Nanyang Technological University

PROGRAM BASICS

The Nanyang MBA

Nanyang Business School

Block S3, Section A
Nanyang Avenue
Singapore , Singapore  

Program Web site:

http://www.nanyangmba.ntu.edu.sg

Status:

Public Institution

Program e-mail address:

nbsmba@ntu.edu.sg

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1991
Part-time MBA : 1991
Undergraduate business program: 1987
Executive MBA: 1998
Executive Education (non-degree): 1998
PhD program: 1994

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  19,380
Nonresident : $  19,380
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  12,500
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  12,500

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

16

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 690
Full-time MBA: 178
Part-time MBA: 177
Executive MBA: 163

PhD program: 52
MS: 98
Other: 22

Undergraduate business school enrollment

3,376

Graduate degree programs:

Other graduate degree programs:

M.Sc(with a Specialisation); M.Sc(Financial Engineering); M.Sc(Finance); Master of Management in Hospitality

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

30 November 2008 15 January 2009 31 March 2009

Does the program have rolling admissions?

Yes

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 Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other: N/A

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

600

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

Very Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Very Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Very Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

879

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

21 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

51 %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

2 %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

30 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

45

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:

3

Applicant interviews are:

Required

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

34 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

91 %

Applications from women received:

27 %

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:

Female: 43  %
International: 77  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

Students from following regions:

Africa : 1  %
Asia: 85  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 2  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 0  %
Oceania : 2  %
Western Europe: 9  %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 0  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

70

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

56

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

From:  24
To:  147

Median age of entering class:

28

Mean age of entering class:

29

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Central financial aid office at the university

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

15 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

16 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  19,318

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  19,318

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

academic merit

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:

9

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

As part of the admissions application

Mean scholarships awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:

$  21,465

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?

No

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 668
Median: 660

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  600
To:  720

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

40

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

30

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

90

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:

Personal Development in the Global Workplace
Technology Marketing
Technology Strategy and Management
Operational Excellence

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:

2007

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Finance

General Management

International Business

Marketing

Strategy

Technology

Other: Knowledge Management, International Studies

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

Other

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

No

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

178

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 61
Non-Tenured: 93

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Non-Tenured: 24

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 21
Non-Tenured: 34

Minority Faculty

International Faculty

Tenured: 23
Non-Tenured: 44

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 44
Non-Tenured: 71

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

International Club

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used

Case study: 45  %
Experiential Learning: 5  %
Lecture: 20  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Project: 25  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

Other

Additional graduation requirements:

16courses+dissertation/Business Study Mission/2courses

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

-upgrading of servers. -upgrading of communications labs for teaching purpose. - network ddrives for network folders to facilitate access of files. -remote management tools. -use of more web-based applications. -improvement of multimedia facilities for seminar rooms. -self service printing and photocopying kiosks. -storage area networks with LAN backup for online services.

Amount spent:

$  4,000,000

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

2,325

Active MBA alumni clubs

13

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

10

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?

No

Business School Endowment

$  26,000,000

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.ntu.edu.sg/Alumni

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/alumni

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 63  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 37  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 81  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 0  %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 0  %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 11  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 8  %

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

Destination: NTU Job Fair, Singapore
Month: January 2008
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Recruitment Talk by Siemens Management Consulting, Singapore
Month: March 2008
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Recruitment Talk by Accenture, Singapore
Month: May 2008
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Recruitment Talk by Morgan Stanley, Singapore
Month: September 2008
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Recruitment Talk by HSBC, Singapore
Month: August 2008
Amount Paid By School: None

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 82  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 16  %
No information provided by graduate: 2  %

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 54  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 38  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 8  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 0  %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  67,189
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  47,059
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  6,053
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  6,235

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 13  %
Finance/Accounting: 42  %
General Management: 2  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 26  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 8  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 9  %
Other: 0  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 4  %
Consulting: 13  %
Consumer Products: 11  %
Financial Services: 30  %
Manufacturing: 11  %
Media/Entertainment: 0  %
Non-Profit: 0  %
Petroleum/Energy: 6  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 2  %
Real Estate: 2  %
Technology: 15  %
Other: 6  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 81  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 0  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 19  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Top Companies - Internships:

Internships awarded that are paid:

100 %

Mean and median intern compensation per week:

Mean :  348
Median:  276

Average internship length in weeks:

13

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

The Nanyang MBA offers a Global Perspective with a strong Asian Focus. Our key features include: diversity of faculty and participants; overseas business study mission; double masters programmes; innovative curriculum with flexibility and strong industry and alumni links. We are accreditated by both AACSB and EQUIS and are ranked in the World's Top 100 by EIU and FT.