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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

The University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • AIM UWA Executive Education
      • The University of Western Australia Business School
      • 35 Stirling Highway
      • Crawley
      • Perth, 6009
      • Australia
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 18
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 135
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 3,291
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 2009
      • Number of classrooms: 6
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: No

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 2
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 42

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 979
      • Full-Time MBA: 76
      • Part-Time MBA: 305
      • Executive MBA: 55
      • PhD Program: 98
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 4,693
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Other, Master of Human Resources, Master of Marketing

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $971.00
      • High: $9,074.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $3,397.00
      • High: $444,489.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 60 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 10 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 40 %
      • International : 15 %
      • Earning more than $200,000 annually: 10 %
      • Business owners: 2 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 98 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Senior Executive Forum
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $8,135.00
      • Title: Advanced Management Program
      • Type of Course: Leadership and Management
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,074.00
      • Title: Authentic Leadership
      • Type of Course: Leadership/ Emotional Intelligence
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,124.00
      • Title: Asset Management for Managers
      • Type of Course: Asset Management
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,843.00
      • Title: Thinking and Planning Strategically
      • Type of Course: Strategy
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,349.00
      • Title: Commercial Acumen
      • Type of Course: Finance
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,349.00
      • Title: Stragegic Negotiation
      • Type of Course: Negotiation
      • Course Length: 1 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,174.00
      • Title: Mental Touchness
      • Type of Course: Leadership/ Emotional Intelligence
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,349.00
      • Title: Communicating with Influence
      • Type of Course: Communication Skills
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,843.00
      • Title: Leading for Proactivity
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,669.00

    • International programs:

      • Title: Rio Tinto Asset Management Professional Development
      • Type of Course: Management/ Technical
      • Year Established: 2007
      • Title: Sime Darby Cep3 Leadership Program
      • Type of Course: Leadership/ Management
      • Country: Malaysia
      • Year Established: 2011

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 129

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 72
      • Non-Tenured: 48

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 66
      • Non-Tenured: 35

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 2 %
      • Experiential Learning: 35 %
      • Lectures: 10 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 5 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 20 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 20 %
      • Other: 60 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 70 %
      • International: 30 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: IT infrastructure upgrade, such as multifunction devices, server and storage, computers and accessories, software, copiers; A/V and network and telephone equipment update, such as smart board, lectopia for recording lectures.
      • Amount spent: $1,790,244.00

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

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