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

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Program Basics

      • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CUHK MBA
      • CUHK Business School
      • 14/F Cheng Yu Tung Building
      • No.12 Chak Cheung Street
      • Shatin, Hong Kong
      • China
      • Program Web site: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/mba
      • Status: Other
      • Program e-mail address: cumba@cuhk.edu.hk
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Full-Time MBA: 90
      • Part-Time MBA: 116
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
        • Master of Marketing

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $51,000.00
      • Nonresident: $51,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $20,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $20,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 30, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 15, 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 41 %
      • International: 92 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 68 %
      • Europe: 17 %
      • North America: 15 %
      • Dual citizenship: 5 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 55
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 56

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

      • From: 36
      • To: 73
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic 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? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 0 (option: 0) 620

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 45
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 30
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 55

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

      • fundamentals of Derivatives Trading Strategies
      • Derivative Markets

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
      • China Business

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

        • MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
        • MBA/JD (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
        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Consulting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 220

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 89.9

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

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

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club
        • Other
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Other

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,000
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.alumni.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/index.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cubbaalumni.org/en/
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 90 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 5 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 5 %

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

      • Destination: Singapore
      • Month: July
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: China
      • Month: June & December
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: US
      • Month: June
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 85 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 9 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 1 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 85 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 9 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 1 %

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

      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 34 %
      • General Management: 13 %
      • Human Resources: 1 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 30 %
      • Management Information Systems: 1 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 3 %
      • Other: 6 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 42 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 8 %
      • Other: 10 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 92 %
      • Europe: 5 %
      • North America: 3 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Midwest: 50 %
      • West: 50 %
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 9

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