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

University of British Columbia

Sauder School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • 16-Month Full-time program
      • Robert H. Lee Graduate School
      • 2053 Main Mall
      • #137
      • Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2
      • Canada
      • Program Web site: http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/ftmba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@sauder.ubc.ca
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 537
      • Full-Time MBA: 210
      • Part-Time MBA: 90
      • Executive MBA: 28
      • PhD Program: 74
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • Master of Management - Early Career Masters; Master of Management in Operations Research; Master of Science in Business Administration

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $42,179.00
      • Nonresident: $52,541.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $27,150.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $27,150.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 28, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 13, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 16, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • 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
        • U Michigan Language Test

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 431
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 60 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 51 %
      • Applications from women received: 30 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $40,138.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $41,107.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 33 %
      • International: 47 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 37 %
      • Europe: 6 %
      • North America: 50 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
      • Oceania: 1 %
      • Dual citizenship: 11 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 60
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 60

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

      • From: 36
      • To: 96
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 30 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $9,100.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $8,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $9,100.00
      • 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):

      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • Average GMAT Score 610
      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 75th Percentile 630

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 25th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 640
      • 75th Percentile 680
      • 90th Percentile 710
      • Average GMAT Score 646

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 54
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 24
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 90

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

        • Consulting
        • Finance
      • Product and Service Management, Innovation

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/JD (Law)
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Strategy

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 177

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 75
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 63

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 26
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 77
      • Non-Tenured: 39

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Information Technology
        • Investment Banking

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club
        • Partners/Family
        • Women in MBA

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • 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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Comprehensive renewal of infrastructure with state-of-the-art AV and videoconference enabled classrooms, meeting and breakout rooms; new online Learning Commons to facilitate web-based social learning; digital media studio for video and audio editing; Complete rebuild of school's web properties; Design‐Studio workspace with large interactive touch screen for collaborative learning; Large scale Trading Room equipped with Bloomberg, CapitalIQ and other financial databases
      • Amount spent: $5,810,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,673
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 36
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 32
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $795.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $95.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $52,400,000.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.sauderalumni.ca/
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 85 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 11 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

    • Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

      • Destination: Toronto
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Shanghai/Hong Kong
      • Month: Aoril
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Seattle
      • Month: May
      • Destination: Waterloo, Ontario
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Calgary
      • Month: November
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 54 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 44 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 3 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 73 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 16 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 11 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 72 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 15 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 13 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Deloitte 4
      • Best Buy Canada 4
      • SAP 3
      • Vancouver Coastal Health 3
      • McKinsey & Company2 2
      • Accenture 2
      • KPMG 2
      • RBC 2
      • TD Bank 2
      • Telus 2
      • Loblaw Ltd. 2
      • Fortis BC 2
      • Hansa Cequity Solutions 2
      • ZE Power Group 2
      • WorkSafe BC 2
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 13 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $77,000.00
      • Median base salary: $74,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $15,000.00
      • Median signing bonus: $15,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $26,900.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $14,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 26 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 18 %
      • General Management: 24 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Management Information Systems: 3 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 3 %
      • Other: 3 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 4 %
      • Consulting: 23 %
      • Consumer Products: 12 %
      • Financial Services: 14 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 14 %
      • Other: 6 %

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

      • Asia: 14 %
      • Europe: 4 %
      • North America: 82 %

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

      • WorkSafe BC 5
      • BC Cancer Agency 4
      • KPMG 3
      • Vancouver Coastal Health 3
      • Best Buy 2
      • Deloitte 2
      • RBC 2
      • Recon Instruments 2
      • Alpha Technologies 2
      • VanCity 2
      • Polymer Research Techni 2
      • City of Vancouver 2
      • Fraser Health 2
      • Vancouver Board of Trade 2
      • Sauder Africa Initiative 2
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 94 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 11

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