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

Aston University

Aston Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Aston Business School
      • Aston Business School
      • Aston University
      • Birmingham, B4 7ET
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Program Web site: http://www.astonmba.com
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@aston.ac.uk
      • 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: 688
      • Full-Time MBA: 60
      • Part-Time MBA: 8
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 19
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
        • Master of Technology
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • MSc Business & Management; MSc Enterprise Systems & Business Analytics; MSc Operational Research & Performance; MSc Social Responsibility & Sustainability; MSc Supply Chain Management; European Master in Management

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

      • Resident: $36,670.00
      • Nonresident: $36,670.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $48,800.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $48,800.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Sep 10, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? 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 score required for MBAs: 105

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 361
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 61 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 27 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 10 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 46
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 10
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 90 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 97 %
      • Applications from women received: 27 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2011-2012) that are:

      • Female: 30 %
      • International: 93 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 82 %
      • Europe: 7 %
      • North America: 3 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 72
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 60
      • Median age of entering class: 27
      • Mean age of entering class: 28

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • 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 scholarship
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 60
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 12

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • Intellectual Property Strategy & Management
      • Proactive Business Law

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Strategy
        • E-commerce
      • Law
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Other
        • Leadership
        • Strategy

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 159

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 101
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 35
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 26
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 94
      • Non-Tenured: 28

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Wireless provision on campus has increased to over 85%. Student accommodation has high speed network provision. Upgrades to many student facing systems are taking place, including Blackboard VLE and Learning Object Repository. The Student Record System has been upgraded to provide a more responsive and resilient infrastructure. The school has invested heavily in further developments, including an ABS Trading Floor, a Publication Management system and Careers System for the MBA programme.
      • Amount spent: $883,876.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,071
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 7
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 5
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $161.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $162.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $650,000.00
      • 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: http://www.astonalumni.org
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.aston.ac.uk/abs/alumni
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 88 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 8 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

    • Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

      • Destination: Midlands MBA Careers Fair
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Full

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 55 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 34 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 11 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 55 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 34 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 11 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Accenture 2
      • Mercedes Benz 1
      • HTC 1
      • Bank of America 1
      • Jaguar Landrover 1
      • Exxon Mobile 1
      • Price Waterhouse Coopers 2
      • HILTI Corporation 2
      • Burton Foods 1
      • China Bank 1
      • Central Bank of Nigeria 1
      • Heptagon Energy 1
      • Roahn Landscapes 1
      • NXP Semi Conductors 1
      • First Clarity 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 0 %

    • Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

      • Mean base salary: $98,370.00
      • Median base salary: $91,752.00

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 16 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 13 %
      • General Management: 16 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 13 %
      • Management Information Systems: 11 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
      • Other: 22 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 2 %
      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Financial Services: 14 %
      • Manufacturing: 14 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 11 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 12 %
      • Other: 11 %

    • Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Africa: 13 %
      • Asia: 46 %
      • Europe: 39 %
      • North America: 2 %

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