Nanyang Technological University

PROGRAM BASICS

The Nanyang MBA

Nanyang Business School

Block S3, Level B3, 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

EQUIS

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 589
Full-Time MBA: 177
Part-time MBA: 193
Executive MBA: 159
PhD Program: 60

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

3,244

Graduate degree programs:

Other graduate degree programs:

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

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  44,640
Nonresident : $  44,640
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  33,480
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  33,480

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

16

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

Semester: 2
Deadline: 31
Semester: 2
Deadline: 31

  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 Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

600

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

  GMAT Score:

Very Important

  Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

  Application Essays:

Very Important

  Interviews:

Very Important

  Recommendations:

Important

  Undergraduate Transcripts:

Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

977

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

15  %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

59  %

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:

19

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

3

  Applicant interviews are:

Required

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

32  %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100  %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

94  %

Applications from women received:

25  %

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2009-2010) that are:

Female: 35  %
International: 79  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 0  %
Asia: 69  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 2  %
Oceania : 0  %
Western Europe: 28  %

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

N/A

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

N/A

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

59

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

42

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

        From:  25
        To:  120

Median age of entering class:

26

Mean age of entering class:

28

FINANCIAL AID

  Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Central financial aid office at the university

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

60  %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:

25  %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  24,496

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  28,253

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

A combination of need and merit

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

7

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

As part of the admissions application

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

$  24,085

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

No

GMAT

  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 662
Median: 660

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  600
        To:  720

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:

40

Average number of 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, 2009:

Corporate Social Responsibility
Investment Management
Cross-Cultural Mktg: Diff Btw Eastern & Western Societi
Sustainability Management
New Venture Practicum

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: International Studies, Knowledge Management

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

Other

  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:

Finance

General Management

International Business

Strategy

Technology

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

175

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 66
Non-Tenured: 92

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 17

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 22
Non-Tenured: 35

Minority Faculty:

N/A

International Faculty:

Tenured: 25
Non-Tenured: 48

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 53
Non-Tenured: 63

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Investment Banking

Marketing

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

International Club

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 45  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 5  %
Lectures: 20  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Projects: 25  %
Other: 0  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

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

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:

Participants are required to complete 16 courses plus a dissertation or Business Study Mission or two courses in-lieu

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

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

Amount spent:

$  2,700,000

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

2,480

Active MBA alumni clubs:

21

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

13

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

No

Business school endowment

$  22,000,000

  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 Web 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: 62  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 38  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0  %

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

Destination: DHL Business Consulting, Singapore
Month: Jan 09
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: NTU Career Fair, Singapore
Month: Feb 09
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Frost & Sullivan, Singapore
Month: Apr 09
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Adidas, Singapore
Month: May 09
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: OCBC, Singapore
Month: Aug 09
Amount Paid By School: None

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 17  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 83  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 53  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 28  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 13  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 6  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Procter & Gamble   5
Ascendas Pte Ltd   2
BNP Paribas   2
Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation   2
Schlumberger   2   3M   1
Capgemini   1
Credit Suisse   1
Dupont Singapore   1
Hewlett Packard (Asia Pacific)   1
ING Life   1
PricewaterhouseCoopers Services LLP   1
Siemens   1
Swiss Reinsurance   1
Thomson Reuters   1

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

Mean base salary: $  61,455
Median base salary: $  46,732
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  4,356
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  5,273

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 9  %
Finance/Accounting: 42  %
General Management: 11  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales: 21  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 3  %
Operations/Logistics: 11  %
Other: 3  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 7  %
Consulting: 7  %
Consumer Products: 11  %
Financial Services: 33  %
Manufacturing: 9  %
Media/Entertainment: 5  %
Non-Profit: 5  %
Petroleum/Energy: 2  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5  %
Real Estate: 5  %
Technology: 7  %
Other: 4  %

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

Africa: 2  %
Asia: 91  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 0  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 7  %

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

N/A

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

  Infocomm Development Authority Singapore   5
SAP   4
Oracle Corporation   3
Crimson Logic   2
Lucari Pte Ltd   2
OCBC   2
Portelet Asia   2
Accor   1
Adidas   1
Deutsche Bank   1
DPWN   1
Frost and Sullivan   1
Grant Thornton   1
Gemalto   1
Global Brands Group   1

Internships awarded that are paid:

100  %

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: $ 283
        Median: $ 269

Average internship length in weeks:

8

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

The Nanyang MBA delivers cutting-edge education business knowledge and specialised skills to expand your choice of careers, reposition yourself in a new industry, and tackle any issues facing businesses and societies. It is accredited by both AACSB and EQUIS and are ranked in the World's Top 100 by EIU and FT.