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

University of New South Wales

Australian Graduate School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • AGSM Full-time MBA
      • Australian School of Business
      • AGSM Building, Gate 11, Botany Street
      • NSW
      • Randwick, 2031
      • Australia
      • Program Web site: http://www.agsm.edu.au/futureleaders
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: admissions@agsm.edu.au
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 4,028
      • Full-Time MBA: 48
      • Executive MBA: 1,050
      • PhD Program: 239
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Technology
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $68,160.00
      • Nonresident: $68,160.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $30,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $30,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Winter 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 6, 2011
      • Semester: Winter 2012
      • Deadline: Aug 1, 2011
      • Semester: Winter 2012
      • Deadline: Oct 3, 2011
      • 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: 577

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 217
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 49 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 42 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 25 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 5 %
      • 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: 81 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 80 %
      • Applications from women received: 22 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 20 %
      • International: 80 %
      • Married: 25 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 25 %
      • Europe: 19 %
      • North America: 13 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 13 %
      • Oceania: 25 %
      • Dual citizenship: 5 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • Chose not to report: 100 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Northeast: 50 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 15 %
      • South: 10 %
      • Southwest: 15 %
      • Midwest: 10 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 72
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 72

    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 60
      • To: 84
      • Median age of entering class: 29
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • some other criteria
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $15,000.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 610
      • 50th Percentile (median) 650
      • 75th Percentile 670
      • 10th Percentile 590
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • Average GMAT Score 654

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 700
      • Average GMAT Score 665
      • 10th Percentile 590
      • 25th Percentile 630
      • 50th Percentile (median) 670
      • 90th Percentile 730

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 50
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 29
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 21

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

      • Financial Risk Management
      • Accounting for Strategic Decision Making
      • Reporting for Climate Change & Sustainability
      • Corporations: Law, Tax and Strategy

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • Strategy
        • Economics
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • International Business
        • Tax
      • Conflict Management; Quantitative Business Modelling; Managing Biotechnology; Services Marketing; Statistical Modelling & Forecasting; Financial Risk Management; Venture Capital Finance; Macroeconomics for Managers; Business Ethics; Corporate Governance

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/JD (Law)
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Accounting
        • Organizational Behavior

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 397

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 254

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 143

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 119

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 251

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Environmental

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club
        • Other
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Lectures: 75 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 5 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 7,120
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 6
      • 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.asb.unsw.edu.au/alumni/networks/agsmalumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/alumni/networks/agsmalumni
      • 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: 100 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 45 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 55 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 81 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 19 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 81 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 19 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $112,141.00
      • Median base salary: $105,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 35 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 15 %
      • General Management: 4 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 4 %
      • Other: 22 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 2 %
      • Consulting: 30 %
      • Consumer Products: 10 %
      • Financial Services: 17 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
      • Technology: 20 %
      • Other: 8 %

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

      • Asia: 19 %
      • Europe: 4 %
      • North America: 7 %
      • Oceania: 65 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %

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