hi everyone!

I am a student from vienna studying sports management and I want to do a masters in business/ management in the uk. I have found that only scottish unis offer degrees starting in january or february.

now I have kind of made up my mind between 2 universities: robert gordon and dundee. the degree would be really the same: international business in both cases with minor differences in the content. only big difference: the price! dundee costs 3,500 punds and rgu tuition fee for postgrad is over 8000 pounds!

is rgu that much better that its worth paying more than double the tuition???

I would be really happy about some help, especially from some scottish students wgho know those unis!

thanks for any advice and help!
marc

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wow, york is ranked terribly in these ones for business and management... thats not good. that makes me wanna reconsider. aston, loughborough and sheffield seem to be ranked much better - particularly in the RAE, which i understand is in a way an index for postgrad studies (since evaluating the quality of research)...

:-(

concerning loughborough i was wondering, that university seems to have a really good rep within england is consistently ranked highly, yet i have actually never heard of it here in austria, until i started looking for a masters.

is the management school for postgraduates of loughborough known to be good?

well, i have never been to birmingham but it has the reputation to be very industrial and working class...

hei everyone!

i got into the ma management in york, and i was just wondering whether york has a good rep for management. i know the university is very prestigous but i am actually not sure for which subjects...

i am from vienna and didnt know well which unis are good for general management master degrees.

would york be the best to pick if the other ones i got into are Aston, Sheffield, Loughborough, Southampton, Exeter?

thanks allot if you can give any advice!!!

marc

hei everyone!

I just finished my bachelor in sports science and am trying to decide on my masters. now I am torn between going for a general management degree (for non business graduates) or doing a masters in sports management.

my goal is to work in the sports industry in future, but is it necassary to do sports management for that, or am I even better of with a general management degree?

also I am not sure how good the prospects are in the sports field, so getting a general degree might be a way to keep more options open in case that doesnt work out...

so far i have offers in general management (york, aston, loughborough, southampton, exeter) and in sports management (ucd, ireland).

if anyone has some feedback, ideas etc. I would be grateful for anything. especially if theres others in a similar situation.

thanks for replies!
marc

I am well aware that the best ones are not on the list. I didnt apply to the best (like oxford, cambridge, warwick, cass...) because a) my grades are not good enough to get in and b) even if I am lucky and do get into one of them I wouldnt be able to afford the tuition.

but thanks for the advice. concerning sussex - thats kinda the feedback I have been getting.

hei!

I am hoping to get some advice here. I am a student from austria (vienna) currently finishing my bachelor (sports management) and want to continue my masters (taught) in the uk.

I applied to several universities (durham, york, sussex, exeter, aston , birmingham, southampton, leicester, sheffield) - all of them msc or ma in general management.

I got 2 offers so far (durham & sussex). I will probably get a few more offers. but for me the problem is that its really difficult to decide in favor of one of them. I tried to study the rankings, but they all say something different and I just recently heard that they are actually focused on undergraduate studies.

could anyone give me advice or has anyone studied at postgraduate level in one of these unis and can give me some advice? right now i am tending more toward sussex, just because of the area (city, beach, proximity to london and airport....) - even thoug I know durham is raknked higher.

thanks for any advice or help!