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

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Program Basics

      • HKUST Full-time MBA Program
      • HKUST Business School
      • MBA Office, Room 5601, Annex (Lift 29/30),
      • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
      • Hong Kong
      • China
      • Program Web site: http://www.mba.ust.hk
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@ust.hk
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 419
      • Full-Time MBA: 99
      • Part-Time MBA: 106
      • Executive MBA: 120
      • PhD Program: 94
      • MSc in Economics; MSc in Financial Analysis; MSc in Investment Management; MSc in Information Systems Management

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $67,350.00
      • Nonresident: $67,350.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $84,750.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $91,660.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: 11-15-2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: 12-15-2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: 03-15-2011
      • 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: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 33 %
      • International: 93 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 1 %
      • Asia: 54 %
      • Europe: 18 %
      • North America: 17 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 9 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 68
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 66

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

      • From: 36
      • To: 108
      • Median age of entering class: 29
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • 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 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 670
      • 75th Percentile 710
      • 90th Percentile 730
      • 25th Percentile 630
      • Average GMAT Score 661

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 25th Percentile 620
      • 50th Percentile (median) 660
      • 75th Percentile 710
      • 90th Percentile 730
      • Average GMAT Score 662

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 50
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 40
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 80

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

      • Investing for the Long Term – A Practical Perspective
      • Doing Business in China from an Operator’s Perspective
      • Sales Management
      • Strategies in Business Markets
      • HKUST Student-Managed Investment Fund

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

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Strategy
      • General management in China
      • 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
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Consulting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 199

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Environmental

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Other
        • Volunteer
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to be fluent in more than one language by graduation
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,936
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 27
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 12
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.ust.hk/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/alumni/index.pl
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://mbaalum.ust.hk
      • 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: 84 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 12 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

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

      • Destination: Singapore
      • Month: April
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 39 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 61 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $83,477.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $20,128.00

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

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 38 %
      • General Management: 12 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 32 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 0 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Consumer Products: 6 %
      • Financial Services: 46 %
      • Manufacturing: 10 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 7 %
      • Other: 6 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 87 %
      • Europe: 9 %
      • North America: 1 %
      • Oceania: 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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