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2002 DISTANCE LEARNING MBA PROFILE
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh Business School

Sections:  Getting In  | Faculty/Academics | Next Step & Alumni Affairs


Address: Edinburgh Business School
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS
UK
E-Mail: enquiries@ebs.hw.ac.uk
Web site: http://www.ebsmba.com


ENROLLMENT

2002/2003 classes begin: n/a

Year distance-learning program was founded: 1990

Institution is: Non-U.S., Private


Total graduate enrollment 8,000
Part-time MBA students (distance program) 7,845
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 34
Full-time MBA students 81
Executive MBA students 40
PhD program students n/a
Total undergraduate business school enrollment n/a
 
Change in distance-learning program class size in past 12 months 1%
 
Distance-learning program completion rate 80%
 
If the distance-learning program has a set program length, how long is it (months)? n/a
 
Average number of months to complete distance-learning program 36
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete distance-learning program 84
 
School offers a full-time MBA program? Yes

Possible for students to change status from distance-learing to full-time? Yes

  At what point?
n/a
Are there specific locations from which students must attend program (i.e. satellite television receiving sites)? No

Program available to students from outside the country in which your program is located? Yes


STUDENT PROFILE

Female students in class 30%
International students (1) 87%
Underrepresented minority (2) students n/a
Married 55%

Percent students from following regions:
Africa 8%
Asia 23%
Central/South America, Mexico 7%
Eastern Europe 3%
Middle East 16%
North America
 (Canada: 12% / U.S.: 88%)
21%
Oceania 2%
Western Europe 20%

North American students by region:
Canada 12%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 8%
Midwest U.S. 12%
Northeast U.S. 20%
South U.S. 19%
Southwest U.S. 14%
U.S. Possessions and territories 1%
West U.S. 27%

New students who live outside a 45-mile radius of the school 98%

(1) Students from countries other than the school's home country.

(2) Defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American.


CLASS TRAITS

GMAT Scores
Average n/a
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

TOEFL Scores*
Average TOEFL score n/a
Minimum TOEFL score required n/a

Work Experience
Average (months) 156
Range (months - middle 80%) 84 - 228
New entrants with one year or less work experience 0%
Applicants with one year or less work experience 103%

Student Age (years)
Average 32
Range (middle 80%) 28 - 39

Salary
Average salary of entering students n/a
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

* Paper based equivalent. See TOEFL concordance table for computer-based score equivalents.

Entering students employed in the following fields:
n/a


TOP CORPORATE CUSTOMERS

Organizations that send the most participants to the distance-learning MBA program:
n/a

ADMISSIONS

Application fee (resident): $0
Application fee (non resident): $0

2,295 people applied to the distance program in 2002. The school accepted 85% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 85% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

Interviews for applicants are:
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In 2002, the B-school interviewed n/a of its distance-learning MBA applicants, and n/a of its admitted applicants.


INVESTMENT AND DEADLINES

Estimated TOTAL (not annual) cost of distance-learning MBA program (U.S. dollars):
Resident n/a
Nonresident n/a

Application Process
Does the part-time program offer rolling admissions? Yes

Deadline(s) to apply: n/a

Deadline(s) to schedule an interview: n/a



FINANCIAL AID

Deadline(s) to apply:   n/a
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is partially covered by employer   90%
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer   5%
Distance-learning MBAs who received financial aid through the B-school   0%

Average financial aid package n/a
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

Scholarships are merit or need based?
n/a

Number of full-tuition scholarships awarded by school to distance-learning MBAs during the past 12 months 0
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to its part-time MBAs? (1) No
Average outstanding loan for 2002 graduates n/a

Financial aid Web site:
n/a


(1) Upon admission, any accepted applicant, regardless of nationality, and without the need of a cosigner, is eligible for a loan


CONTACTS

Dean Professor Keith Lumsden
Hired as of Sept. 1, 1990
 
MBA program director Professor Keith Lumsden
 
MBA admissions director Ms Morag Heggie
 
MBA financial aid director n/a
 
MBA career services director n/a
 
Alumni relations director Mrs Barbara Jamieson


 
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