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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

National University of Singapore

Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Asia Pacific Executive MBA
      • NUS Business School
      • NUS Business School
      • 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Mochtar Riady Building
      • Singapore, 119245
      • Singapore
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 17

    • Classes meet:

        • Occasional week-long sessions

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $74,000.00
      • Non Resident: $74,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 821
      • Full-Time MBA: 320
      • Part-Time MBA: 162
      • Executive MBA: 256
      • PhD Program: 83
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,598
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? - Interview- Two recommendation letters- Written essays- 8 to 10 years postgraduate work experience
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $155.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 109
      • Applicants accepted: 83 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 84 %
      • 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: 20 %
      • International: 82 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 87 %
      • Europe: 8 %
      • North America: 1 %
      • Oceania: 3 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %
      • Average months of work experience: 208

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 108
      • To: 264
      • Average age: 39

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 38
      • To: 46

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 20 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 28 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 29 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $140,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $65,000.00
      • High: $225,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 34 %
      • Finance/Accounting 8 %
      • General Management : 28 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 14 %
      • Management Information Systems : 8 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 6 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 11 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
      • Real Estate: 8 %
      • Technology: 14 %
      • Other: 28 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Nanyang Polytechnic
      • Holcim
      • Monsanto
      • SITA
      • BW Maritime Pte Ltd

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 204

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 114
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 57

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 33
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 114
      • Non-Tenured: 90

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 76
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 112
      • Non-Tenured: 53

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Compulsory overseas assignments in Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Philippines
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Visitor Lodge and student hostel on 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) 20

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 15 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 61 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 45

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 7
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 7
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2007
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, Organizational Behavior

    • 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: 2007

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: - Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) - Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) - Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 (Staff Collaboration Portal) - Digital Signage

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,081
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 26
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 8
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $47,845,764.00
      • 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: https://www.alumnet.nus.edu.sg
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://bizalum.nus.edu.sg
      • 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? Yes
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? Yes

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The Executive MBA Programme is offered in both English and Chinese.

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