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

University of Cape Town

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • UCT Graduate School of Business
      • Portswood Road
      • Greenpoint
      • Cape Town, 8000
      • South Africa
      • Program Web site: http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/default.asp
      • Status: Other
      • Program e-mail address: admissions@gsb.uct.ac.za
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 217
      • Full-Time MBA: 79
      • Part-Time MBA: 76
      • Executive MBA: 34
      • PhD Program: 28
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • Master of Development Finance

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $16,000.00
      • Nonresident: $37,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $22,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $35,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 11

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Oct 30, 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: 570

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 176
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 48 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 97 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • 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: 48 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 24 %
      • Applications from women received: 31 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $57,000.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $55,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 31 %
      • International: 24 %
      • Married: 2 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 83 %
      • Asia: 1 %
      • Europe: 8 %
      • North America: 6 %
      • Dual citizenship: 2 %

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

      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %

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

      • Northeast: 75 %
      • West: 25 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 84
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 72

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

      • From: 96
      • To: 120
      • Median age of entering class: 31
      • Mean age of entering class: 31

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • some other criteria
        • academic merit
        • financial need
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $12,000.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 0 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $0.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? N/A

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • Average GMAT Score 553
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 75th Percentile 630
      • 10th Percentile 390
      • 25th Percentile 485

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 75th Percentile 630
      • 10th Percentile 460
      • Average GMAT Score 581
      • 25th Percentile 545
      • 90th Percentile 692

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 79
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 33
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 22

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

      • Social Entrepreneurship
      • Strategy by Design
      • Strategic Brand Building
      • Introduction to Management Consulting
      • 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
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Other
        • Leadership

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 52

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 8

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Lectures: 60 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Other
      • students must pass all courses enrolled

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Introduction of wireless networks, new portal for alumni, new e-learning improvements, lecture theatres upgraded with new teaching technology
      • Amount spent: $4,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,033
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 7
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 6
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $500.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $1,000.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $6,000,000.00
      • 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.uct.ac.za/dad/alumni/connect/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://gsba.uct.ac.za
      • 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: 96 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 4 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: n/a

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 13 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 2 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 85 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 46 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 35 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 6 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 13 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 46 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 35 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 17 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 2 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Accenture 4
      • Mckinsey 1
      • Olam 2
      • Rand Merchant Bank 2
      • Kimberly Clark 1
      • Google 1
      • Schlumberger 1
      • Royal Bank of Scotland 2
      • Medicins Sans Frontier 1
      • Standard Bank 1
      • PWC 2
      • Quirk Labs 1
      • Ince.Motive 1
      • Kagiso Asset Management 1
      • Cummings 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: $82,000.00
      • Median base salary: $80,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $0.00
      • Median signing bonus: $0.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

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

      • Consulting: 30 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 18 %
      • General Management: 1 %
      • Human Resources: 1 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 7 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 9 %
      • Other: 32 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 1 %
      • Consulting: 32 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 30 %
      • Manufacturing: 2 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 1 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 7 %
      • Other: 21 %

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

      • Africa: 84 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 14 %
      • North America: 0 %
      • Oceania: 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • Infosys 5
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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