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University College Dublin
The Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business
2000 Part-time MBA Profile
Address: Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock
County Dublin
Ireland
E-Mail: padmin@ucd.ie
Website: www.ucd.ie/gsb


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Student Demographics
Total part-time enrollment 189 On-campus enrollment 189 Distance-program enrollment 0
Total full-time enrollment 38

Female students enrolled 25% Underrepresented minority* students enrolled N/A Out-of-country students enrolled 22%
Females in applicant pool 18% Underrepresented minority* applicants N/A Out-of-country applicants 20%

Students with advanced degrees 20% Attending students who live outside
a 45-mile radius of school
8%

Students who receive financial
assistance from the school
N/A Students whose education is fully
funded by their company
85%

Number of applicants in 1999-2000 155 Applications accepted (selectivity) 61% Admitted applicants enrolled (yield) 90%

*Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, or Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

Class Traits
Mean GMAT 585 Median GMAT 600 Range [min.] 490  [max.] 740 

Mean TOEFL
(paper-based equivalent)
N/A Median TOEFL N/A Range [min.] N/A [max.] N/A

Student age Average 33 Age range from 27 to 47

Work experience (months) Average 99 Range (months) [min.] 36 to [max.] 300

Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0


Career Data

Average salary of students in program $60,000 Salary range of students in program [min.] $47,000 to [max.] $100,000

Students from an organization of 100 or fewer employees 20% Students from nonprofit sector 7%


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Careers
Top 10 organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:
1. General Electric 9 6. Bank of Ireland 6
2. PricewaterhouseCoopers 10 7. Elan 5
3. Microsoft 7 8. Schering-Plough 5
4. Intel 7 9. Xerox 2
5. AIB 8 10.Oracle 3


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Careers
Year traditional PT MBA was founded 1964 Approximate number of degrees awarded since founding 1,192

PT MBAs graduated in 1999-2000 90 PT MBAs graduated in 1996-97 75

Laptop required No Institution Public Accelerated PT program offered? N/A

Average number of years to complete PT program 2 Maximum number of years permitted to complete PT program 4

Possible for students to change status from PT to full-time No When N/A

Total revenues generated by PT MBA program in 1999-2000 $3,061,800 Total 1999-2000 budget for PT program N/A

Tuition Costs
Average total (not annual) cost of PT MBA Within country $16,200 Out-of-country $16,200

Cost per core course (3 credit equivalent) In-state N/A Out-of-state N/A

Application Deadlines
Admissions Financial Aid
Fall 2000 N/A Fall 2000 N/A
Winter 2000-01 N/A Winter 2000-01 N/A
Spring 2001 N/A Spring 2001 N/A
Summer 2001 N/A Summer 2001 N/A

Does the school offer rolling admissions? Yes

Classes Start
N/A



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Careers
Required core courses/
percent of total coursework
14 / 78% Courses considered electives/
percent of total coursework
15 / 85%

International content 85% Entrepreneurial content 29% E-commerce content 15%

Distance or Web-based learning content 15% Group work done via the Internet 30% Core PT MBA curriculum last revised July 3, 2000

Significant changes to PT program since 1998
Addition of an Entrepreneurial Workshop and technology-supported business education.

Special trips or projects outside of country
Voluntary
European Study Course in Leuven, Belgium.


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Careers
Faculty profile
Same faculty as full-time MBA program 70% Adjunct faculty 20% Other 10%
Full-time MBA faculty with at least 5 years
of full-time corporate experience
60%

Teaching methods
Case study 40% Lecture 30% Other 30% Simulations, research
Average number of students in core class 35 Average number of students in elective class 25

Class schedule
Total hours in class 648 Total hours of work outside of class 1,300
When and how often classes meet Evenings; every weekend; some week-long intensive block release courses.

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Careers
Program N/A Country N/A Partner N/A


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Careers
PT MBA student access to career management office Yes At what point N/A

Estimated percentage of PT students who use the career management office 15% Estimated percentage of PT students who use their MBA to change careers 12%


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni
(as of summer 2000)
1,200 Alumni clubs N/A

Living alumni who gave to the annual
fund-raising efforts of the school in 1999-2000
N/A Median gift N/A Average gift N/A


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Administration
Dean Professor Mary Lambkin E-mail mary.lambkin@ucd.ie
Director of PT MBA Program Dr Cormac McGinley E-mail cormac.macfhionnlaoich@ucd.ie
Director of PT Admissions Dr Gary Santry E-mail gary.santry@ucd.ie
Director of Alumni Relations Ms Paula Shalloo E-mail paula.shalloo@ucd.ie
Director of Financial Aid N/A E-mail N/A
Director of Career Services Ms Ena Maguire E-mail ena.maguire@ucd.ie

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