received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
75%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
22%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
6%
were starting a new business (4)
8%
postponed their job search
5%
did not seek employment for other reasons
4%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
n/a
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards 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:
Firm
Graduates Hired
1. American Express Banking
2
2. Booz Allen & Hamilton
2
3. McKinsey & Co
2
4. Deloitte and Touche
2
5. Shell International
2
6. KPMG
2
7. Bank of America
1
8. Daiwa Bank
1
9. Standard Bank
1
10. Deutsche Bank
1
11. Mapeley
1
12. London Metal Exchange
1
13. Zs Associates
1
14. Microsoft
1
15. Centrica
1
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$98,148
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$96,539
Average first-year signing bonus
$6,435
Median first-year signing bonus
$11,263
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
15%
(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
2002 GRADUATES REPORT
Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek's 2002 survey of graduates.
Median starting base-salary
$90,000
Median signing bonus
$10,000
Median other compensation
$89,000
Median MBA loans
$0
Average number of job offers at graduation
1.8
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$25,604
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
19%
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
18%
Finance/Accounting
33%
General Management
n/a
Human Resources
n/a
Marketing/Sales
n/a
Management Information Systems
n/a
Operations/Logistics
8%
Other
41%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
3%
Asia
n/a
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
n/a
Latin America and the Carribean
3%
Middle East
3%
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a )
27%
Oceania
10%
Western Europe
54%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
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
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
n/a
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
n/a
Average internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Median internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Average internship length (weeks)
n/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: $3,185,500
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The Saïd Business Schools' state-of-the art building is only two years old, therfore all technological improvements are largely the result of this. The Schools' IT infrastructure is a Microsoft Platform. The network comprises seventeen 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 electronically controlled by touch panel and also remotely over the School network.
The largest lecture theatre has a full control room and the flexibility to cater for sophisticated outside users by adding equipment, such as simultaneous translation.
One of the lecture theatres is equipped with four remotely controlled cameras for videoconferencing and preparation of video material. All seating in the five lecture theatres have individual power and datapoints.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 453 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 452 living MBA alumni, and 18 MBA club(s) throughout 14 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 fund-raising 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 between Jan. 2001 and Oct. 2003, and the B-school endowment is U.S. n/a
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Jessica McGreesh
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