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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Program Basics

      • EMBA Programme
      • CUHK Business School
      • 7/F, Cheng Yu Tung Building,
      • No. 12 Chak Cheung Street, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T.
      • Hong Kong, 852
      • China
      • Status:
        • Other
      • Length of program (months): 24

    • Classes meet:

        • Every weekend

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $61,636.00
      • Non Resident: $61,636.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Full-Time MBA: 90
      • Part-Time MBA: 116
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Master of Marketing

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $23.00
      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 33 %
      • International: 45 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 61 %
      • Europe: 8 %
      • North America: 4 %
      • Oceania: 4 %
      • Dual citizenship: 23 %

    • Entering U.S. citizens are from the following regions:

      • Northeast: 100 %

    • U.S. students in newest entering class who are:

      • Native American: 100 %
      • Average months of work experience: 180

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 163
      • To: 211
      • Average age: 37

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 34
      • To: 45

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 32 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 4 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 25 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Finance/Accounting 22 %
      • General Management : 46 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
      • Management Information Systems : 4 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 4 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 22 %
      • Manufacturing: 41 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 10 %
      • Other: 7 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Bank of China (HK) Ltd.
      • Cathay Pacific Airways
      • Hong Kong Broadband Network
      • Yau Lee Construction
      • Morgan Stanley

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 220

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 89.9

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Stanford Study Trip, Study Trip in Taiwan or Mainland China, Global Field Study overseas
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: on-campus hostel
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Informal gatherings with students are conducted from time to time to undersatnd their lives.

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 50
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 35
      • Elective courses: 9

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Selected Topics in Bus & Mgt: Stanford Tech Mgt Prog.
      • Selected Topics in Bus & Mgt: Greater China Study Week

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Leadership, Strategy, General Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
        • Write a complete business plan
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,000
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.alumni.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/index.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cubbaalumni.org/en/
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? No
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? No

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: Our EMBA Programme was ranked among the top 10 EMBA programmes worldwide and No. 1 among the Independent EMBA programmes in the Asia Pacific in 2010 by Financial Times EMBA Global Ranking.

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