Thai University Tuition

[nietzche]

we miss a point - this is a very exclusive 'branded' MBA study in Thailand, not a school just for anyone out there. yes, extreme numbers in the fee, but almost no one would pay their own fee out of their own pocket. every year new applications are about 5 to 8 times over quota.

please search Sasin Alumni then you know who were there - all presidents, CEOs of big property developers, telecom providers, retails and marketing groups . . . the power of network !

this is the 'top gun CLUB', but not the 'top gun school' and they don't need to go through the 5G test.

Yes, the power of the network. This is why many pay up to $180,000 to do an MBA at Harvard or Yale.

The website lists the student population as being 15% non-Thai. For a non-Thai what is the benefit here as non-Thai's would never be given a job that a Thai could do.

If they decided to go back to their home country their degree would be worthless.

I have a friend who studied at HKUST (top 30 university in the world). Even they had a distinct disadvantage to US graduates in terms of landing top jobs.

Chula is not ranked by most university ranking ogranizations

Actually, it is. Ill wait while you check...

Yes, you are right. It's ranked by the Times Higher Education as being somewhere between 200 - 250th in the world.

Not terrible, but not good either.

[harrry]

we miss a point - this is a very exclusive 'branded' MBA study in Thailand, not a school just for anyone out there. yes, extreme numbers in the fee, but almost no one would pay their own fee out of their own pocket. every year new applications are about 5 to 8 times over quota.

please search Sasin Alumni then you know who were there - all presidents, CEOs of big property developers, telecom providers, retails and marketing groups . . . the power of network !

this is the 'top gun CLUB', but not the 'top gun school' and they don't need to go through the 5G test.

Yes, the power of the network. This is why many pay up to $180,000 to do an MBA at Harvard or Yale.

The website lists the student population as being 15% non-Thai. For a non-Thai what is the benefit here as non-Thai's would never be given a job that a Thai could do.

If they decided to go back to their home country their degree would be worthless.

I have a friend who studied at HKUST (top 30 university in the world). Even they had a distinct disadvantage to US graduates in terms of landing top jobs.

Chula is not ranked by most university ranking ogranizations

Actually, it is. Ill wait while you check...

Yes, you are right. It's ranked by the Times Higher Education as being somewhere between 200 - 250th in the world.

Not terrible, but not good either.

Just 400 higher than the University of Denver or the University of Houston...They will really have to pull their socks up.

Edited July 18, 2013 by harrry

[tollo]

Sasin tuition is justified because of the network, and they have lecturers from some of the best business schools like Kellogg and Wharton.

In contrast, i studied MBA at Siam University, where the tuition is around 170000 THB for all, including books.

For networking...hmm.. 30% of the students are Buddhist monks (mostly from Cambodia), a lot of Chinese who study just because of ED visa, and few farangs with obliviously the same reasons.

Quility of teaching is not so good with few exceptions.

What would you expect if they pay 30000b / month for full time lecturers (Phd. required)

Edited July 21, 2013 by tollo

[SlyAnimal]

For the best networking program in Thailand it's not that expensive.

People who study in a program like this will be friends with future MPs and big business owners/heirs. If I was Thai and could afford it, I'd definitely see the point of it. The cost is deliberate, to make it exclusive and to ensure only the best candidates apply (Not necessarily the best grades etc wise, but best connections/wealth wise). Mr Red Bull Jr doesn't want to be chilling in his Ferrari with a rice farmer from Isaan.

As for why foreign students might want to go there. Graduating from there your friends would likely set you up with a job as a manager or consultant for their existing business operations. But since its an MBA not just a bachelors degree, you are probably already successful with your own business or as the director of a big company and can simply use your new connections to further advance your existing business.

One of my Thai friends went to a quite expensive university, not Chula though, his family isn't rich but they are ok for money, they saved for the fees etc because they knew it would be a good investment. After graduating with a bachelor of photography, he started as manager of one of his friends businesses, and once he gained a bit more experience took over as managing director for all of his friend's family businesses in the province (none of which significantly involve photography). It's not what you know, but who you know.