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

University of Bath

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • The Bath MBA
      • University of Bath School of Management
      • Claverton Down
      • Bath
      • Bath, BA2 7AY
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Program Web site: http://www.bathmba.com
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@bath.ac.uk
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 713
      • Full-Time MBA: 59
      • Executive MBA: 113
      • PhD Program: 122
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • MSc Accounting & Finance; MSc in Advanced Management Practice; MSc in Innovation & Technology Management; MSc in International Management; MSc in Marketing; MSc in Management; MSc in Management with Operations Management; MSc in Management with Finance; MSc in Management with Human Resources Management; MSc in Management with Marketing; MSc in Management with Corporate Social Responsibility

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $35,500.00
      • Nonresident: $35,500.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Aug 1, 2012
      • 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
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 100

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 643
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 17 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 9 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 3 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 1 %
      • 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: 5 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 17 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 98 %
      • Applications from women received: 31 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $54,000.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $47,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 51 %
      • International: 95 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 80 %
      • Europe: 3 %
      • North America: 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 7 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 84
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 72

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

      • From: 36
      • To: 144
      • Median age of entering class: 29
      • Mean age of entering class: 30

  • 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: 68 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 40 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $3,302.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $1,577.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $3,302.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? We look at work experience, especially budgetary control.If the applicant has less than 4 years' relevant, post-graduate, management experience the applicant will be expected to take GMAT.

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 0 (option: 0) 640

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 59
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 30
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 11

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • Strategy
        • Economics
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Commercial Law, Risk Management
      • 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
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Leadership

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 112

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 72

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 40

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 38

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 44

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 91

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 25 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Professional development review

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: There has been an £85K investment in upgrading AV in the School of Management with an additional £45K investment being made in the MBA specifically.
      • Amount spent: $205,190.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,124
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 30
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 25
      • 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.bath.ac.uk/alumni/bath-alumni-online/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.bath.ac.uk/management/alumni/benefits_services/
      • 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: 70 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 9 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 21 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 51 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 26 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 23 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 5 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 79 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 16 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 5 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 79 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 16 %

    • Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

      • Mean base salary: $114,833.00
      • Median base salary: $96,451.00

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

      • Consulting: 20 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 20 %
      • General Management: 34 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 17 %
      • Management Information Systems: 6 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 3 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 9 %
      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Consumer Products: 6 %
      • Financial Services: 14 %
      • Manufacturing: 14 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 6 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
      • Real Estate: 10 %
      • Technology: 11 %
      • Other: 9 %

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

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 42 %
      • Europe: 52 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %

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