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

University of Warwick

Warwick Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 100 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • 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: $47,100.00
      • Non-Resident: $47,100.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Association of MBAs (AMBA), EQUIS, European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 3,222
      • Full-Time MBA: 67
      • Part-Time MBA: 1,487
      • Executive MBA: 758
      • PhD Program: 164
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,163
      • Graduate degree programs: Master of Finance
      • Other graduate degree programs: MSc Management; MSc Marketing & Strategy; MSc Business Analytics & Consulting; MSc Information Systems Management & Innovation; MSc Management Science & Operational Research; MSc Accounting & Finance; MSc Finance & Economics; MSc Financial Mathematics; MSc Finance with Behavioural Science; MSc Public Leadership & Management; MA Industrial Relations & Managing Human Resources; MA International Employment Relations; MA Management & Organizational Analysis;

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 45
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 89 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 88 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? Previous academic and profesional experience
      • 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

      • PTE
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 640

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 6 %
      • International students: 71 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 139
      • Median: 132
      • From: 72
      • To: 228
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 18 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 12 %
      • General Management: 32 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
      • Operations/Production: 18 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Petroleum/Energy: 100 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 36
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 36

  • 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: 10 %

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

      • Institutional Scholarships: 10 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $7,800.00
      • Median financial aid package: $7,800.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? Academic merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 196

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 99
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 36

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 38
      • Non-Tenured: 44

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 89
      • Non-Tenured: 51

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Consulting

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

        • Women in MBA
        • Other
      • 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: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 25 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 15
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 25
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 20
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 80 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 60 %
      • Average core class size: 35
      • Average elective class size: 20
      • Electives available: 5
      • Last curriculum revision: 2009

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Energy
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Strategy
        • General Management
        • Marketing

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 9,639
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 59
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 51
      • 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://www2.warwick.ac.uk/alumni/networks/
      • 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.wbs.ac.uk/alumni/networks/
      • 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? No
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? No

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