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

Aston University

Aston Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Aston Business School
      • Part-Time MBA
      • Aston Business School
      • Aston University
      • Birmingham, B4 7ET
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Program Web site: http://www.astonmba.com
      • E-mail: mba@aston.ac.uk
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 95 %
      • Average months to complete program: 21
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
      • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? Yes

    • Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

      • Resident: $13,395.00
      • Non-Resident: $13,395.00
      • 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: 688
      • Full-Time MBA: 60
      • Part-Time MBA: 8
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 19
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 590
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Human Resources, Master of Technology, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business
      • Other graduate degree programs: MSc Business & Management; MSc Enterprise Systems & Business Analytics; MSc Operational Research & Performance; MSc Social Responsibility & Sustainability; MSc Supply Chain Management; European Master in Management

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 13
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 100 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 62 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • Is proficiency in English required? 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: 105

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Not Considered
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 0 %
      • International students: 13 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 132
      • Median: 120
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 25 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 0 %
      • General Management: 38 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
      • Management Information Systems: 12 %
      • Operations/Production: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 25 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 50 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 13 %
      • Other: 12 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 33
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 32

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 159

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 101
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 35
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 26
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 94
      • Non-Tenured: 28

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 18
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 26
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 20
      • Average elective class size: 15
      • Electives available: 12

    • Recently added electives:

      • Intellectual Property Strategy & Management
      • Proactive Business Law
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing
        • E-commerce
        • Other
        • Strategy
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Law
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • Other
        • Corporate Social Responsibility

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
      • Credits required to graduate: 180

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Wireless provision on campus has increased to over 85%. Student accommodation has high speed network provision. Upgrades to many student facing systems are taking place, including Blackboard VLE and Learning Object Repository. The Student Record System has been upgraded to provide a more responsive and resilient infrastructure. The school has invested heavily in further developments, including an ABS Trading Floor, a Publication Management system and Careers System for the MBA programme.
      • Amount spent: $883,876.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,071
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 7
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 5
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $161.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $162.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $650,000.00
      • 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: http://www.astonalumni.org
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.aston.ac.uk/abs/alumni
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
        • Yes
      • If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
        • At any time
      • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

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