New MBA Fair Offers an Explanation and New Options
10/02/06

The MBA Tour is visiting Canada for the first time at the end of October and offers an explanation for the confusion with the World MBA Tour (coming to Toronto at the end of September). The similarity in names have people thinking they are one in the same. While the names are similar, the fairs are distinctively different. The MBA Tour, which launches in Vancouver October 30, Toronto November 1 and Montreal November 2, offers visitors unique activities including roundtable/ panel discussions for tips on successful admissions, easy access to admissions officers and keynote speakers (Geoff Molson, VP Customer Marketing and Events, Molson Canada, in Montreal, Tim Cork, President, NEXcareer in Toronto. The details about the Vancouver guest speaker are currently being finalized. Admission to all events is free.

Pre-registration to The MBA Tour is available here.

The MBA Tour Expands to Canada

Canada is seen as an untapped market for universities around the world. Canadians are seen as unique because they often speak more than one language, are educated, and are comfortable in a multicultural environment. The choices for Canadian students are expanding as b schools respond to businesses' preference for international trade and international business acumen.

In 2005 alone, over 6,300 Canadians took the GMAT, the Graduate Management Admissions Test, a prerequisite for most MBA programs. Canada is third globally following the United States with 135,626 and India with 7,206 GMAT takers.

Canada is one of the 28 countries globally in which The MBA Tour hosts 43 recruitment conferences for the top business schools and prospective students. 

To visit the MBA Tour official website click here.