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

Erasmus University

Rotterdam School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • International Full-time MBA programme
      • Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
      • Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
      • J-building
      • Rotterdam, 3062PA
      • Netherlands
      • Program Web site: http://www.rsm.nl/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba.info@rsm.nl
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 2,801
      • Full-Time MBA: 138
      • Executive MBA: 248
      • PhD Program: 140
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • Global Executive OneMBA, Chinese Economy and Business, Hospitality Management; General Management; International Business Research; Management Consultancy; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Communication; Maritime Economy and Logistics; New Business: Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Management of Innovation;Strategic Management

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $53,843.00
      • Nonresident: $53,843.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $74,386.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $74,386.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Winter 2012
      • Deadline: Oct 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? No

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based 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

      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 96 %
      • Applications from women received: 32 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 32 %
      • International: 96 %
      • Married: 22 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 4 %
      • Asia: 52 %
      • Europe: 27 %
      • North America: 12 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %
      • Oceania: 1 %
      • Dual citizenship: 7 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 68
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 62

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

      • From: 36
      • To: 110
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • 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: 67 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 30 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $35,000.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $45,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $6,870.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $48,000.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 640
      • 10th Percentile 550
      • 25th Percentile 590
      • 90th Percentile 710
      • 75th Percentile 680

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 570
      • Average GMAT Score 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 640
      • 25th Percentile 590
      • 90th Percentile 710
      • 75th Percentile 690

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 138
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 35
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 27

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

      • Companies and Ecologies
      • Sustainable High Impact Leadership
      • Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship
      • Women empowering Women
      • Marketing of High-Tech Products

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

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Strategy
      • 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
        • Strategy
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 215

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 106
      • Non-Tenured: 77

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 25
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 30
      • Non-Tenured: 46

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 131
      • Non-Tenured: 84

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • VC/ Private Equity
        • High Tech

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

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

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 24 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 19 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 2 %
      • Team Projects: 40 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • 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
      • Complete a minimum number of credits at a passing level

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The technology in selected lecture rooms has been updated to include large touch screens and ceiling microphones for recording and streaming lectures. This technology will be expanded to all lecture rooms in 2012. The new RSM Alumni portal will go live in November 2011. Also, RSM recently upgraded the PowerCampus Student Administration system.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,309
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 32
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 27
      • 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.eur.nl/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.rsm.nl/alumni
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 87 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 9 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

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

      • Destination: Brussels TRIP
      • Month: July
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: AB InBev (Brussels)
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Aegon (The Hague)
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Philips Lighting (Eindhoven)
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: RSM MBA Career Event
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Full

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 47 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 50 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 3 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 53 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 29 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 6 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 12 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 44 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 31 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 10 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 15 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Philpis 9
      • Tata Consultancy Services 4
      • Johnson & Johnson 3
      • ING 3
      • Cognizant 2
      • Emerson 2
      • Aegon 2
      • Boston Consulting Group 2
      • Eli Lilly 2
      • Shell 1
      • Intel 1
      • McKinsey 1
      • Citi Group 1
      • Bain 1
      • Accenture 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 18 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $90,788.00
      • Median base salary: $88,372.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $12,963.00
      • Median signing bonus: $8,850.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $14,804.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $10,595.00

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

      • Consulting: 15 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 24 %
      • General Management: 23 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 18 %
      • Management Information Systems: 1 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 14 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Consumer Products: 6 %
      • Financial Services: 11 %
      • Manufacturing: 4 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 21 %
      • Other: 20 %

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

      • Africa: 1 %
      • Asia: 21 %
      • Europe: 75 %
      • North America: 2 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %

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