Dear all,

I joined Accenture Strategy & Consulting practice 1.5 years ago. I am focusing mainly on IT strategic and transformation activities (e.g., IT operating model, as is maturity assessment) and got recently promoted from Analyst to Consult level.

While I am happy with my current situation, I blame myself that I do not have strong university brand in my CV. Unfortunately, my resume is not quite straight forward. I dropped out of two studies and only after that I realized that I have to do much more as well as I have to focus on my strengths. Currently I have the following education background:

- Bachelor & Master from German Hochschule in field of Information System (good Hochschule but not internationally ranked)

- Master from foreign University (Rank 600-800 World University) in field of Business Administration)

While I like my job and can imagine to aim for the next level (manager) I have been thinking about studying for another year for a while, especially to get a better university brand on my CV. I recently looked out for MBA programs, and I am not really sure about the costs. Especially, I need a good reason / business case to justify the costs.

• Are there some alternatives to an MBA program when I still want to work in the IT consulting field? I also thought about Mini MBA programs (e.g., LSE) but not really sure about the added value.
• When is a good timing for an additional study? Soon or better wait to get promoted to manager level?

Thank you and best regards!

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