{"id":12868,"date":"2019-07-10T11:20:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T09:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/?p=12868"},"modified":"2021-04-20T13:15:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T11:15:26","slug":"becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Chathurika Warnakulasuriya, student of the master\u00b4s program <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Marketing at WU Vienna<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">My checklist for deciding on a Master\u2019s program was quite long, that I didn\u2019t even think I would find a university or a degree program that would fulfill everything I was looking for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">On top of the checklist were: being a high ranking university, a Master\u2019s degree program that combines theory with the contemporary business scenario, a curriculum which would cover strategy, analytics, real-world application as well as developing relevant personal skills to become a high achiever in the marketing world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Imagine my delight when I got accepted for the MSc.Marketing program at WU, as the program not only fulfills my checklist, but is also conducted in a modern and a spacious university premise with state-of-the-art classrooms, a vast library and plenty of nice caf\u00e9s in campus for students to socialize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">MSc.Marketing program comprises of a combination of modules which expand from market research design, data analytics, marketing strategy development, digital marketing to application of theory into marketing projects with company partners from both B2C and B2B scenario.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">I feel fortunate to learn from a panel of lecturers who not only use novel methods of teaching, but are also motivating and accessible. The internationally diverse student body makes my \u201cstudy abroad\u201d experience complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Being a student of the MSc.Marketing program, I realize that I am optimizing my career prospects because of the quality of the degree program as well as the vast network of alumni and company partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Now in my 3rd semester, I feel that moving 7500km<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> ac<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">ross<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> the world from Sri Lanka to Austria, in order to study my Master\u2019s degree program is extremely worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chathurika Warnakulasuriya, student of the master\u00b4s program Marketing at WU Vienna My checklist for deciding on a Master\u2019s program was quite long, that I didn\u2019t even think I would find a university or a degree program that would fulfill everything I was looking for. On top of the checklist were: being a high ranking university, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001,"featured_media":13735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506],"tags":[1965,1817,1727,1975,1941],"class_list":["post-12868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studying","tag-marketing-en","tag-master-en","tag-masters-program","tag-msc-en","tag-student-story"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world&quot; - WU Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world&quot; - WU Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chathurika Warnakulasuriya, student of the master\u00b4s program Marketing at WU Vienna My checklist for deciding on a Master\u2019s program was quite long, that I didn\u2019t even think I would find a university or a degree program that would fulfill everything I was looking for. On top of the checklist were: being a high ranking university, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WU Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-10T09:20:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-20T11:15:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f949de1a3cc6bc9bac1e4f778692bd04\"},\"headline\":\"&#8220;Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-10T09:20:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-20T11:15:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Marketing\",\"Master\",\"Masters Program\",\"msc\",\"Student Story\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Studying\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world\\\" - WU Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-10T09:20:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-20T11:15:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f949de1a3cc6bc9bac1e4f778692bd04\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Chathurika Student MSc Marketing 960x540 2\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8220;Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/\",\"name\":\"WU Blog\",\"description\":\"Herzlich willkommen auf dem WU-Blog! Hier findet ihr eine Reihe an Blogbeitr\u00e4gen von Studierenden, ForscherInnen, Lehrenden, Alumni und MitarbeiterInnen - mach mit!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f949de1a3cc6bc9bac1e4f778692bd04\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9617071195af1e6b942621ac8f637ef92d94e4fe7b77d3d45a0c835f6f6008c4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9617071195af1e6b942621ac8f637ef92d94e4fe7b77d3d45a0c835f6f6008c4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9617071195af1e6b942621ac8f637ef92d94e4fe7b77d3d45a0c835f6f6008c4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wu.ac.at\\\/en\\\/author\\\/support_ws\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world\" - WU Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world\" - WU Blog","og_description":"Chathurika Warnakulasuriya, student of the master\u00b4s program Marketing at WU Vienna My checklist for deciding on a Master\u2019s program was quite long, that I didn\u2019t even think I would find a university or a degree program that would fulfill everything I was looking for. On top of the checklist were: being a high ranking university, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/","og_site_name":"WU Blog","article_published_time":"2019-07-10T09:20:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-04-20T11:15:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/#\/schema\/person\/f949de1a3cc6bc9bac1e4f778692bd04"},"headline":"&#8220;Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world&#8221;","datePublished":"2019-07-10T09:20:12+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-20T11:15:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/"},"wordCount":299,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg","keywords":["Marketing","Master","Masters Program","msc","Student Story"],"articleSection":["Studying"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/","name":"\"Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world\" - WU Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg","datePublished":"2019-07-10T09:20:12+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-20T11:15:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/#\/schema\/person\/f949de1a3cc6bc9bac1e4f778692bd04"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Chathruika_Studnet-MSc-Marketing_960x540_2.jpg","width":960,"height":540,"caption":"Chathurika Student MSc Marketing 960x540 2"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/2019\/07\/becoming-a-high-achiever-in-the-marketing-world-masters-program-marketing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;Becoming a high achiever in the marketing world&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/","name":"WU Blog","description":"Herzlich willkommen auf dem WU-Blog! Hier findet ihr eine Reihe an Blogbeitr\u00e4gen von Studierenden, ForscherInnen, Lehrenden, Alumni und MitarbeiterInnen - mach mit!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/#\/schema\/person\/f949de1a3cc6bc9bac1e4f778692bd04","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9617071195af1e6b942621ac8f637ef92d94e4fe7b77d3d45a0c835f6f6008c4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9617071195af1e6b942621ac8f637ef92d94e4fe7b77d3d45a0c835f6f6008c4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9617071195af1e6b942621ac8f637ef92d94e4fe7b77d3d45a0c835f6f6008c4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at"],"url":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/author\/support_ws\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 01:54:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12868"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13737,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12868\/revisions\/13737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wu.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}