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

University of Ottawa

Telfer School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Telfer Full-time MBA
      • Telfer School of Management
      • Telfer School of Management
      • DMS 4160 - 55 Laurier Avenue East
      • Ottawa, K1N 6N5
      • Canada
      • Program Web site: http://www.telfer.uottawa.ca/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@telfer.uOttawa.ca
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 269
      • Full-Time MBA: 48
      • Part-Time MBA: 85
      • Executive MBA: 57
      • Master of Health Administration; MSc (Management); MSc (Health Systems);

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $20,399.00
      • Nonresident: $32,494.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $37,986.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $50,766.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 1, 2012
      • 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 Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 187
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 51 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 51 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • 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: 51 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 47 %
      • Applications from women received: 34 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $59,737.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $54,177.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 26 %
      • International: 28 %
      • Married: 28 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 24 %
      • Europe: 9 %
      • North America: 61 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %

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

      • Hispanic or Latino American: 50 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 50 %

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

      • Northeast: 50 %
      • Southwest: 50 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 88
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 60

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

      • From: 36
      • To: 180
      • Median age of entering class: 27
      • Mean age of entering class: 30

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 21 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $6,649.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $4,925.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • some other criteria
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $6,649.00
      • 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 (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 25th Percentile 550
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • Average GMAT Score 591

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 620
      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 10th Percentile 550
      • 90th Percentile 690

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 49
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 28
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 29

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • 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:

        • General Management
        • Other
        • Consulting
        • Leadership
        • Strategy

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 150

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 56
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 71

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 35
      • Non-Tenured: 44

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 39

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgrades to class rooms. Upgrades to Multipurpose events room. Upgrades to computer labs. Computer replacement plan.
      • Amount spent: $230,378.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,709
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $191.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $30,330,289.00
      • 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.uottawa.ca/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.telfer.uottawa.ca/leadership
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 80 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 0 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 78 %

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

      • Destination: Montreal, QC, Canada
      • Month: January
      • Destination: Toronto, ON, Canada
      • Month: October

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 22 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 37 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 41 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 0 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Federal Government of Canada 10
      • University of Ottawa 3
      • Deloitte 3
      • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 2
      • Google 2
      • Schneider Electric 2
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 1
      • Procter & Gamble 1
      • Royal Bank of Canada 1
      • CGI Group 1
      • Canadian Blood Services 1
      • Capital One 1
      • Champlain Regional Stroke Network 1
      • The Ottawa hospital 1
      • WSIB Ontario 1

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

      • Mean base salary: $74,031.00
      • Median base salary: $73,877.00

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

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 16 %
      • General Management: 3 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 28 %
      • Management Information Systems: 6 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 13 %
      • Other: 15 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 25 %
      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 9 %
      • Manufacturing: 6 %
      • Technology: 20 %
      • Other: 25 %

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

      • Europe: 9 %
      • North America: 91 %

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