need some help to choose school

philip · Post by **philip** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:11 pm

i have been accepted at two universities for my masters.am confused which is better
1.University of Jyväskylä (Masters Degree Programme in mobile technology) OR
2.Åbo Akademi University(Master's Degree Programme in Electronic and Mobile Commerce).

which school and programme is better to do Masters keeping in mind the local(finland) job market.

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Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:28 pm

Both schools are good, but you're asking about engineering vs. business degree.

philip · Post by **philip** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:54 pm

thanx for a quick reply Hank.
i requested to reply me keeping in mind the LOCAL JOB MARKET , i dont care either it is engineering or business degree

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:46 am

Yes, as if the world wasn't filled with spammers already.

DraculcuCoarne · Post by **DraculcuCoarne** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:12 pm

so you can apply to several master programmes also in Finland? i wonder if you can do that at the same university

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:22 pm

DraculcuCoarne wrote:so you can apply to several master programmes also in Finland? i wonder if you can do that at the same university

It's a bit more hazy an issue than when applying to polytechnics - but see

http://www.universityadmissions.fi/inde ... w-to-apply

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:25 pm

DraculcuCoarne wrote:so you can apply to several master programmes also in Finland?

You can apply for the moon isn the sky. What you get is a different thing

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:31 pm

Hank W. wrote:You can apply for the moon isn the sky.

We should have an on-line application form for that on this forum

- I bet it would come handy, there's quite a bit of lunacy about already

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:08 pm

Kuuhulluus valtaa täydenkuun aikaan, puolihulluja liikkuu siis puolenkuun aikaan, sirppi-imbesillejä ja ihan pimeitäkin vilisee aika ajoin.

philip · Post by **philip** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:22 pm

lllooollalaaaa

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topic of discussion was not that some one can apply in more then one school or not....
atleast i was expecting some productive answer from Hank and couple of other guys who activly participate in discussions.........but??

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:59 pm

I can do a product in SAP with a polytecnic course.

I'd say its a 50/60 chance but with the programming/engineering degree you'd have more chances... Jyväskylä isn't exactly "renowned" for that but not bad. Then again as ÅÅ is *cough* better people then you could get lucrative contacts if you knew how to network - but for "job in Finland" you'd need to learn the language eventually - or in the case of ÅA two languages. But then again - the question is whats your aim?

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:24 pm

Unfortunately, this is only available in Finnish (I think) - but according to a recent survey by the Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce the four "best" universities from the point of view of entrepreneurship/companies/business are:

Turku School of Economics
Åbo Akademi
University of Joensuu
University of Jyväskylä

- NB however that if I understood correctly this is the overall result when all fields of study are taken into account.

http://www.kkk.fi/kkk/media/tiedotteet/ ... 682971653/

The report is available on pdf on the above page, if anyone's interested (and knows Finnish)

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