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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Oxford
Saïd Business School

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Address: Said Business School
Park End Street
Oxford , Oxfordshire OX1 1HP
UK
E-Mail: enquiries@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Web site: www.sbs.ox.ac.uk


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   n/a
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation 60%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation n/a
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 15%
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 10%
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) 10%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year n/a

(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.

Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Lehman Brothers 2
2. The Boston Consulting Group 2
3. Agilent Technologies 1
4. Exxon Mobil 1
5. Shell International 1
6. Bear Stearns International 2
7. Ford Motor Company 1
8. ING Barings 1
9. Merrill Lynch 2
10. Allco Fell 1
11. Conoco 1
12. Deloitte & Touche 1
13. JP Morgan Chase 1
14. Nomura 1
15. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 1


U.S. Non-U.S.Total
Graduates
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

$82,000 $85,000$84,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

$80,000 $84,000$82,000
Average first-year signing bonus

n/a n/an/a
Median first-year signing bonus

n/a n/an/a
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

n/a n/a22%
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

n/a n/an/a
Graduates that found jobs through their first-year internships

-- --n/a

(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
(2) Benefits and perquisites (company cars, equipment, membership, etc.) are not equated to cash and are not included in compensation. May include other taxable payroll compensation such as a guaranteed annual bonus, and guaranteed "overtime" compensation.



CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Consulting n/a
Finance/Accounting n/a
General Management n/a
Human Resources n/a
Marketing/Sales n/a
MIS n/a
Operations/Logistics n/a
Other n/a

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 24%
Government (federal, state, local, military) 8%
Manufacturing 25%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) 5%
Other Services 16%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 5%
Asia 21%
Central/South America, Mexico 7%
Eastern Europe 8%
Middle East 4%
North America
 (Canada: 6% / U.S.: 94%)
22%
Oceania 5%
Western Europe 29%

Within North America:
Canada 6%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. n/a
Midwest U.S. n/a
Northeast U.S. n/a
South U.S. n/a
Southwest U.S. n/a
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. n/a


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms:
n/a

Internship compensation:
U.S. Non-U.S.Total
Graduates
Paid internships

-- --n/a
Average internship compensation

n/a n/an/a
Median internship compensation

n/a n/an/a


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
n/a
TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: No

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $1,500,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The School IT infrastructure is a Microsoft Platform. The network comprises twelve servers utilising Windows Advanced Server 2000 operating system, Exchange Server, SQL, 4500 in-house network points, multiple star topology fibre-optic cabling to run Gigabit Ethernet utilising TCP/IP protocol. The School has extensive audio-visual equipment and systems in its nine major teaching spaces and other areas where presentations occur. Five of the lecture theatres are equipped with the latest dual high resolution and brightness data projectors, slide projectors, visualizers, video, sound systems and audio. These are all electronic controlled by touch panel and also remotely over the School network. There will also be other mobile AV equipment. The largest lecture theatre (300 seats) has a full control room and the flexibility to cater for sophisticated outside uses by adding equipment, such as simultaneous translation. It has a fully demountable stage. One of the lecture theatres is equipped with four remotely controlled cameras for videoconferencing and preparation of video material. The School also has a professional Digital Video movie and a general purpose Digital Video still and 'mini-movie' camera. All seating in the five lecture theatres have individual power and datapoints. The School is equipped with two high quality videoconferencing sets. There are two rooms specifically designed for videoconferencing.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No

Alumni networking Web site:
www.oba.co.uk

Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 451 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 1,007 living MBA alumni, and 9 MBA club(s) in 9 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, n/a of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. n/a. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. n/a

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Liz Buckle


 
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