Engineering: Columbia vs. Oxford

MECollegeKid
Mon, 26 May 2014 11:20:34 +0000

Hi,

Let me get straightly into the topic: I’ve offers from both and need to decide which one to take. Im from middle east and plan to work in my home country, but I nevertheless would like to hear how oxford stands in the US (reputationwise) compared to Columbia SEAS. Additional info: I am planning to work not as a hardcore engineer, but instead as a consultant focused on industrial efficiency (I think it is kind of related to Industrial Engineering and Operations Research) etc… (So I kind of prefer a broad set of engineering skills)

It is also important to note that Im planning to do an mba for management purposes. Please also comment how helpful a degree from either of the universities will be in terms of being admitted to a well reputed MBA program in the USA. (Harvard, Stanford, Wharton etc). I am aware of the fact that the name of my university is not the only important factor for such an admission, but we all know that it definitely makes some diffetence, I suppose.

Please don’t shift the focus of the topic: Almost all of the related topics written before somehow ended up with loads of tirades and rantings that were quite harsh.
Thanks in advance…