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

University of British Columbia

Sauder School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 99 %
      • Average months to complete program: 28
      • 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? No

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

      • Resident: $42,179.00
      • Non-Resident: $42,179.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), EQUIS, European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 537
      • Full-Time MBA: 210
      • Part-Time MBA: 90
      • Executive MBA: 28
      • PhD Program: 74
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,943
      • Graduate degree programs: Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Management - Early Career Masters; Master of Management in Operations Research; Master of Science in Business Administration

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 63 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 95 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 590
      • 50th Percentile (median) 630
      • 10th Percentile 570
      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 90th Percentile 720
      • Average GMAT Score 637
      • 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?

        • Other
        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • U Michigan Language Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • Pearson Test of English

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 32 %
      • International students: 19 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 84
      • Median: 68
      • From: 33
      • To: 168
      • One year or less: 0 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 0 %
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 177

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 75
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 63

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 26
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 77
      • Non-Tenured: 39

  • 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

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 25
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 41
      • Average elective class size: 40
      • Electives available: 20
      • Last curriculum revision: 2002

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

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

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Strategy
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management

    • 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: 52

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Comprehensive renewal of infrastructure with state-of-the-art AV and videoconference enabled classrooms, meeting and breakout rooms; new online Learning Commons to facilitate web-based social learning; digital media studio for video and audio editing; Complete rebuild of school's web properties; Design‐Studio workspace with large interactive touch screen for collaborative learning; Large scale Trading Room equipped with Bloomberg, CapitalIQ and other financial databases
      • Amount spent: $5,810,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,673
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 36
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 32
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $795.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $95.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $52,400,000.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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.sauderalumni.ca/
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • 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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