Queen's University

Program Basics

• • Queen's MBA
  • Queen's School of Business
  • 414 Goodes Hall, 143 Union Street
  • Queen's University
  • Kingston, K7L 3N6
  • Canada
  • Program Web site: http://www.queensmba.com
  • Status: Public
  • Program e-mail address: queensmba@business.queensu.ca
  • Graduate business school is accredited by:
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
    • EQUIS
    • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 809
  • Full-Time MBA: 117
  • Executive MBA: 498
  • PhD Program: 76
• • Other graduate degree programs:
    • Master of Finance
    • Other
    • Master of International Management/Business
  • Master of Science in Management (MSc)

PROGRAM COSTS

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

  • Resident: $66,500.00
  • Nonresident: $73,500.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $86,500.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $93,500.00

PROGRAM LENGTH

• • Full-time program (months): 12

ADMISSIONS

• Application Deadlines

  • Semester: Spring 2012
  • Deadline: Nov 19, 2011
  • Semester: Spring 2012
  • Deadline: Feb 3, 2012
  • Semester: Spring 2012
  • Deadline: Mar 9, 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: Very Important
  • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
  • Application Essays: Very Important
  • Interviews: Very Important
  • Recommendations: Very Important
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

APPLICANTS

• • Applicant interviews are: Required
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

CLASS PROFILE

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

  • Female: 17 %
  • International: 39 %

• Students from following regions:

  • Africa: 1 %
  • Asia: 33 %
  • Europe: 2 %
  • North America: 61 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Dual citizenship: 3 %
• • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 54
  • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 48

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

  • From: 24
  • To: 108
• • Median age of entering class: 28
  • Mean age of entering class: 29

FINANCIAL AID

• • 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: $12,500.00

GMAT

• • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • 0 (option: 0) 670

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 10th Percentile 600
  • 75th Percentile 700
  • 25th Percentile 640
  • 50th Percentile (median) 670
  • 90th Percentile 720

CLASS OFFERINGS

• • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 58
  • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 20
  • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 20

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

  • Leadership

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

  • • Consulting
    • Finance
    • Entrepreneurship
    • General Management
    • Marketing

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

  • • MBA/JD (Law)
• • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes

• The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

  • • Finance
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Marketing
    • Consulting
    • Leadership

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 81

STUDENT LIFE

• Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Consulting
    • Other
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • High Tech
    • Information Technology
    • Human Resources

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: In August 2010, Queen’s School of Business added a virtual team option to its EMBA. Students can now earn an Executive MBA through a combination of on-campus residential sessions and desktop learning.

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 6,542
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 8
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 4
  • 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.alumni.queensu.ca
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.queensbusiness.ca
  • 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: 90 %
  • Graduates not seeking employment: 16 %
  • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 11 %

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

  • Destination: Toronto, Ontario
  • Month: July
  • Amount Paid By School: Full

• Primary source of job offer:

  • School-facilitated activities: 46 %
  • Graduate-facilitated activities: 33 %
  • No information provided by graduate: 21 %

• Job Offers for 2011 graduates

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 48 %
  • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 26 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer: 26 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 46 %
  • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 32 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 27 %
• • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 23 %

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

  • Mean base salary: $85,447.00
  • Median base salary: $84,857.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $10,735.00
  • Median signing bonus: $7,512.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $19,560.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $9,325.00

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

  • Consulting: 13 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 38 %
  • General Management: 40 %
  • Human Resources: 0 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 8 %
  • Management Information Systems: 0 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 0 %
  • Other: 1 %

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Government: 1 %
  • Consulting: 9 %
  • Consumer Products: 11 %
  • Financial Services: 30 %
  • Manufacturing: 8 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 1 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Technology: 19 %
  • Other: 14 %

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

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 1 %
  • Europe: 0 %
  • North America: 98 %
  • Oceania: 1 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 0 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
  • South: 0 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • Midwest: 0 %
  • West: 0 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

• • -There is no substitute for the resources Queen's provides for professional development and preparation for the job market. In addition to all the business skills acquired, which were numerous, I feel I am simply a more polished person. I would encourage colleagues to enroll in the same program because they will emerge as better, more professional candidates regardless of their field.
    
    -The Queen's MBA helped me grow both professionally and personally. It's not just about learning how to do business, it is also about how to interact and work with diverse people in a professional environment, which I think is the most important thing to learn before venturing into the business world.
    
    -In order to achieve my career goal, it was imperative that I pursue an MBA. I expected to learn analytical techniques which would help me forge compelling arguments behind why a business opportunity makes financial sense. Not only did I gain analytical techniques from my Queen’s MBA experience, I gained a strong understanding and practice of the intricacies of multidisciplinary functions, such as marketing, finance, and strategy, all of which are crucial in making business decisions as a future business leader.
    
    -With Queen's MBA methodology of team-based and case-based training, one can learn a great deal not only about the principles of business but also about improving soft skills and people management.
    
    -I would like to emphasize the team experience at Queen's. It is unlike any other that I know of. The first week of the program is totally dedicated to team-related topics. Each team has its own office and a team facilitator who helps ensure the evolution of the teams throughout the year. In addition, team members take turns in different roles and 50 percent of the grades in every class are team-based. Anyone can pick up a book and learn stats--turning a diverse group of people, who have never worked with each other, into a high performing team is only learned through practice.
    
    -The professors were the best in their respective fields and were open for discussion outside of class on any issue that you wanted to discuss. Overall, Queen's has created the right mix of courses, professors, students, and office staff to create a great MBA program.
    
    -The administrative staff at Queen’s were the best people I have ever met. They went out of their way to help each student. They would provide the lecture notes before each class, provide text books, and also take the time to find out more about each student’s personal stories. Their attitude and helpful nature is one of the best aspects of completing an MBA at Queen's.
    
    -The program is too focused on academic achievements, an alumni base is practically non-existent, the program seems to be totally aloof of the parent university, other programs--particularly the commerce programs--seem to take precedence, the career center makes big claims before the program starts, however once the program starts you can easily make out the lack of direction of the career center.
    
    -People coming from my background, who do not have relevant industry experience, are career changers, and/or are trying to figure out their future career direction, it makes no sense for them to enroll in the 1-year MBA program which has no scope for internship.
    
    -The Queen's Program is truly an experience. For those looking for a general management degree, and an exceptional experience, I would recommend Queen's 100 percent. For those looking to do more specific MBA degrees, such as Finance, I would suggest Queen's as a great option, but inform them there is no major in the program--everyone comes out with the same degree.
    I know the names of all 108 people in my program and would do anything within my power for any one of them. This program is intense and challenging, but it also teaches you to rely on your neighbors and colleagues. I've talked to a number of friends at other institutions and they can't say the same.
    
    -Definitely recommended: the quality of the Queen's program is extremely high and the diversity of students adds a lot of value. It only takes one year to complete the program, and therefore, taking the tuition into account, it is still much more affordable compared to the top programs in the United States, and even in Canada.
    
    -In an MBA program, I was looking for a brand name, networks for the future, great teachers, team learning and development of leadership skills apart from the usual business education. I got all of that and more. It is a life changing experience and the brand is recognized everywhere.