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

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • HKUST Business School
      • HKUST Part-time MBA Program
      • MBA Office, Room 5601, Annex (Lift 29/30)
      • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon
      • Hong Kong
      • China
      • Program Web site: http://www.mba.ust.hk
      • E-mail: mba@ust.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: 60
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes

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

      • Non-Resident: $10,308.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • 0 (option: 1) $858.97
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 419
      • Full-Time MBA: 99
      • Part-Time MBA: 106
      • Executive MBA: 120
      • PhD Program: 94
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 804
      • Other graduate degree programs: MSc in Economics; MSc in Financial Analysis; MSc in Investment Management; MSc in Information Systems Management

  • 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 (applicant pool)

      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 590
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 10th Percentile 480
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • Average GMAT Score 582

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 10th Percentile 530
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • Average GMAT Score 613
      • Is proficiency in English required? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? No

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • 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: 34 %
      • International students: 41 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 94
      • Median: 84
      • From: 60
      • To: 144
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 10 %
      • General Management: 13 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 22 %
      • Management Information Systems: 9 %
      • Operations/Production: 17 %
      • Other: 16 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 1 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 42 %
      • Government: 3 %
      • Manufacturing: 8 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 8 %
      • Other: 24 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 31
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 30

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 199

  • 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: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 2 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 2 %
      • Team Projects: 23 %
      • Other: 3 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 10
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 58
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 90 %
      • Average core class size: 63
      • Average elective class size: 35
      • Electives available: 70

    • Recently added electives:

      • Investing for the Long Term – A Practical Perspective
      • Doing Business in China from an Operator’s Perspective
      • Sales Management
      • Strategies in Business Markets
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: Following courses have been added as cores: Global Macroeconomics (2 credits); Responsible Leadership and Business Ethics (2 credits) AND following courses have been changed from cores to electives: China in the Global Economy (2 credits); Business Law and Ethics (3 credits)

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Strategy

    • Additional concentrations offered:

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

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Consulting

    • 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: 45

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,936
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 27
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 12
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.ust.hk/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/alumni/index.pl
      • 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://mbaalum.ust.hk
      • 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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