Right time to search for MBA abroad destinations has arrived and the MBA abroad aspirants while finalizing their search may not afford skipping Singapore which has more USPs than other countries and houses worlds top rated MBA colleges and Universities.

Singapore has several competitive advantages that position it well as a global education hub. These include a strategic geographical location, reputation for educational excellence, a vibrant business hub and a safe and cosmopolitan environment.

The round of good MBA/PGDM admission options based on MAT May 2015 scores and available in various B schools across the country is going to draw curtains in a few days from now. If you appeared in MAT 2015 (Feb/May), it is the right time to strike as the Iron is red hot.

Please remember the next MAT 2015 going to be held in September 2015 will make you eligible for MBA 2016 only. On that ground you may consider May MAT 2015 as the last MBA entrance exam for admission in the academic session 2015-16.

More options than earlier

NUS Singapore and NTU Singapore face a healthy yet stiff competition when it comes to MBA in Singapore. Internationally reputed both the business schools have laid a benchmark in business management education in Asia and both NUS Singapore and NTU Singapore are highly preferred by international students especially by the Indian MBA abroad aspirants.

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Indias leading exchange, the National Stock Exchange has launched a full time Post Graduate Programme in Global Financial Markets (PGP-GFM), for which classes will be held in New Delhi from July 27, 2015. PGP-GFM is a specialized programme being offered for the first time in India. The course will teach globally benchmarked curriculum and will offer 14 International regulatory certifications from USA, Singapore and India.

The phase of economic slowdown on low placement of MBAs in B schools appears to be over and new hope of high placement at higher packages is visualized in coming sessions as per the Global recruiters survey of GMAC.

Anticipating the Corporate global demand for MBAs in forthcoming placement season to reach a new high, GMAC survey has found more employers Plan hiring more Business School Graduates than in previous years. Accordingly the Salaries of MBAs and Business Masters Graduates are also expected to rise globally

Moving towards having greater gender diversity not only at the student and faculty level but also at the top management level, the 15 years old Singapore Management University (SMU) has appointed Professor Lily Kong as the first woman Provost of the University w e f September 2015.

Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awardee by Government of India, N R Narayan Murthy, co-founder of Infosys and a living legend called upon the youth to turn to innovation and research for finding solutions to problems for enhancing quality of life and benefitting the people at an interactive session at Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS) and Delhi School of Business (DSB) in Pitampura, New Delhi.

No final decision by IIM Bangalore, the mentor IIM for IIM Visakhapatnam appears to have been taken on exact class size of the proposed 14 baby in IIM family. CAT 2014 takers with high percentile waiting to get admission in IIMV are clueless on scheduled commencement of IIMV operation in the academic session 2015-16.