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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Sabanci University

  • Program Basics

      • Sabanci Executive MBA Program
      • Sabanci School of Management
      • Orhanli Tuzla
      • Istanbul, 34956
      • Turkey
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 16

    • Classes meet:

        • Every weekend

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $24,650.00
      • Non Resident: $24,650.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 160
      • Full-Time MBA: 49
      • Executive MBA: 79
      • PhD Program: 20
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 325
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? The applicants should submit one of the following three test results with the minimum score required : ALES (Local Test),GMAT, GRE

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 25th Percentile 575
      • 10th Percentile 570
      • Average GMAT Score 618
      • 75th Percentile 647
      • 90th Percentile 685

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 600
      • 10th Percentile 570
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 615
      • 90th Percentile 642
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $0.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 63
      • Applicants accepted: 89 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 71 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 33 %
      • International: 0 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 100 %
      • North America: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %
      • Average months of work experience: 113

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 72
      • To: 144
      • Average age: 33

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 29
      • To: 36

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 21 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 0 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 5 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 7 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Finance/Accounting 26 %
      • General Management : 21 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 17 %
      • Management Information Systems : 12 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 10 %
      • Financial Services: 29 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 17 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 2 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 10 %
      • Other: 20 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Akbank
      • Garanti Bank
      • Enerjisa
      • Efes Pilsen
      • Teknosa

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 12 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 51

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Non-Tenured: 41

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Due to a collaboration agreement with MIT Sloan School of Management, all Executive MBA students will go to Boston for a two week study trip to take courses on Leadership & Inovation
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Students may stay in the hotel inside the campus.
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 6

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Lectures: 70 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 67 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 40
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 18
      • Elective courses: 8

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Business Intelligence for Managers
      • Investments&Portfolio Management

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 9
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 10
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, Leadership, Marketing, General Management, Operations Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Amount spent: $300,244.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 249
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess 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://alumni.sabanciuniv.edu/en
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? No
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? No

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: Sabanci School of Management is an AACSB accredited school since 2011.

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