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Distance MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Durhamn

Durham Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Durham Business School
      • The Global MBA
      • Mill Hill Lane
      • Durham, DH1 3LB
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Status Public
      • Distance MBA students who enroll in the program who go on to graduate within six years 78 %
      • Average number of months to complete the distance MBA program 50
      • Maximum months permitted to complete the distance MBA program 60
      • Do individual online courses have a time limit for completion? Yes
      • Does the school offer a separate on-campus, full-time MBA program? Yes
      • Can students transfer from distance program to full-time program? Yes
      • At what point can this be done? Restrictions may apply as to when transferring students could join the full-time programme. It would be considered on a case by case basis. There is a possibility for credits to be transferred.
      • Are there specific locations from which students must attend the distance MBA program? No
      • Is the distance MBA program open to students from other countries? Yes
      • Students living more than 45 miles from school 91 %
      • Distance MBA students have full student privileges to use the following
        • School library
        • School gymnasium / athletic center
        • Student rates for tickets
        • School career office

  • School Basics

    • Graduate business school enrollment

      • Total: 2,028
      • Full-Time MBA: 47
      • Executive MBA: 71
      • PhD Program: 155
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment 731
      • Graduate degree programs
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • Other graduate degree programs
        • MSc Management; MSc Management (Finance); MSc Management (Entrepreneurship); MSc Management (Consulting & Organisational Change); MSc Management (Innovation
        • Technology & Operations Management); MSc Finance (Accounting and Finance); MSc Finance (Corporate and International Finance); MSc Finance (Economic and Finance); MSc Finance (Finance and Investment); MSc Finance (International Banking and Finance); MSc Finance (International Money
        • Finance and Investment)

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire program

      • Non-Resident 21,851

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application fee for distance MBA program

      • Residents $0.00
      • Non-Resident $0.00
      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest distance MBA class 237
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent distance class 83 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest distance MBA class 61 %
      • Are applicant interviews required for the distance MBA program? Not required
      • Does the program offer rolling admissions? No

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students are from the following regions

      • Africa 15 %
      • Asia 10 %
      • Europe 47 %
      • North America 20 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean 8 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months)

      • Mean 153
      • Median 137
      • One year or less 0 %

    • Middle 80% range

      • From 71
      • To 254

    • Age of new entrants to distance MBA program:

      • Mean 34
      • Median 33

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Distance MBAs apply for financial aid through Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships for current academic year 1
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? unique scholarship application

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Minimum TOEFL score required for MBAs: 613

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 150

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 82

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 68

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 30

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 73

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 113

    • Distance program faculty who:

      • Teach in the school's full-time MBA program: 24 %
      • Are adjuncts: 24 %

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • The distance MBA program is delivered by:
        • Internet/Web-based delivery
        • Online forums
        • E-mail
        • Textbooks
        • Chat Rooms
        • Other
        • Videoconferencing
      • Are faculty members required to travel to off-campus sites to meet with distance MBA students? Yes

    • Estimated number of hours a student will spend working in the class and outside the classroom:

      • Hours per week outside of class: 12
      • Does the program offer 24-hour technical support? No
      • Classes meet:
        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)
        • Occasional week-long sessions
      • Final exams are administered: Formal set exams at venues in the UK or overseas (including British Council), in addition to written assignments submitted online
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA core class: 14
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA elective class: 12
      • Elective courses available to distance MBA students: 28

    • Electives that have been recently added to the distance program:

      • Global Retailing
      • Social Entrepreneurship
      • Crisis Management
      • Strategic Innovation
      • Entrepreneurship & Business Start-up
      • Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core MBA curriculum: 2008
      • Concentrations and specializations offered to distance MBA students:
        • Finance
      • Does the school offer an accelerated distance MBA program? No
      • Leading areas of study for distance MBA students are:
        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Strategy
        • Marketing
        • Human Resource Management
      • Requirements for graduation:
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Other Requirements for graduation: Dissertation or business project
      • If distance MBA students are required to spend time on campus, please explain: Students must attend at least one Summer School at the Business School.
      • Number of credits or credit hours required to complete distance MBA program: 240
      • If applicable, are distance MBA students invited to campus for graduation? Yes
      • Does the distance program diploma distinguish whether the student earned the degree on-campus or off? No

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Implemention of broadcast and webconferencing systems; replacement of all seminar and lecture room equipment; upgrade to Windows 7, Sharepoint 2010, Exchange 2010; unification of database system across all administrative departments; backup rearchitecture project.
      • Amount spent: $2,300,000.00

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do distance MBA students have access to a career development office? Yes
      • When in the degree process are they able to use the service? At any time
      • Do distance MBAs have access to an alumni database? Yes
      • Career services Web site URL: http://www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/glc/careers

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