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Full-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Ashridge Business School

  • Program Basics

      • One year full time MBA
      • Ashridge Business School
      • Hertfordshire
      • Berkhamsted, UK
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Program Web site: http://www.ashridge.org.uk/mba
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mba@ashridge.org.uk
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 380
      • Full-Time MBA: 23
      • Executive MBA: 67
      • PhD Program: 29
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • Masters in Executive Coaching; Masters in Organisational Change; Masters in Sustainability and Responsibility; Masters in Management.

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

      • Nonresident: $51,500.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $68,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $52,300.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Considered
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Considered

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 80
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 80 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 37 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 5 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 5 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 82 %
      • Applications from women received: 40 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $110,850.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $55,500.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 36 %
      • International: 86 %
      • Married: 54 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 41 %
      • Europe: 41 %
      • North America: 9 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 9 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 132
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 108

    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 72
      • To: 216
      • Median age of entering class: 33
      • Mean age of entering class: 34

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 65 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 65 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $15,000.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $12,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $15,000.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 510
      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • 10th Percentile 440
      • Average GMAT Score 565

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 75th Percentile 630
      • 10th Percentile 520
      • 90th Percentile 686
      • Average GMAT Score 602
      • 25th Percentile 523

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 22
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 11
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 7

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • International Business
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • International Business
        • Organizational Behavior

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 205

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 117

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 72

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 79

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
      • Successful completion of exams and assignments

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Improvements to WiFi and internet acces have been made and all MBAs students are now supplied with iPads for use throughout the programme.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,000
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 3
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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.ashridge.org.uk
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 91 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 9 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 33 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 67 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 88 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 6 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 6 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 83 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 3 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 9 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Bratschi Wiederkehr 1
      • RBS Global Banking 1
      • Travelrest Services 1
      • Sumitomo 3M 1
      • BBC Future Media Division 1
      • Homes for Haringey 1
      • World Economic Forum 1
      • EADS 1

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 25 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 8 %
      • General Management: 33 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 8 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 16 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 16 %
      • Financial Services: 16 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 16 %
      • Non-Profit: 16 %
      • Other: 36 %

    • Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Europe: 84 %
      • North America: 8 %
      • Oceania: 8 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Northeast: 100 %

    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • BT 1
      • Kimberley Clark Europe 1
      • Heineken Africa Foundation 1
      • Bosch Lawn and Garden Care Ltd 1
      • Die Handlung 1
      • Rexel UK Ltd 1
      • Oxfam 1
      • National Centre for Social Research 2
      • Cancer Research UK 1
      • Olympic Delivery Authority 1
      • Eversheds 1
      • Skanska 1
      • Volcanoes Safaris 1
      • G4S 1
      • Huawei 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 63 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $385.00
      • Median: $437.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 12

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