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

Strathclyde Business School

  • Program Basics

      • MBA
      • University of Strathclyde
      • 199 Cathedral Street
      • Glasgow, G4 0QU
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Program Web site: http://www.strath.ac.uk/management/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: sbs.admissions@strath.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: 879
      • Full-Time MBA: 60
      • Part-Time MBA: 33
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
        • Master of Human Resources
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $37,000.00
      • Nonresident: $37,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $50,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $50,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 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? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet 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

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 497
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 46 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 12 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 5 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 1 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 32 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 95 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 95 %
      • Applications from women received: 20 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $46,100.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $45,200.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 32 %
      • International: 95 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 85 %
      • Europe: 7 %
      • North America: 3 %
      • Oceania: 5 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 84
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 78

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

      • From: 60
      • To: 96
      • Median age of entering class: 29
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
        • some other criteria
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $12,057.00
      • 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 (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 10th Percentile 570
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 25th Percentile 590
      • 90th Percentile 680

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 60
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 24
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 20

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

        • Leadership
      • 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:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • International Business
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 131

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 124

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 40

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 45

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 90

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 1 %
      • Experiential Learning: 2 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 2 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • 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: PG applications are now automated online you can track the progress & submit information and documents online. Online virtual fairs for potential students bring academic & administrative staff together to chat & answer live questions. We are engaging in the major social network platforms to help alumnus, current and potential students stay up to date. Creation of “you tube” educational video site to allow recorded lectures to be centrally located & bound into student VLE materials.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,964
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 10
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 10
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 64 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 8 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 28 %

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

      • Destination: Amazon
      • Month: November
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: William Grant
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Full

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 28 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 64 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 8 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 28 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 59 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 10 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 3 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 20 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 65 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 12 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 3 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Cognizant 2
      • JP Morgan 2
      • Accenture 2
      • Deloitte 2
      • Ernst & Young 2
      • Infosys 2
      • Shell 1
      • British Gas1 1
      • Vertex Ltd 1
      • ABS Consulting 1
      • Jim Burn 1
      • Polaroid Earwear 1
      • Steward Pinned Products 1
      • AMBA 1
      • Dell 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 4 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $103,697.00
      • Median base salary: $96,955.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $78,190.00
      • Median signing bonus: $54,739.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $28,150.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $15,640.00

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

      • Consulting: 30 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 18 %
      • General Management: 15 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
      • Management Information Systems: 12 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 6 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 27 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Financial Services: 15 %
      • Manufacturing: 9 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 12 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 12 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Technology: 7 %
      • Other: 3 %

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

      • Africa: 18 %
      • Asia: 74 %
      • Europe: 12 %
      • North America: 2 %
      • Oceania: 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %

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