QS – a leading global career and education network, providing the platform for universities, business schools and employers to target, meet and select the best qualified candidates from around the world – regularly conducts an event called the World MBA Tour, which is deemed the world’s best and biggest business school fairs.

World MBA Tour, featuring hundreds of influential Western business schools begins in Spring 2009 and comes to Kazakhstan at the beginning of March. Fair will take place in Almaty on 3 March.

The Tour, in its 15th year, will visit over 40 countries with over 360 of the world’s international top business schools with the purpose to help place thousands of MBA candidates in top business schools of their choice.

The fair provides MBA candidates the chance to meet face-to-face with the admissions officers and alumni of business schools. In addition, it offers US$1.6million worth of exclusive scholarships during the spring 2009 season, which will be available only to attendees of the event. The fair also provides unique, free expert seminars and admission panels, allowing candidates to direct questions to a number of experts.

Details on registration for the QS World MBA Tour scholarships and seminars are available here.

WHEN: Tuesday, March 3rd, 18:00 – 21:00 (Pre-Fair panel: 17:00)
WHERE: Hyatt Regency Almaty, Akademik Satpaev Avenue 29/6
ENTRY FEE: 600 tenge for non-registered. Free for pre-registered.

PARTICIPATING BUSINESS SCHOOLS:
BELGIUM Vlerick
UK Cass
FRANCE INSEAD
UK East London Business School
FRANCE Reims
UK Manchester
HUNGARY CEU
UK Warwick
SPAIN European University
USA Duke, Fuqua
SPAIN IE
USA Hult
THE NETHERLANDS TIASNIMBAS