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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

City University of Hong Kong

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • College of Business
      • G7502, 7/F Academic 1 (Green)
      • Tat Chee Avneue, Kowloon Tong
      • Hong Kong
      • China
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 24

    • Classes meet:

        • Every weekend
        • Evenings

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $41,660.00
      • Non Resident: $41,660.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,826
      • Full-Time MBA: 33
      • Part-Time MBA: 103
      • Executive MBA: 21
      • PhD Program: 172
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,578
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $26.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 55
      • Applicants accepted: 22 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 67 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 22 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 38 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 100 %
      • Average months of work experience: 199

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 157
      • To: 261
      • Average age: 44

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 38
      • To: 48

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 38 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 13 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 13 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 25 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $213,846.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $108,974.00
      • High: $153,846.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 38 %
      • Finance/Accounting 25 %
      • Management Information Systems : 13 %
      • Other: 24 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Financial Services: 25 %
      • Manufacturing: 13 %
      • Non-Profit: 13 %
      • Other: 49 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Li & Fung
      • HSBC
      • Fire Services Dept, HKSAR
      • Fujikon Industrial Holdings Ltd
      • Modern Terminals Ltd

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 235

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 82
      • Non-Tenured: 103

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 50

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 15
      • Non-Tenured: 48

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 97

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 78
      • Non-Tenured: 94

  • 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? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 10 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 65 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 11
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 10
      • Elective courses: 13

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 7
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 16
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Leadership, Marketing, General Management, Operations Management, Other
      • Description: China Business

    • 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
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The College of Business has set up her own IS/IT services unit to provide support to faculties and administrators in various aspects. For example, development of programme specific portals, video streaming of recorded industrial forums, on-line interactions using multi-point video-conferencing systems, setup of campus-wide wireless coverage and several fully connected multi-media laboratories with 10-gigabits speed network.
      • Amount spent: $1,900,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,929
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 3
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • 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.cityu.edu.hk/aro/home/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/aro/aa/mbaaa.html
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes

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