National University of Singapore

PROGRAM BASICS

The NUS MBA

NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL

1 Business Link
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

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 712
Full-Time MBA: 186
Part-time MBA: 182
Executive MBA: 269
PhD Program: 75

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

2,560

Graduate degree programs:

Other graduate degree programs:

Master of Science (Management)

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  40,076
Nonresident : $  40,076

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

17

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

Semester: 31
Deadline: 31

  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

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

620

Relative Importance of 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:

1,537

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

9  %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

49  %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

15  %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

1  %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

40

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

6

  Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100  %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

98  %

Applications from women received:

24  %

CLASS PROFILE

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

Female: 37  %
International: 91  %

Students from following regions:

Asia: 87  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2  %
North America: 4  %
Western Europe: 7  %

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:

65

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

55

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

        From:  35
        To:  113

Median age of entering class:

28

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 who applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

100  %

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

46  %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  19,539

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  928,125

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

A combination of need and merit

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

2

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

all candidates are considered for scholarship

  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 : 673
Median: 680

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  620
        To:  730

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:

31

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

42

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:

BMA5120 Emerging Markets Strategy

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 and Organisation

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/MIM (International Management)

MBA/MS (Science)

  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

Health Care Administration

Marketing

Real Estate

Strategy

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

175

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 62
Non-Tenured: 40

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 0

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 36
Non-Tenured: 18

Minority Faculty:

N/A

International Faculty:

Tenured: 26
Non-Tenured: 38

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 59
Non-Tenured: 40

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

20  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

0  %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Women in MBA

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 30  %
Experiential Learning: 15  %
Lectures: 35  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Projects: 15  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

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

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

- Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) - Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

5,048

Active MBA alumni clubs:

8

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

8

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

No

Business school endowment

$  28,654,248

  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:

https://www.alumnet.nus.edu.sg

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://bizalum.nus.edu

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 86  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 7  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 7  %

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

N/A

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 46  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 54  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:

45

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs
on the school's job boards in 2008-09:

611

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Accepted first job offer by graduation: 56  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 30  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 9  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

LVMH   5
Procter and Gamble   5
Cognizant Technology Solutions   4
KPMG   3
Unilever   3
SP Management Consulting   3
Citibank   2
Hewlett Packard   2
SMRT   2
Vestas   2
Accenture   1
ANZ   1
Nestle   1
Credit Suisse   1
Lancashire Insurance Co Ltd   1

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

Mean base salary: $  67,258
Median base salary: $  60,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 22  %
Finance/Accounting: 27  %
General Management: 14  %
Marketing/Sales: 31  %
Operations/Logistics: 6  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 2  %
Consulting: 8  %
Consumer Products: 13  %
Financial Services: 23  %
Manufacturing: 1  %
Media/Entertainment: 2  %
Non-Profit: 7  %
Petroleum/Energy: 1  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 1  %
Real Estate: 1  %
Technology: 28  %
Other: 10  %

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

Asia: 98  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 1  %
North America: 1  %

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

N/A

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2008-09:

46

Companies that posted internships for MBAs on school job boards in 2008-09:

100

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Johnson & Johnson   9
NUS Enterprise   7
Nestle   3
Focus Partners LLP   3
CrimsonLogic   3
Agni Inc   2
ANZ   2
BOC Aviation   2
Financial Times   2
LVMH   2
P&G   2
Generation Hospitality & Real Estate   2
McKinsey   1
GE Healthcare   1
Frost Sullivan   1

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: N/A
        Median: N/A

Average internship length in weeks:

15

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

N/A