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

CEIBS (China Europe International Business School)

  • Program Basics

      • MBA
      • CEIBS
      • 699 Hongfeng Road
      • Pudong
      • Shanghai, 201206
      • China
      • Program Web site: http://www.ceibs.edu/mba/index.shtml
      • Status: Other
      • Program e-mail address: admissions@ceibs.edu
      • 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:

      • Full-Time MBA: 180
      • Executive MBA: 700

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $45,846.00
      • Nonresident: $49,800.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $6,500.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $6,500.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 18

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 15, 2011
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 2, 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 29, 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

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 30 %
      • International: 45 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 1 %
      • Asia: 82 %
      • Europe: 9 %
      • North America: 8 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 63
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 35 %
      • 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
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Only to domestic students

  • 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? applicants can take GMAT or the CEIBS Admission Test http://www.ceibs.edu/mba/admissions/requirements/776_3.shtml

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 10th Percentile 610
      • 25th Percentile 650
      • Average GMAT Score 690
      • 50th Percentile (median) 690
      • 75th Percentile 710
      • 90th Percentile 730

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 700
      • 10th Percentile 640
      • 90th Percentile 740
      • 25th Percentile 670
      • 75th Percentile 720
      • Average GMAT Score 692

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 65
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 42
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 40

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

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing

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

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Accounting
        • Economics
        • Organizational Behavior

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 157

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Environmental
        • Information Technology
        • Investment Banking
        • Media & Entertainment
        • Human Resources
        • E-business

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • International Club
        • Partners/Family
        • Women in MBA
        • Other
        • Volunteer
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students are required to be fluent in more than one language by 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
        • Other
      • Students must obtain a certain amount of credits, and must complete various modules and projects, must be proficient in two languages.

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: a.data center b.campus WIFI technology c.FHD video conference system d.online portal and community for students and alumni e.New learning platform
      • Amount spent: $2,670,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 8,888
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 39
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 7
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.alumni.ceibs.edu/en/
      • 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: 92 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 7 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 1 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 94 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Microsoft 6
      • Johnson & Johnson 5
      • DuPont 4
      • UBS 4
      • Bayer 3
      • Chrysler 3
      • Dow Chemical 3

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

      • Consulting: 21 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 26 %
      • General Management: 4 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 34 %
      • Management Information Systems: 3 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 5 %
      • Other: 6 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 1 %
      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Consumer Products: 6 %
      • Financial Services: 26 %
      • Manufacturing: 21 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 1 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 16 %
      • Other: 7 %

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: You have big dreams. You want to be a leader in global business. You are highly driven, and you regularly achieve results beyond expectations. You thirst for knowledge about yourself, others and the world. You are ready to join an elite community that leverages China's strengths to build your career, your life, and that of others. You are ready for a CEIBS MBA.

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