Executive MBA PROFILES Publish Date 04/15/11

University Of New South Wales

Australian School Of Business

Program Basics
- - AGSM MBA (Executive)
  - Australian School of Business
  - AGSM Building, UNSW
  - Gate 11, Botany Street
  - RANDWICK, NSW, 2031
  - Australia
  - Status:
    - Public
  - Length of program (months): 48
- Classes meet:
  - - evenings
    - Other
    - Occasional week-long sessions
- Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:
  - Resident: $52,240.00
  - Non Resident: $52,240.00
- Graduate business school is accredited by:
  - - EQUIS
    - Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
SCHOOL BASICS
- Graduate business school enrollment:
  - Total: 4,192
  - Full-Time MBA: 81
  - Executive MBA: 985
  - PhD Program: 216
- - Undergraduate business school enrollment: 5,699
  - Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Master of Technology, Master of Marketing, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution
- - Rolling admissions? Yes
  - GMAT Required? No
  - If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree and at least 2 years management or professional experience (or 6 years experience in lieu of an undergraduate degree). The EMBA program is a 2-stage program where progression to the second stage requires the achievement of a minimum grade in the first stage
- - Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  - Application fee: $44.00
  - Number of applications to the newest class: 471
  - Admitted applicants enrolled: 98 %
  - Applicant interviews are: Not required
CLASS PROFILE
- EMBA students in newest entering class who are:
  - Female: 29 %
  - International: 5 %
- Entering students are from the following regions:
  - Africa: 0 %
  - Asia: 1 %
  - Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 1 %
  - Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
  - Middle East: 0 %
  - North America: 1 %
  - Oceania : 93 %
  - Western Europe: 3 %
- - Average months of work experience: 94
- Middle 80% range work experience in months:
  - From: 36
  - To: 156
- - Average age: 34
- Middle 80% age range:
  - From: 28
  - To: 41
- Work background:
  - Have advanced degrees: 26 %
  - Work in the nonprofit sector: 1 %
  - Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 4 %
- Students work in these functional categories:
  - Consulting: 7 %
  - Finance/Accounting 13 %
  - General Management : 19 %
  - Human Resources: 1 %
  - Marketing/Sales: 14 %
  - Management Information Systems : 5 %
  - Operations/Logistics: 10 %
  - Other: 31 %
- Students work in these industries:
  - Consumer Products: 6 %
  - Government: 3 %
  - Manufacturing: 11 %
  - Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  - Non-Profit: 1 %
  - Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  - Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
  - Real Estate: 0 %
  - Technology: 16 %
  - Other: 24 %
FINANCIAL AID
- - Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

FACULTY
- - Faculty employed by the B-school: 292
- Full-time faculty:
  - Tenured: 238
- Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:
  - Tenured: 54
- Women on Faculty:
  - Tenured: 99
- Faculty with PhDs:
  - Tenured: 213
STUDENT LIFE
- - Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? No
  - Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
  - Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
  - Description: go to http://www.housing.unsw.edu.au/housing/
  - Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  - How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 8
TEACHING/ACADEMICS
- Teaching methods:
  - Case Study: 15 %
  - Distance Learning: 0 %
  - Experiential Learning: 35 %
  - Lectures: 15 %
  - Simulations: 10 %
  - Team Projects: 25 %
- - Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 11 %
  - Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 15 %
  - Average class size, core EMBA class: 30
  - Average class size, EMBA electives: 15
- Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:
  - Hours per week in class: 5
  - Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 21
- - Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
  - Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
- Graduation Requirements:
  - - Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    - Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    - Other
    - please describe on next screen
  - Assignments with topics often relating to the student's workplace

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
- - Living MBA alumni: 7,690
  - Active MBA alumni clubs: 10
  - Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 5
  - Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  - University alumni networking site: http://www.unsw.edu.au/alumni/pad/alumni.html
  - Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  - Business school alumni networking site: http://www.agsm.edu.au/futureleaders
  - Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes
SCHOOL COMMENTS
- - Additional school comments: 1. EMBA program can be completed between 2.5 to 7 years; the average completion time is 4 years. 2. Tuition fees are for 2010