobs will not get fully replaced by AI or automation in the future but rather AI will transform the nature of jobs by automating mundane, repetitive tasks and letting data engineers focus on building more sophisticated data systems, AI models and infrastructure to power businesses.

In fact Data Engineering professionals can work faster and with more efficiency, strategically understanding business infrastructure needs and coming up with powerful data-driven pipelines for the future. So, you should up your game by enhancing your skill set and taking up skill-based certifications to stay relevant in the market.

Programming languages are foundational in building, managing, and optimizing data pipelines, data set processing and working with multiple data systems. Some important programming languages mostly covered in the Data Engineering coursework include Python, SQL, Java, Scala, R, etc. You must pay attention to your programming classes as they come in handy at the time of real-world database applications.

Well, you can do well as a data engineer with basic mathematical knowledge like linear algebra, arithmetic, and a strong understanding of statistics and set theory. Data Engineering is more about data infrastructure and software development, along with database management and data pipelines rather than mathematical computations. Learn math and statistics in the practical sense of data pipeline design and processing rather than core theoretical subjects.

Data Engineering is not only coding but rather a whole lot of other skills are required to excel in the field. No doubt programming language proficiency in Python and SQL are the backbone for building robust data pipelines and infrastructure, but you should also know what data warehousing is, how database systems function and big data technologies combined with critical thinking aptitude.

Engineering is ranked #23 at Shiksha Popularity Ranking and #201 at THE (Times Higher Education). Rankings for Engineering courses by some of the reputed ranking bodies are given in the table below.

MS is ranked #28 by Shiksha Popularity Ranking and #201 by THE (Times Higher Education). Rankings for MS courses by some of the reputed ranking bodies are given in the table below.