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

National University of Singapore

Business School

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 821
      • Full-Time MBA: 320
      • Part-Time MBA: 162
      • Executive MBA: 256
      • PhD Program: 83
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • Master of Science (Management)

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $40,663.00
      • Nonresident: $40,663.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 17

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Mar 31, 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

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 620

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 1,029
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 10 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 93 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 10 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 1 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 20
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 5
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 97 %
      • Applications from women received: 30 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $56,860.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $35,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 27 %
      • International: 90 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 91 %
      • Europe: 6 %
      • North America: 3 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 64
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 60

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

      • From: 33
      • 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: 60 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 40 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $9,094.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $6,256.00
      • 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
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $8,602.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 100 %
      • 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
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? NA

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 660
      • Average GMAT Score 662

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 590
      • 50th Percentile (median) 720

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 40
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 31

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

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Real Estate
        • Accounting
        • Strategy

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MIM (International Management)
      • 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
        • Health Care Administration
        • Strategy
        • Real Estate

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 204

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 114
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 57

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 33
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 114
      • Non-Tenured: 90

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 76
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 112
      • Non-Tenured: 53

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Information Technology

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • 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: - Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) - Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) - Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 (Staff Collaboration Portal) - Digital Signage

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,081
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 26
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 8
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8 %
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $47,845,764.00
      • 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: https://www.alumnet.nus.edu.sg
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://bizalum.nus.edu.sg
      • 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: 56 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 17 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 80 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 20 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 68 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 21 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 11 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 46 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 43 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 11 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • CapitaLand 3
      • DBS 2
      • Google 2
      • Mapletree Investment 2
      • Credit Suisse 1
      • Amazon.com 1
      • Barclays Bank 1
      • Apple 1
      • UBS AG 1
      • BP 1
      • PayPal 1
      • HSBC 1
      • KPMG 1
      • Gallup 1
      • Procter & Gamble 1

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

      • Mean base salary: $67,786.00
      • Median base salary: $65,076.00

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

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 28 %
      • General Management: 14 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
      • Other: 9 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 3 %
      • Consulting: 11 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 29 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 31 %
      • Other: 6 %

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

      • Asia: 92 %
      • Europe: 5 %
      • North America: 3 %

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

      • KPMG 3
      • American Express 3
      • Frost & Sullivan 3
      • Responsible Research 3
      • Procter & Gamble 3
      • Adidas 2
      • Johnson & Johnson 2
      • DEGW 2
      • Focus Partners 2
      • BNP Paribas 2
      • Takeda Pharmeceuticals 2
      • Shell 1
      • HSBC 1
      • Google 1
      • Eli Lilly 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 12

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