Bucharest doesn't usually show up on lists of top European cities for graduate education. It should. UiPath was founded here — one of the largest software IPOs in history. Bitdefender is headquartered here. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon all run engineering offices in the city.
MDBI's industry network — including EY, UiPath, TriumvirateLab, MTH Digital, and Kearney — operates out of Bucharest. Senior practitioners from this network teach on MDBI courses and host student placements. The networking that happens around MDBI is local and real: you're building relationships across the city, not collecting LinkedIn connections across time zones.
Bucharest is one of the most affordable capitals in the European Union. That isn't a compromise — it's leverage.