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

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • CUHK Business School
      • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK MBA
      • 14/F Cheng Yu Tung Building
      • No.12 Chak Cheung Street
      • Shatin, Hong Kong
      • China
      • Program Web site: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/mba
      • E-mail: cumba@cuhk.edu.hk
      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 48
      • 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: $34,550.00
      • Non-Resident: $34,550.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $720.00
      • Non-resident $720.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Full-Time MBA: 90
      • Part-Time MBA: 116
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Master of Marketing

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 0 (option: 0) 550
      • 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 42 %
      • International students: 23 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 82
      • Median: 78
      • From: 55
      • To: 110
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 18 %
      • General Management: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 29 %
      • Management Information Systems: 14 %
      • Operations/Production: 15 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Financial Services: 31 %
      • Manufacturing: 12 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 10 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 17 %
      • Other: 18 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 30

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 220

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 89.9

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Consulting
      • 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: 20 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 10 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 35
      • Average core class size: 60
      • Average elective class size: 45

    • Recently added electives:

      • Fundamentals of Derivatives Trading Strategies
      • Derivative Markets
      • Last curriculum revision: 2011

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship

    • Additional concentrations offered:

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

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Consulting
      • Credits required to graduate: 48

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,000
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.alumni.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/index.html
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cubbaalumni.org/en/
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

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