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2003 DISTANCE LEARNING MBA PROFILE
University of Warwick
Warwick Business School

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Address:		Warwick Business School University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL UK
E-Mail:		warwickmba@wbs.ac.uk
Web site:		http://www.wbs.ac.uk
		Directions to school

ENROLLMENT

2003/2004 classes begin:

Jan. 1, 2004
July 1, 2004

Year distance-learning program was founded: 1986

Institution is: Non-U.S., Public

Total graduate enrollment	3,205
Distance-learning MBA students	1,843
Part-time MBA students (on-campus)	192
Full-time MBA students	127
Executive MBA students	414
PhD program students	181
Total undergraduate business school enrollment	1,117

Change in distance-learning program class size in past 12 months	-10%

Distance-learning program completion rate	80%

If the distance-learning program has a set program length, how long is it (months)?	36

Average number of months to complete distance-learning program	42

Maximum number of months permitted to complete distance-learning program	96

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?
After the first semester

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	20%
International students (1)	60%
Married students	n/a

Percent students from following regions:

Africa	8%
Asia	17%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia	5%
Latin America and the Carribean	2%
Middle East	2%
North America (Canada: 60% / U.S.: 40%)	4%
Oceania	3%
Western Europe	59%

North American students by region:

Canada	60%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.	n/a
Midwest U.S.	10%
Northeast U.S.	30%
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

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	271
Minimum TOEFL score required	260

Work Experience (months)

Average (months)	96
Range (months - middle 80%)	56	-	210
Enrolled students with one year or less work experience	0%
Applicants with one year or less work experience	0%

Student Age (years)

Average	33
Range (middle 80%)	26	-	45

Salary

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

Entering students employed in the following function areas:

Consulting	10%
Finance/Accounting	20%
General Management	20%
Human Resources	10%
Marketing/Sales	20%
Management Information Systems	10%
Operations/Logistics	10%
Other	n/a

Entering students employed in the following industries:

Government	15%
Manufacturing	40%
Non profit	15%
Services	15%
Other	15%

* 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:

Firm	No. of Students
1. Corus Group	45
2. Pricewaterhouse Coopers	24
3. Ford Motor Company	22
4. British Steel	12
5. BP	11
6. Barclays	11
7. British Telecom	10
8. Shell	9
9. GlaxoSmithKline	9
10. Siemens	8
11. National Health Service (UK)	8
12. KMPG	8
13. Nortel	7
14. IBM	7
15. Schlumberger	6

ADMISSIONS

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

450 people applied to the distance program in 2003. The school accepted 80% (selectivity) of those applicants, and 75% of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled in the program.

Interviews for applicants are:
Not offered

In 2003, the B-school interviewed 0% of its distance-learning MBA applicants, and 0% of its admitted applicants.

INVESTMENT AND DEADLINES

Estimated TOTAL (not annual) cost of distance-learning MBA program (U.S. dollars):
Resident	$20,039
Nonresident	$20,039

Application Process

2003-2004 Application deadline(s) All applicants: Oct. 31, 2003 All applicants: May 30, 2004
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		25%
Distance-learning MBAs whose education is 100% covered by employer		15%

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 Howard Thomas
Hired as of	June 2000

Program director	Francesca Coles

Admissions director	n/a

Financial aid director	n/a

Career services director	n/a

Alumni relations director	n/a

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