To choose between M.Tech and MBA after a bachelor’s degree is a situation which is very often faced by people. But the choice actually depends on your own personal interests and your ambitions to pursue a career in the management side of companies or to work in the technical side (usually those which develop and modify software’s). Admission to both the courses is done through exams, interviews and group discussions.

Most people opt to do MBA as; apparently, it offers a better probability to obtain managerial jobs in companies and bigger pay packets as well, compared to M.Tech.

MBA

MBA is Master’s course in Business Administration and Management. If you are good in analysing and solving business issues logically and have good communication skills and also ideas about developing businesses, then MBA would be the right choice for you. The course is intended to provide you with the knowledge in managing businesses and how you can excel in it by bringing your own ideas into fruition so as to improve it.

Doing an MBA has many advantages. You will have a better chance to obtain good jobs with big pay packets and you will supposedly achieve a good reputation in the society as well. Besides all this you will be specialising in fields like material management, finance and marketing which can help you if you are planning to start a business yourself. As a matter of fact, you will also obtain great confidence and speech skills by talking to customers and other people to know and design the business requirements respectively. The candidates can achieve greater career heights through this post graduation. They can make their career as:

• Junior Executive
• Executive
• Senior Executive
• Team Leader/Department Leader
• Assistant Manager
• Manager
• Senior Manager
• Regional Head
• Chief Executive

Correspondence programmes for MBA are offered by quite a lot of universities which you can opt for, if you are working.

M.Tech

M.Tech is a Master’s degree course in the field of engineering which provides you with the knowledge to handle technical aspects in working with computers, mainly software designing, development and testing. Obtaining a career with an M.Tech degree is a bit difficult unless you excel in what you do, may it be developing software’s or analysing and solving technical impairments.

Doing an M.Tech course has its own advantages though. If you have already taken a B.Tech and you are interested in fortifying your knowledge in the field you chose for it, then M.Tech is the right choice for you. The better you are in the field you choose, the better will be the jobs you can obtain and so will be the pay.

Which course is better?

To put it in a nutshell, choosing between MBA and M.Tech is kind of simple actually. It’s all in the matter of knowing what you truly desire – manage some company or become a system or business analyst.

If you are interested in a professional career and managing the resources of a company, then MBA would be the apt choice. If you want to pursue a career in software engineering, development or modification or anything technical that you really like and excel in, you can do it by going for the M.Tech course. Think well, know what your heart desires and make the right choice.