0:00 /1:06 1× "Nour. Riffa, Bahrain. MBA in Mumbai. US business schools were quoting me USD 50,000 to 80,000 per year in tuition alone. Maharashtra MBA through fn.mahacet.org: government-regulated fees, no GMAT required for international students, and a campus in Mumbai - the
Nour had the spreadsheet open on her second monitor for three weeks. On the left: a two-year MBA at a ranked US business school, USD 120,000 in tuition, living costs in Boston or Chicago on top of that, and an F-1 visa that gave her two years of optional
Nour had the spreadsheet open on her second monitor for three weeks. On the left: a two-year MBA at a ranked US business school, USD 120,000 in tuition, living costs in Boston or Chicago on top of that, and an F-1 visa that gave her two years of optional
Tariq did a room tour on his second day. Not for social media, for his mother. He walked around the hostel room in Pune with his phone, narrating in Arabic, showing her the bed, the desk, the wardrobe, the window view, the bathroom down the corridor. She watched it four
Lina opened with a number. Not a feeling, not a ranking, a number. A four-year engineering degree at a mid-tier Australian university was going to cost her family AUD 160,000 in tuition. She put that next to the government-regulated fee at a Pune engineering college and the conversation with
0:00 /0:52 1× Lina. Riffa, Bahrain. Second year Engineering in Pune. Australia was quoting me AUD 35,000 to 50,000 per year. Maharashtra government fees through fn.mahacet.org are a fraction of that. No IELTS required. 500 plus engineering colleges. IIT Bombay globally ranked. Pune'
Faris started a WhatsApp group for Bahraini students interested in Maharashtra. Within a week it had forty-one members and one hundred and twelve questions. The same ten kept coming up again and again. He answered them. This article is that answer, written properly, with verified information pulled directly from fn.
Dina had two tabs open for six months. One was a UK medical school page showing a five-year MBBS and a tuition figure that made her mother go very quiet. The other was a Maharashtra government college listing. The MBBS Maharashtra vs UK comparison Bahrain students keep making is real,
Rami is from Manama. He is a father. When his daughter came to him and said she wanted to study in Maharashtra, India, his first answer was no. Not because he thought she was incapable. Not because he doubted the quality of education available there. His answer was no because
Hessa has heard that one. She has heard the safety concern too. And the one about degrees not being recognised. And the cost question. And the culture gap theory. She is a senior student studying in Pune, Maharashtra. She has been here long enough to know exactly what separates the
Ziad is from Riffa, Bahrain. He is an MBA student at a top Mumbai business school. And before he applied, he did something that most prospective international students forget to do: he researched where the graduates actually go. Not which university has the best campus. Not which city has the
In Manama, architecture tells the story of Bahrain's soul. The wind towers that kept ancient homes cool before air conditioning existed. The coral-stone walls of the old city. The pearling stations where generations of Bahraini men left before dawn and returned with something the whole world wanted. Layla