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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Cape Town

  • Program Basics

      • UCT Graduate School of Business
      • Breakwater Campus, Portswood Road
      • Green Point
      • Cape Town, 8001
      • South Africa
      • Status:
        • Other
      • Length of program (months): 24

    • Classes meet:

        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Non Resident: $28,500.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 217
      • Full-Time MBA: 79
      • Part-Time MBA: 76
      • Executive MBA: 34
      • PhD Program: 28
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Applicants have a choice of either the GMAT or MCPA assessment. In addition, they are required to take the NBT (National Benchmark Test)

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 520
      • 75th Percentile 580
      • 90th Percentile 610
      • Average GMAT Score 517
      • 25th Percentile 450
      • 10th Percentile 410

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 450
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 10th Percentile 380
      • Average GMAT Score 517
      • 75th Percentile 595
      • 90th Percentile 622
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $95.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 74
      • Applicants accepted: 57 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 90 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 18 %
      • International: 13 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 95 %
      • Europe: 5 %
      • Average months of work experience: 156

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 120
      • To: 168
      • Average age: 43

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 35
      • To: 48

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 29 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 3 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 55 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 16 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 21 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $114,285.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $71,428.00
      • High: $17,142.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 15 %
      • Finance/Accounting 20 %
      • General Management : 35 %
      • Human Resources: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 5 %
      • Management Information Systems : 6 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 18 %
      • Government: 3 %
      • Manufacturing: 8 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 6 %
      • Other: 37 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • University of Cape Town
      • Barloworld
      • Airports Company SA
      • Nedbank
      • Anglo Plats

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 0 %
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 52

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 8

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? No
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Hotel accommodation
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? No
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: The Executive MBA has employed a full-time Learning Support Manager to assist students
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 60 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 15 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 20 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 38
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 0
      • Elective courses: 0

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 87
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Economics, Operations Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Students must have attended all modules and completed a dissertation
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Introduction of wireless networks, new portal for alumni, new e-learning improvements, lecture theatres upgraded with new teaching technology
      • Amount spent: $4,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,033
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 7
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 6
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $500.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $1,000.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $6,000,000.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.uct.ac.za/dad/alumni/connect/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://gsba.uct.ac.za
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? Yes

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The UCT GSB Executive MBA programme is modular, i.e. 3 x 2 week on campus modules per year (two year programme).

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