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

National University of Singapore

Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 98 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
      • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? Yes
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 821
      • Full-Time MBA: 320
      • Part-Time MBA: 162
      • Executive MBA: 256
      • PhD Program: 83
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,598
      • Graduate degree programs: Other
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Science (Management)

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 145
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 87 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 82 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 10
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

      • 50th Percentile (median) 630
      • Average GMAT Score 635
      • 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?

        • Other
        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • Pearson Test of English
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 620

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 20 %
      • International students: 54 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 82
      • Median: 67
      • From: 29
      • To: 133
      • One year or less: 10 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $65,960.00
      • Median: $60,200.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $35,100.00
      • To: $93,600.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 17 %
      • General Management: 3 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
      • Management Information Systems: 11 %
      • Operations/Production: 27 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 24 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 10 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 12 %
      • Real Estate: 1 %
      • Technology: 15 %
      • Other: 20 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 31
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 30

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 0 %

    • Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year, percentage receiving:

      • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Loans (private and government): 0 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $0.00
      • Median financial aid package: $0.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarships
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Maximum guaranteed loan: $0.00
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $0.00

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 204

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 114
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 57

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 33
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 114
      • Non-Tenured: 90

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 76
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 112
      • Non-Tenured: 53
      • Faculty on company boards: 8

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Consulting
        • Information Technology

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

        • Women in MBA
      • 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: 15 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Team Projects: 35 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 9
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 26
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 8
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average core class size: 24
      • Average elective class size: 31
      • Electives available: 38
      • Last curriculum revision: 2007

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Strategy

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Healthcare
      • Real Estate
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Finance
        • Strategy
        • Accounting
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Real Estate

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Credits required to graduate: 68

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: - Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) - Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) - Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 (Staff Collaboration Portal) - Digital Signage

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,081
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 26
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 8
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8 %
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $47,845,764.00
      • 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: https://www.alumnet.nus.edu.sg
      • 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://bizalum.nus.edu.sg
      • 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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