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

City University of Hong Kong

College of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 92 %
      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? No

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $517.00
      • Non-resident $517.00
      • 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: 1,826
      • Full-Time MBA: 33
      • Part-Time MBA: 103
      • Executive MBA: 21
      • PhD Program: 172
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,578
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business
      • Other graduate degree programs: MSc Professional Accounting & Corporate Governance; MSc Applied Economics; MSc Financial Engineering; MSc Organizational Change & Management; MA Quantitative Analysis for Business; MA Operations & Supply Chain Management;

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 376
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 36 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 61 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 540
      • 50th Percentile (median) 585
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 90th Percentile 610
      • 10th Percentile 520
      • Average GMAT Score 571
      • 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: Considered
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Considered
      • Interviews Very Important
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 39 %
      • International students: 38 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 77
      • Median: 60
      • From: 0
      • To: 172
      • One year or less: 27 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $45,243.00
      • Median: $38,462.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $15,385.00
      • To: $76,923.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 20 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 20 %
      • General Management: 9 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
      • Management Information Systems: 4 %
      • Operations/Production: 4 %
      • Other: 22 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 13 %
      • Financial Services: 23 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 4 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 18 %
      • Other: 18 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

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

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 235

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 82
      • Non-Tenured: 103

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 50

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 15
      • Non-Tenured: 48

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 97

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 78
      • Non-Tenured: 94

  • 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: 30 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 56
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 26
      • Average core class size: 34
      • Average elective class size: 22
      • Electives available: 33

    • Recently added electives:

      • Leadership: Managing in Adverse Situations
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: Add a 2-credit core course "Sustainable Business"
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Accounting
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • E-commerce

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Credits required to graduate: 40

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The College of Business has set up her own IS/IT services unit to provide support to faculties and administrators in various aspects. For example, development of programme specific portals, video streaming of recorded industrial forums, on-line interactions using multi-point video-conferencing systems, setup of campus-wide wireless coverage and several fully connected multi-media laboratories with 10-gigabits speed network.
      • Amount spent: $1,900,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,929
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 3
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • 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.cityu.edu.hk/aro/home/
      • 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.cityu.edu.hk/aro/aa/mbaaa.html
      • 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

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