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PART-TIME MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

Universidad de Los Andes

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PROGRAM BASICS

Part Time MBA, Professional MBA

Universidad de los Andes School of Management UASM

Calle 21 # 1- 20, 9th Floor
Bogota Colombia

Program Web site:

http://administracion/posgrado/mba_tiempo_parcial

Status:

Private Institution

E-mail:

magisteradm@uniandes.edu.co

Part-time enrollment (2009-10):

249

Times offered:

Evenings

Alternate weekends

Semesters offered:

Fall

Winter

Spring

Summer

Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program:

100 %

Part-time MBAs graduating since program began:

361

Average months to complete program:

Maximum months permitted to complete program:

Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program?

Yes

If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program?

Yes

Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

Resident: $ 28,000
Non-Resident: $ 28,000

Tuition per credit:

$ 475

Graduate business school is accredited by:

Association of MBAs (AMBA)

European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

EQUIS

Other

National Accreditation, Ministry of Education Colombia

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 1,104
Full-Time MBA: 110
Part-time MBA: 259
Executive MBA: 117
PhD Program: 17

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

1,205

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Finance

Master of Marketing

Other graduate degree programs:

Master in Environmental Management; Gobal MBA;Specialization in Financial Management; Specialization in Market Intelligence; Specialization in Risk Management and Financial Institutions Control; Specialization in Strategic Supply Management.

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

Total applications, most recent entering class:

231

Applications accepted, most recent entering class:

60 %

Admitted students enrolled:

87 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

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

Applicant interviews are:

Required

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Rolling admissions?

GMAT required?

If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked?

Students must take and pass an admissions exam similar to the GMAT. This test is known as LASPAU (Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas)

Middle 80% GMAT:

From: N/A
To: N/A

Is proficiency in English required?

Yes

Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required?

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

IELTS

TOEFL Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other

English Proficiency Test delivered by Uniandes Language Department.

Minimum paper-based TOEFL:

550

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

GMAT Score:

Considered

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Considered

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Important

CLASS PROFILE

Female students:

31 %

International students:

7 %

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

Hispanic or Latino American: 97 %
Other: 3 %

Postgraduate work experience (months):
Mean:

Median:

Middle 80% range:

From: 12
To: 120

One year or less:

0 %

Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:
Mean:

$ 3,303

Median:

$ 3,426

Middle 80% range:

From: $ 1,046
To: $ 5,252

Mean base salary, 2008 grads, six months after graduation:

$ 3,430

Mean entering student age:

Median entering student age:

Entering students work in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 5 %
Finance/Accounting: 22 %
General Management: 21 %
Human Resources: 2 %
Marketing/Sales: 17 %
Management Information Systems: 4 %
Operations/Production: 21 %
Other: 8 %

Entering students work in the following industries:

Consulting: 7 %
Consumer Products: 19 %
Financial Services: 16 %
Government: 3 %
Manufacturing: 4 %
Media/Entertainment: 1 %
Non-Profit: 1 %
Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
Real Estate: 4 %
Technology: 22 %
Other: 9 %

FINANCIAL AID

Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Central financial aid office at the university

Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2009-10:

45 %

Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2009-10 academic year, percentage receiving:

Institutional Scholarships: 1 %
Assistantships: 0 %
Loans (private and government): 44 %

Mean financial aid package:

$ 5,886

Median financial aid package:

$ 2,820

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

A combination of need and merit

Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2009-10:

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

Unique scholarship application

Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs?

Maximum guaranteed loan:

$ 0

Mean outstanding debt at graduation:

$ 0

Academics & Lifestyle

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 51
Non-Tenured: 9

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 97

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 11
Non-Tenured: 4

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 47
Non-Tenured: 8

International Faculty:

Tenured: 6
Non-Tenured: 1

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 32
Non-Tenured: 2

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

22 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

25 %

Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus?

Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms?

Yes

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching Methods:

Case Study: 25 %
Distance Learning: 5 %
Experiential Learning: 15 %
Lectures: 30 %
Simulations: 5 %
Team Projects: 20 %
Other: 0 %

Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom:

Teachers in the part-time program:

Tenured teachers in the part-time program:

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

44 %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:

100 %

Average core class size:

Average elective class size:

Electives available:

Recently added electives:

Entrepreneurship and Emerging Markets- The India Case
Global Entrepreneurship Seminar
Marketing and Management in the food Industry
Advertising Management
Design and Branding
Banking regulation and supervision

Last curriculum revision:

2008

Recent curriculum changes:

Reform in the curriculum which includes all the stakeholders. Two new courses were incorporated: Leadership, Ethics and Responsibilities, and Sustainable Development. The new program includes workshops for leadership, managerial skills, creativity and communication.

Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

Finance

Marketing

Other

Additional concentrations offered:

Environmental Management

Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program?

Leading areas of study:

Finance

Marketing

Other

Graduation requirements:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

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

Other:

Students must submit a graduation project.

Credits required to graduate:

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

1)New messaging and collaborative solution based on Microsoft Exchange 2007 2)School´s Information System 3)New web based registration system for prospective students 4)25 new Virtual Learning Environments to facilitate student´s learning process, and the following academic sopftware: campus agreement (Office, Norton Antivirus, Acrobat, Macromedia, Powerzip, SPSS, Respondus), Bloomberg, Campus Software Especializado (Eviews, Crystalball, Stata), Markstrat, SAS, XLMiner, Atlas TI, MindManager, Firewall, FTS, DPL, Scientific Work Place, Blackboard, Otis, AMOS SPSS 5)180 new computers (desktops and laptops), 2 mobile computer rooms (30 laptops each), laptop lending service (30 laptops) 6)Internet wireless access on 100% of the School´s building 7)10 Plasma screens, Video beams, audio system, microphones, presenters and all the basic equipment was acquired to support audiovisual aids on every School class.

Amount spent:

$ 1,410,326