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

University of Toronto

Rotman School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 96 %
      • Average months to complete program: 32
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
      • 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: $86,473.00
      • Non-Resident: $104,334.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,284.00
      • Non-resident $1,533.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,400
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Finance

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 172
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 78 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 86 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 11
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 7
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 90th Percentile 550
      • Average GMAT Score 630
      • 10th Percentile 710
      • 50th Percentile (median) 635
      • 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

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • Cope - internal University of Toronto test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 72
      • Median: 72
      • From: 36
      • To: 120
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 39 %
      • General Management: 1 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Production: 13 %
      • Other: 17 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 32 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 2 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 32 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarships
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $60,000.00

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Other
        • High Tech
        • Environmental
        • Consulting
        • Information Technology
        • Investment Banking

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

        • International Club
        • Volunteer
        • Women in MBA
        • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
        • Partners/Family
        • Wine
      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? No
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 50
      • Average elective class size: 40
      • Electives available: 82

    • Recently added electives:

      • Pharmaceutical Strategy
      • Network and Digital Market Strategy
      • Islamic Finance in Canada
      • Behaviour Finance
      • Business Strategy by Firms in Emerging Market Economies
      • Canadian and American Financial Systems
      • Last curriculum revision: 2006
      • Recent curriculum changes: Starting a Morning MBA program with core courses offered from 7:00 to 9:00 am. Morning MBA program also includes "EMBA-style" intensive weeks.

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • Human Resource Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Strategy
        • International Business
        • Economics

    • Additional concentrations offered:

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

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Strategy
        • Other
        • Consulting

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Credits required to graduate: 63

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Classroom technology has been upgraded but major upgrades will take place when building expansion opens in 2012.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • 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? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://my.alumni.utoronto.ca
      • 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://my.alumni.utoronto.ca/rotman
      • 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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