National University of Singapore

PROGRAM BASICS

The NUS MBA Program

NUS Business School

1 Business Link
Singapore
Singapore , Singapore  

Program Web site:

mba.nus.edu

Status:

Public Institution

Program e-mail address:

mba@nus.edu.sg

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

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  35,000
Nonresident : $  35,000

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

17

ENROLLMENT

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)

ADMISSIONS

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

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Important

APPLICANTS

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 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

98 %

Applications from women received:

16 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  30,000

Median base salary forgone:

$  19,500

CLASS PROFILE

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

FINANCIAL AID

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

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 664
Median: 670

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  600
To:  730

CLASS OFFERINGS

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

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 %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

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

TECHNOLOGY

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

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

N/A

ALUMNI

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:

http://www.alumni.nus.edu.sg

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://bizalum.nus.edu.sg/

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

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:

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

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.