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2003 DISTANCE LEARNING MBA PROFILE
Heriot Watt University
Edinburgh Business School

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


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


ENROLLMENT

2003/2004 classes begin: n/a

Year distance-learning program was founded: 1990

Institution is: Non-U.S., Private


Total graduate enrollment 8,415
Distance-learning MBA students n/a
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 30
Full-time MBA students 85
Executive MBA students 75
PhD program students n/a
Total undergraduate business school enrollment n/a
 
Change in distance-learning program class size in past 12 months n/a
 
Distance-learning program completion rate n/a
 
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 30
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete distance-learning program n/a
 
School offers a separate 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 - MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS

Female students in class 15%
International students (1) 85%
Married students 40%

Percent students from following regions:
Africa 8%
Asia 21%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 26%
Latin America and the Carribean 4%
Middle East 4%
North America
 (Canada: 66% / U.S.: 34%)
19%
Oceania 3%
Western Europe 15%

North American students by region:
Canada 66%
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. 26%

New students who live outside a 45-mile radius of the school 95%

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


CLASS TRAITS - MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS

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 (months)
Average (months) 156
Range (months - middle 80%) 84 - 228
Enrolled students with one year or less work experience 5%
Applicants with one year or less work experience 5%

Student Age (years)
Average 35
Range (middle 80%) 27 - 48

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

Entering students employed in the following function areas:
Consulting 11%
Finance/Accounting 26%
General Management 13%
Human Resources 6%
Marketing/Sales 8%
Management Information Systems 8%
Operations/Logistics 28%
Other n/a

Entering students employed in the following industries:
Government n/a
Manufacturing n/a
Non profit n/a
Services n/a
Other n/a

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


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

n/a people applied to the distance program in 2003. The school accepted n/a% (selectivity) of those applicants, and n/a% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

Interviews for applicants are:
Not offered

In 2003, 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 $12,983
Nonresident $12,983

Application Process
2003-2004 Application deadline(s)
n/a

Rolling admissions? Yes

2003-2004 deadline(s) for scheduling an interview
n/a

2003-2004 Financial aid deadline(s):
n/a


FINANCIAL AID

Distance-learning MBAs whose education is partially covered by employer   85%
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer   10%

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 n/a
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to its part-time MBAs? (1) No
Average outstanding loan for 2003 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. 1990
 
Program director Professor Keith Lumsden
 
Admissions director Ms Morag Heggie
 
Financial aid director n/a
 
Career services director n/a
 
Alumni relations director Mrs Barbara Jamieson


 
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