Which is the better specialisation to pursue MBA among finance and marketing? I am pursuing third year BAF.

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Asked by Sujata Samant

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Anuradha Mehta | Contributor-Level 7

9 years ago

Go for Marketing as major n second specialization may be finance or IBM

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Harsh Rastogi | Beginner-Level 5

2 years ago

Go for Marketing as major and second specialization as finance or IBM.

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Vinay Kr Pandey | Scholar-Level 16

3 years ago

Both the streams are the best stream to pursue MBA, even MBA in operations and MBA in HR is also good, but again it all depends upon your level of interest. Well, you will get a chance in your first year to figure out what you are choosing between the two of them, as in the first year of MBA student

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Arshiya Singh | Scholar-Level 16

4 years ago

MBA in Finance has more job opportunities in areas such as banks, investment and portfolio management firms, accounts departments of companies etc. On the other hand, MBA in Marketing has job opportunities in areas such as brand management, advertising, sales departments etc. The Business School of

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Komal Motwani | Beginner-Level 5

9 years ago

Hello! Greetings. I also did baf so basically in our syllabus there wasn't much to learn abt marketing..it was all finance..nevertheless u can go for marketing if u posses required skills.

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Rohan Pathak | Contributor-Level 9

9 years ago

The first year of mba is common for all and you will get an idea of the specialization you like.So you have one year to decide your specialization, and its all about interest. Both the specialisations are good in terms of faculty and placements in our college.

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Tushar Raka | Contributor-Level 10

9 years ago

Dear Sujata, it totally depends on your interest. You can read about the subjects that are covered as part of each specialization to get a fair idea. Since you are doing a BAF course, you might be interested in the concepts of Finance more. We have great in-house as well as visiting faculties like M

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Shweta Pawar | Contributor-Level 10

9 years ago

You Study a few concepts of finance as well as marketing in first year of MBA. This helps you to decide where your interest lies Finance deals with balance sheet, ratios, analysis of companies profitability etc Marketing deals with brand management, marketing strategies to increase sales of a produc

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