Master’s degree for German MBB
Hello,
After this year, I will get a bachelor’s degree of international business from not German and low-ranked university in the QS ranking.
I am considering between German target school master’s degree of management or TUM bachelor’s degree of management and technology to work at one of German MBB in the future.
I actually focus more on the bachelor’s degree of mgt and tech since it will make the specialization in computer engineering and the ranking. However, I am still thinking about time and costs efficiency.
Are there significant differences between the degrees in the strategy consulting industry?
And in terms of the long term perspectives, will having a German bachelor’s degree give me more advantage than having international bachelor’s degree in Germany?
I deeply appreciate your thought and advice.
How good is your German?
Not that good, I’m learning. But I know the importance of German.
For client facing jobs in the DACH region, German language skills are key. Far more than working in an English environment i.e. in S&T or IB.
You can get to a level of business fluency, but German within a consulting environment might still be a challenge. It's one of the harder languages to learn if your income depends on it. I have dealt with most consultancies in Germany before (as a client in one way or another) and their consultants were all native speakers.
Thank you for the information and sorry for late replying. But do you mean the German language skill is more important than the final degree? I mean if I have a high level of German, do you think it is easy to get a job at a consulting firm as an international undergraduate student?
I think speaking German is as important as the degree. Especially in consulting where you are facing German speaking clients all week long. The material you are supposed to produce has to be native-level with an additional vocabulary in the area you work in. Not impossible to do, but really hard if you are international. It's much easier if you are already speaking Dutch, Swedish, or similar languages.
But very hard if you are speaking Russian, Chinese, Hindi or Japanese.
Research this a bit more, as German isn't the easiest language to learn if you aren't already learning it for years.
Agree with the above - Germany is one of the most conservative consulting markets in Europe and tends to require solid German skills (strong C1 would be the minimum)
There is some leeway around degrees given a strong grade at a Tier 2 German school can get you into consideration - both schools mentioned in the OP would place well in that regard.
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