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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Durhamn

Durham Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Durham Business School
      • Durham Business School
      • Mill Hill Lane
      • Durham, DH1 3LB
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 24

    • Classes meet:

        • Days
        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $27,314.00

    • 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: 2,028
      • Full-Time MBA: 47
      • Executive MBA: 71
      • PhD Program: 155
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 731
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance, Other, Master of Human Resources, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Academic and professional record
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $0.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 71
      • Applicants accepted: 61 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 86 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 83 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 32 %
      • International: 22 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 8 %
      • Asia: 3 %
      • Europe: 83 %
      • Oceania: 3 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
      • Average months of work experience: 220

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 122
      • To: 301
      • Average age: 39

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 31
      • To: 46

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 22 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 20 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 11 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 70 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Finance/Accounting 22 %
      • General Management : 11 %
      • Human Resources: 6 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 19 %
      • Management Information Systems : 11 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 17 %
      • Other: 14 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 11 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Financial Services: 12 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 14 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 14 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 11 %
      • Other: 12 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 46 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 1

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 150

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 82

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 68

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 30

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 73

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 113

  • 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: Onsite rooms or accommodation at nearby university colleges
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 25

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 50 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 5 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 92 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 37
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 15
      • Elective courses: 16

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Behaviour Economics & Finance
      • Entrepreneurship & Business Start-up
      • Global Marketing

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 4
      • 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: Finance, International Business, Marketing, Strategy, Human Resource Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Dissertation or business project
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Implemention of broadcast and webconferencing systems; replacement of all seminar and lecture room equipment; upgrade to Windows 7, Sharepoint 2010, Exchange 2010; unification of database system across all administrative departments; backup rearchitecture project.
      • Amount spent: $2,300,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 30
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 27
      • 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.dunelm.org.uk
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.agora.org.uk
      • 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's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: If they request it, EMBA students will receive the same careers support as all other MBA students

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