The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Faculty of Business Administration - 2004 Full-Time MBA Profile

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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Faculty of Business Administration

Address:		MBA Programmes The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, NT Hong Kong
E-Mail:		cumba@cuhk.edu.hk
Web links:		B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment ¹	97%
...were not seeking employment	n/a
...provided no information regarding employment ²	8%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed ³	n/a
...continuing their education (after graduation) ⁴	n/a
...postponing their job search	n/a
...starting their own businesses ⁵	n/a
...not seeking employment for other reasons ⁶	3%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation	6%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation	62%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation	8%
...did not report having received an offer	24%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities	21%
Graduate-facilitated activities	26%
No response provided by the graduate	n/a
Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year	n/a
Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year	n/a

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:

n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:

Firm	Graduates Hired
1. Citibank N.A.	n/a
2. HSBC	n/a
3. Hang Seng Bank	n/a
4. Credit Suisse First Boston	n/a
5. Bank of Communications, Hong Kong	n/a
6. Carawak Shell Rerhad	n/a
7. Pegasus Fund Managers Limited	n/a
8. American International Assusance Co (Bermuda) Ltd	n/a
9. AIF Capital Ltd	n/a
10. SaSa Cosmetics Co Ltd	n/a
11. Whitehead Marn Group	n/a
12. JDH Toys Ltd	n/a
13. Scent Dynasty Wine International Ltd	n/a
14. Grey Advertising Hong Kong	n/a
15. Parlex Asia Group	n/a

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):

	2004	2003	2002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information	76%	n/a	80%
Average starting-base salary ⁷ (excluding bonuses)	$28,600	$26,968	$30,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)	$28,460	$28,333	$30,000
Average first-year signing bonus	n/a	n/a	n/a
Median first-year signing bonus	n/a	n/a	n/a
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus	n/a	n/a	n/a

(1) Seeking full-time professional, MBA-level employment.
(2) No information available includes those graduates who may be seeking employment or who may not be seeking employment, but for whom the school has no reliable information
(3) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are intending to return to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(4) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(5) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.
(6) Other reasons for not seeking employment are those reasons defined by the graduate.
(7) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:

Consulting	3%
Finance/Accounting	50%
General Management	6%
Human Resources	n/a
Marketing/Sales	38%
Management Information Systems	n/a
Operations/Logistics	n/a
Other	3%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military)	n/a
Manufacturing	18%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.)	n/a
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services)	53%
Other	29%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:

Africa	n/a
Asia	100%
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	n/a
Western Europe	n/a

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 internship-seeking MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Companies that posted internships for MBA students on school's job boards during past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:

Firm	Interns Hired
1. EURO RSCG Advertising Worldwide	n/a
2. PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd	n/a
3. Hang Seng Bank Ltd	n/a
4. Hong Kong Jockey Club	n/a
5. Booz Allen Hamilton Ltd	n/a
6. Tai Fook Securities Co	n/a
7. Standard & Poor's	n/a
8. Citibank N.A.	n/a
9. Campbell Soup Asia Ltd	n/a
10. Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd	n/a
11. Hong Kong International Terminals	n/a
12. Hong Kong Monetary Authority	n/a
13. Bank of East Asia	n/a
14. Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd	n/a
15. China Merchants Group	n/a

Internship compensation:

Paid internships	100%
Average internship compensation (per week)	n/a
Median internship compensation (per week)	n/a
Average internship length (weeks)	9

Career services Web site

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni?

Yes

University's Alumni networking Web site

B-School's Alumni networking Web site

Current MBA students given access to alumni database?

Yes

The B-school has awarded 3,278 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 3,263 living MBA alumni, and 1 MBA club(s) in 1 country, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 3% of MBA 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 since June 2002.

The B-school endowment is U.S. n/a

ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) reports that it is a pioneer in business education and the first university to establish a full-time MBA degree program in Hong Kong. CUHK is accredited by AACSB International. In the past two years, the MBA programs have been ranked number one in East Asia and Asia-Pacific respectively by Asia Inc. The Executive MBA program was also ranked among top 20 worldwide by Financial Times from 2001 to 2003.

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Lauren LEE

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