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Part-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Nanyang Technological University

Nanyang Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
      • Average months to complete program: 28
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 32
      • 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: $39,500.00
      • Non-Resident: $39,500.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 722
      • Full-Time MBA: 157
      • Part-Time MBA: 109
      • Executive MBA: 186
      • PhD Program: 82
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 3,226
      • Graduate degree programs: Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science (Financial Engineering); Master of Science (Finance); Master of Management in Hospitality

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 119
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 45 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 55 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • 25th Percentile 620
      • 75th Percentile 700
      • 50th Percentile (median) 650
      • Average GMAT Score 658
      • 10th Percentile 608
      • 90th Percentile 712
      • Is proficiency in English required? 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: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 38 %
      • International students: 34 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 76
      • Median: 68
      • From: 46
      • To: 102
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 17 %
      • General Management: 3 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 14 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Production: 56 %
      • Other: 7 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Consumer Products: 7 %
      • Financial Services: 14 %
      • Government: 10 %
      • Manufacturing: 10 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 14 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 24 %
      • Other: 17 %

    • Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:

      • Hewlett-Packard 9
      • Ministry of Defence, Singapore 9
      • Philips Singapore 5
      • SIngTel 4
      • Royal Bank of Scotland 3
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 200

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 59
      • Non-Tenured: 107

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 25
      • Non-Tenured: 71

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 45
      • Non-Tenured: 89

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • VC/ Private Equity
        • Consulting
        • Information Technology
        • Investment Banking

    • Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

        • International Club
        • Other
        • Wine
      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 45 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 27
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 97
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 31
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 100 %
      • Average core class size: 40
      • Average elective class size: 30
      • Electives available: 85

    • Recently added electives:

      • B6840 Emerging Markets Strategy
      • B6841 Crisis Scenarios and Contingencies
      • B8057 Green Trading and Emissions Trading for Managers
      • Last curriculum revision: 2007

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Strategy
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • International Studies
      • Knowlege Management
      • Technology
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • International Business
        • Strategy
        • General Management
        • Marketing

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other: Describe in next screen
      • Other graduation requirements: Participants must complete a total of 16 courses, plus a dissertation or overseas study mission or 2 additional courses.
      • Credits required to graduate: 54

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 1)The NBS IT Team has upgraded their Storage Area Network, with increased storage capacity.2) In-corporated virtualization for servers by using VMware , which expedite setting up of servers for applications. 3) Purchase of Citrix &softgrid to facilitate the fast provisioning of software require by the instructors or professors.4) HP Printers were also upgraded to enable double sided printing, thus saving paper. 5) Upgrading of 8 communication Labs with interactive smart boards &AV equipments.
      • Amount spent: $2,526,607.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,823
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 35
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 24
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $26,888,306.00
      • 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.ntu.edu.sg/alumni
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/alumni
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
        • Yes
      • If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
        • At any time
      • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

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