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2003 DISTANCE LEARNING MBA PROFILE
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane Graduate School of Business

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


Address: 2 George Street
GPO Box 2434, QLD 4001
AU
E-Mail: bgsbenq@qut.edu.au
Web site: http://www.bgsb.qut.edu.au


ENROLLMENT

2003/2004 classes begin: July 14, 2003
Sept. 8, 2003
Nov. 3, 2003
Mar. 1, 2004

Year distance-learning program was founded: 1997

Institution is: Non-U.S., Public


Total graduate enrollment 1,076
Distance-learning MBA students 44
Part-time MBA students (on-campus) 805
Full-time MBA students 271
Executive MBA students 40
PhD program students 71
Total undergraduate business school enrollment 5,008
 
Change in distance-learning program class size in past 12 months 33%
 
Distance-learning program completion rate 93%
 
If the distance-learning program has a set program length, how long is it (months)? 60
 
Average number of months to complete distance-learning program 24
 
Maximum number of months permitted to complete distance-learning program 60
 
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)? n/a

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 n/a
International students (1) n/a
Married students n/a

Percent students from following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia n/a
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia n/a
Latin America and the Carribean n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
n/a
Oceania 100%
Western Europe n/a

North American students by region:
Canada n/a
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

New students who live outside a 45-mile radius of the school 100%

(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) n/a
Range (months - middle 80%) n/a - n/a
Enrolled students with one year or less work experience n/a
Applicants with one year or less work experience n/a

Student Age (years)
Average 39
Range (middle 80%) 36 - 45

Salary
Average salary of entering students $50,895
Range (middle 80%) n/a - n/a

Entering students employed in the following function areas:
Consulting n/a
Finance/Accounting n/a
General Management n/a
Human Resources n/a
Marketing/Sales n/a
Management Information Systems n/a
Operations/Logistics n/a
Other 100%

Entering students employed in the following industries:
Government 100%
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:
FirmNo. of Students
1. Australian Defence Force 44


ADMISSIONS

Application fee (resident): n/a
Application fee (non resident): n/a

1 people applied to the distance program in 2003. The school accepted 100% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 100% 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 $17,986
Nonresident n/a

Application Process
2003-2004 Application deadline(s)
Aug. 8, 2003

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   90%
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer   n/a

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) n/a
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 Sandra Harding
Hired as of Sept. 1997
 
Program director Caroline Hatcher
 
Admissions director Caroline Hatcher
 
Financial aid director n/a
 
Career services director Carol Dalglish
 
Alumni relations director Carol Dalglish


 
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