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According to the latest QS TopMBA.com Applicant Survey 2010, there has been a 19.9% rise in the number of MBA candidates from Africa and the Middle East selecting UK, Germany, France, Spain and Switzerland as their preferred study destination from 2009-2010. In the same year, the number of candidates choosing the US - traditionally the most popular MBA destination- as their preferred study destination dropped considerably from 71.1% to 60.4%, narrowing separating them from UK (58.8%) in 2nd place.
Ross Geraghty, MBA expert and managing editor of the TopMBA Career Guide says: “What is surprising about these MBA study destination preferences is the disparity between MBA applicants in different regions. The US is no longer dominant and more and more European countries are at the top of people’s lists.”
Why is the US less popular as an MBA study destination for African and Middle Eastern MBAs than ever before? Geraghty adds, “Difficulty in accessing visas, uncertainty about being able to stay in the country after graduating from an MBA program, concern about the short-term health of the US economy, some political and cultural concerns, particularly among Muslim applicants and an increasing trend towards returning home after an MBA combined with the global preference for shorter courses”
To meet this growing demand for European MBA programmes, some of the world’s best business schools in Europe such as ESMT European School of Management and Technology GMBH , Ashridge Business School, University of Stellenbosch, Business School, Henley Business School, The Robert Gordon University Aberdeen Business School Faculty of Mgmt, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Hult International Business School, University of Edinburgh Business School Scotland, IE Business School among others from around world will be travelling with the QS World MBA Tour to Ghana on 24th of March to meet and recruit some of the country’s best candidates. Candidates can register free online
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