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

University of Durhamn

Durham Business School

  • Program Basics

      • MBA Full-time
      • Durham Business School
      • Durham Business School
      • Mill Hill Lane
      • Durham, DH1 3LB
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Program Web site: http://www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/degrees/mba/ft
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: pg.bus@durham.ac.uk
      • 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
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • MSc Management; MSc Management (Finance); MSc Management (Entrepreneurship); MSc Management (Consulting & Organisational Change); MSc Management (Innovation, Technology & Operations Management); MSc Finance (Accounting and Finance); MSc Finance (Corporate and International Finance); MSc Finance (Economic and Finance); MSc Finance (Finance and Investment); MSc Finance (International Banking and Finance); MSc Finance (International Money, Finance and Investment)

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $36,287.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $50,334.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Aug 31, 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
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 613

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 731
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 20 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 33 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: N/A
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 27 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 83 %
      • Applications from women received: 31 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 34 %
      • International: 91 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 13 %
      • Asia: 49 %
      • Europe: 19 %
      • North America: 15 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 124
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 105

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

      • From: 75
      • To: 206
      • Median age of entering class: 30
      • Mean age of entering class: 32

  • 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: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 87 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $7,027.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $4,682.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Academic and professional record

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 47
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 24
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 16

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • Behaviour Economics & Finance
      • Entrepreneurship & Business Start-up
      • Global Marketing
      • 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
        • Marketing
        • Strategy
        • International Business
        • Human Resource Management

  • 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

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 30 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • 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

  • 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

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

      • Destination: City of London
      • Month: April
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Tuition fees for EU students are $30436. Note that MBA students can join university-wide societies - these include professional clubs such as the Durham University Consulting Society and Entrepreneurs Durham in addition to networking clubs such as Women in Business. Full-tuition scholarships require unique scholarship applications.

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