The NUS MBA Program
NUS Business School
1 Business Link
Singapore
Singapore ,
Singapore
Program Web site:
Status:
Public Institution
Program e-mail address:
Graduate business school is accredited by:
AACSB International
Years in which the following programs were founded:
Full-time MBA: 1985
Part-time MBA : 1980
Undergraduate business program: 1965
Executive MBA: 1997
Executive Education (non-degree): 1981
PhD program: 1989
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:
Resident : $ 35,000
Nonresident : $ 35,000
Full-time program (months):
17
Graduate business school enrollment
Total graduate business school: 877
Full-time MBA: 341
Part-time MBA: 248
Executive MBA: 288
PhD program: 68
Undergraduate business school enrollment
2,318
Graduate degree programs:
Master of international Management/Business
Other graduate degree programs:
Msc (Management)
Application Deadlines
31 Jan 2009 31 Mar 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:
620
GMAT Score:
Important
Resume/Work Experience:
Very Important
Application Essays:
Important
Interviews:
Very Important
Recommendations:
Important
Undergraduate Transcripts:
Important
Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:
4667
Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:
5 %
Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:
56 %
Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:
2 %
Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:
1 %
Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:
20
Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:
0
Applicant interviews are:
Required
Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:
10 %
Admitted applicants who were interviewed:
100 %
International applications received:
98 %
Applications from women received:
16 %
Mean base salary forgone:
$ 30,000
Median base salary forgone:
$ 19,500
Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:
Female: 39
%
International: 93
%
Ethnicity/US Students in Program
Students from following regions:
Asia: 91
%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2.5
%
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1.6
%
Middle East: 0.8
%
North America: 1.6
%
Western Europe: 2.5
%
Entering North American citizens by region:
Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
63
Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
50
Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:
From:
27
To:
108
Median age of entering class:
27
Mean age of entering class:
29
Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
90 %
Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:
40 %
Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 40,000
Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 13,793
On what basis are scholarships awarded?
a combination of need and merit
some other criteria
Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
10-15
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:
$ 45,000
Percentage of second-year students receiving the same or more amount of money in their second year of study:
100 %
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?
No
Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program:
$ 0
Applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes
Mean : 664
Median: 670
Middle 80% range GMAT scores:
From:
600
To:
730
Average students in a full-time MBA core class:
40
Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:
40
Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
48
Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:
Statistics for Managers
Managerial
Communications
Negotiations
Management Practicum
Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2007
Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:
Finance
Health Care Administration
Marketing
Real Estate
Strategy
Other: Strategy & Organization
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
Other
Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?
No
Faculty employed by the B-school:
122
Full-time faculty
Tenured: 65
Non-Tenured: 57
Adjunct/Visiting Faculty
Tenured: 39
Women on Faculty
Tenured: 12
Non-Tenured: 24
Minority Faculty
International Faculty
Tenured: 24
Non-Tenured: 43
Faculty with PhDs
Tenured: 61
Non-Tenured: 52
Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
8 %
Faculty who have owned their own business:
1 %
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:
Consulting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Marketing
Teaching methods used
Case study: 15
%
Distance Learning: 0
%
Experiential Learning: 10
%
Lecture: 40
%
Simulations: 0
%
Team Project: 35
%
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
Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?
Yes
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
N/A
Living MBA alumni:
3,965
Active MBA alumni clubs
17
Countries in which MBA clubs exist
7
Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?
Yes
Business School Endowment
$ 25,300,000
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:
Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:
Yes
Business school alumni networking site:
Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 84
%
Graduates not seeking employment: 11
%
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 5
%
Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment
who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 10
%
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) : 0
%
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 1
%
Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
Primary Source of Job Offer
School-facilitated activities: 55
%
Graduate-facilitated activities: 45
%
Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2007-08:
30
Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs on the school's job boards in 2007-08:
40
Job Offers for 2008 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation: 69
%
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 24
%
Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:
|
KPMG LLP |
5 |
|
Citigroup Inc. |
4 |
|
American Express |
3 |
|
Credit Suisse Group |
3 |
|
International Bus. Machines |
3 |
|
Merrill Lynch |
3 |
|
Google Inc. |
2 |
|
McKinsey & Company |
2 |
|
Lehman Bros. |
2 |
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
15 %
Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $ 70,945
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $ 66,600
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 15,446
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 13,600
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $ 10,056
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $
6,050
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting: 26
%
Finance/Accounting: 34
%
General Management: 8
%
Human Resources: 1
%
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research,
Advertising, etc.): 15
%
Management Information Systems (MIS): 6
%
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 3
%
Other: 8
%
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 0
%
Consulting: 17
%
Consumer Products: 4
%
Financial Services: 34
%
Manufacturing: 3
%
Media/Entertainment: 0
%
Non-Profit: 0
%
Petroleum/Energy: 2
%
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 2
%
Real Estate: 10
%
Technology: 21
%
Other: 6
%
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Asia: 94.
%
Middle East: 3.4
%
North America: 1.1
%
Western Europe: 1.1
%
Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
West: 100
%
Top Companies - Internships:
Mean : N/A Median: N/A
School Comments:
Rated as the #1 Singapore School by Recruiters in Asia, The NUS MBA develops students to be Global Business Leaders by providing them with rigorous, relevant and rewarding global business education, contextualised in diverse and dynamic Asia. With over 28,000 business leaders forming its global alumni network, over 100 partner universities around the world, and over 100 faculty from the region's top business schools, The NUS MBA students are guaranteed a world-class MBA experience in the heart of Asia.
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