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Distance MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Robert Kennedy College

Aberdeen Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Robert Kennedy College
      • MBA in Leadership & Sustainability
      • Thurgauerstrasse 40
      • 8050 Zurich
      • Zurich, 8050
      • Switzerland
      • Status Private
      • Average number of months to complete the distance MBA program 18
      • Maximum months permitted to complete the distance MBA program 72
      • If the distance MBA program has a set program length, how long is it, in months? 18
      • Do individual online courses have a time limit for completion? Yes
      • Does the school offer a separate on-campus, full-time MBA program? No
      • Are there specific locations from which students must attend the distance MBA program? No
      • Is the distance MBA program open to students from other states? Yes
      • Is the distance MBA program open to students from other countries? Yes
      • Students living more than 45 miles from school 97 %
      • Distance MBA students have full student privileges to use the following
        • School library

  • School Basics

    • Graduate business school enrollment

      • Total: 529
      • Graduate degree programs
        • Other
      • Other graduate degree programs
        • MA in Leading Innovation and Change

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Residents $12,790.00
      • Non-Resident $12,790.00

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application fee for distance MBA program

      • Residents $100.00
      • Non-Resident $100.00
      • Are applicant interviews required for the distance MBA program? Required
      • Does the program offer rolling admissions? Yes

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students are from the following regions

      • Africa 24 %
      • Asia 21 %
      • Europe 22 %
      • North America 13 %
      • Oceania 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean 15 %
      • Dual citizenship 3 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months)

      • Mean 36
      • Median 36

    • Middle 80% range

      • From 36
      • To 100

    • Base salary of entering distance MBA students

      • Mean: $40,000.00
      • Median: $50,000.00
      • Middle 80% range: From: $60,000.00
      • Middle 80% range: To: $75,000.00

    • Age of new entrants to distance MBA program:

      • Mean 33
      • Median 36

    • Entering distance MBA students who work in the following industries

      • Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 5 %
      • Consulting 17 %
      • Consumer Products 10 %
      • Financial Services 11 %
      • Manufacturing 8 %
      • Media/Entertainment 6 %
      • Non-Profit 7 %
      • Petroleum/Energy 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products 4 %
      • Real Estate 4 %
      • Technology 10 %
      • Other 15 %

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? The candidates are screened before enrollment by means of telephonic interviews and their abilities judged through written assignments if found necessary.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Minimum TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 65

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 16
      • Non-Tenured: 49

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors 30 %
      • Faculty who have owned their own business: 40 %

    • Distance program faculty who:

      • Have tenure: 25 %
      • Are adjuncts: 75 %
      • Have at least 5 years corporate experience: 40 %

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Professional clubs available to distance MBA students:
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Investment Banking
        • VC/ Private Equity

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • The distance MBA program is delivered by:
        • Internet/Web-based delivery
        • Online forums
        • Textbooks
        • Other
      • Are faculty members required to travel to off-campus sites to meet with distance MBA students? No

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

      • Hours per week in class: 7
      • Hours per week outside of class: 6
      • Does the program offer 24-hour technical support? Yes
      • Classes meet:
        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)
        • Other
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA core class: 30
      • Average number of students in a distance MBA elective class: 30
      • Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core MBA curriculum: 2010
      • Concentrations and specializations offered to distance MBA students:
        • Finance
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • International Business
        • Leadership
        • Marketing
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Strategy
      • Does the school offer an accelerated distance MBA program? No
      • Leading areas of study for distance MBA students are:
        • Finance
        • Other
        • International Business
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Organizational Behavior
      • Requirements for graduation:
        • Other
        • Students must write a complete business plan
      • Other Requirements for graduation: Students must have completed and passed all course modules including the mandatory residency and finished the final dissertation.
      • If distance MBA students are required to spend time on campus, please explain: All MBA students are required to complete a one-week mandatory residential course module.
      • Number of credits or credit hours required to complete distance MBA program: 180
      • 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: Incorporated many new changes to the Online Campus
      • Amount spent: $70,000.00

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