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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
The University of Manchester
Manchester Business School
Address: Manchester Business School
Booth Street West
Manchester M15 6PB United Kingdom
E-Mail: manchester_mba@mbs.ac.uk
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 73%
...were not seeking employment 10%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

17%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 87%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 0%
...postponing their job search 0%
...starting their own businesses 5 13%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

0%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 71%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 10%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 2%
...did not report having received an offer

17%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 41%
Graduate-facilitated activities 59%
No response provided by the graduate

0%
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:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Johnson and Johnson 7
2. Barclays 6
3. ATKearney 3
4. IBM Consulting 3
5. Accenture 2
6. KPMG 2
7. BT Retail 2
8. American Express 2
9. Ernst & Young 2
10. Liberata 2
11. ATG Access 2
12. Merck 1
13. BCG 1
14. Merrill Lynch 1
15. DHL 1

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information25%44%30%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$91,000$81,000$82,800
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$89,000$82,500$84,700
Average first-year signing bonus$23,000$18,000$22,900
Median first-year signing bonus$26,500$22,500$26,200
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus33%26%30%

(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.


2004 GRADUATES REPORT

Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek Magazine's 2004 survey of graduates.

Historical Graduate Data
 20042002
Median starting base-salary$87,500n/a
Median signing bonus$10,000n/a
Median other compensation$50,000n/a
Median MBA loans$16,500n/a
Average number of job offers at graduation1.2n/a
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program$46,981n/a
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment21%n/a

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 38%
Finance/Accounting 18%
General Management 15%
Human Resources 0%
Marketing/Sales 16%
Management Information Systems 5%
Operations/Logistics 7%
Other 1%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 1%
Manufacturing 24%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 0%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 72%
Other 3%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 1%
Asia 19%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 3%
Latin America and the Carribean 8%
Middle East 3%
North America
 (Canada: 17% / U.S.: 83%)
8%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 58%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 17%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 0%
Midwest U.S. 20%
Northeast U.S. 60%
South U.S. 20%
Southwest U.S. 0%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 0%

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:
FirmInterns Hired
1. AstraZeneca 4
2. BT Retail 4
3. DPWN 4
4. Barclays 3
5. PwC 2
6. P&G 2
7. Citigroup 2
8. Thomson Financial 2
9. Booker 2
10. Shell 2
11. ATKearney 1
12. Ernst & Young 1
13. JP Morgan 1
14. Morgan Stanley 1
15. DHL 1

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 96%
Average internship compensation (per week) n/a
Median internship compensation (per week) n/a
Average internship length (weeks) 12

Career services Web site

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 7,014 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 6,970 living MBA alumni, and 11 MBA club(s) throughout 7 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, n/a 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. $1,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Rachel Tufft

 
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