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

Peking University (BiMBA)

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • 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: $18,500.00
      • Non-Resident: $18,500.00
      • 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:

      • Full-Time MBA: 106
      • Part-Time MBA: 224
      • Executive MBA: 220
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Finance

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? To attend on-campus test provided by the school.
      • 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

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 44 %
      • International students: 12 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 96
      • Median: 96
      • From: 72
      • To: 120
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 6 %
      • General Management: 20 %
      • Human Resources: 7 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 40 %
      • Management Information Systems: 9 %
      • Operations/Production: 12 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 9 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 12 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 10 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 29 %
      • Other: 16 %

    • Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:

      • IBM 4
      • LENOVO 3
      • BMW 2
      • Microsoft 2
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 31
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 31

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 10 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $9,500.00
      • Median financial aid package: $9,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Human Resources
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Other
        • VC/ Private Equity
        • Consulting

    • Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

        • International Club
        • Volunteer
        • Women in MBA
        • Other
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 19
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 32
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 23
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 78 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 25 %
      • Average core class size: 60
      • Average elective class size: 45
      • Electives available: 8

    • Recently added electives:

      • Investment
      • Information Economy & E-Marketing
      • Merger & Acquisition
      • International Financial Management
      • Risk Analysis
      • Last curriculum revision: 2008
      • Recent curriculum changes: Add 5 elective courses to the curriculum
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • General Management
        • Economics

    • 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: 1,000

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 16
      • 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 offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • 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? No

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