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Program overview
The MBA program offered by the flagship University of Singapore provides opportunities to budding management professionals desirous of making a mark in the Asian business arena. Ranked 23 in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2012, the program offers a multitude of experience to its students ranging from a globally diverse student body, expert faculty with industry experience and regular interactions with industry professionals for lessons on conducting business in true Asian settings.
Class Profile
| Intake Year |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
| Class size |
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| Full-time |
98 |
104 |
113 |
134 |
115 |
151 |
| Part-time |
82 |
49 |
67 |
58 |
66 |
83 |
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| Women |
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| Full-time |
29% |
38% |
39% |
39% |
36% |
32% |
| Part-time |
22% |
22% |
19% |
27% |
18% |
24% |
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| International |
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| Full-time |
91% |
90% |
92% |
87% |
87% |
93% |
| Part-time |
52% |
49% |
36% |
30% |
61% |
40% |
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| Countries represented |
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| Full-time |
20 |
25 |
21 |
24 |
22 |
18 |
| Part-time |
15 |
9 |
15 |
7 |
15 |
8 |
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| Work Ex. ( years) |
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| Full-time |
5.3 |
5 |
5.1 |
5 |
4.25 |
4.67 |
| Part-time |
6.8 |
6 |
6.6 |
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6.75 |
7.15 |
Program Structure
The NUS MBA is offered on both full time and part time basis. Full time MBA is typically completed within a timeframe of 17 months. Two semesters and two special terms are compressed within this time frame and the students are offered a choice to conclude the program with an industry internship, in order to gain valuable work experience, or to attend a student exchange program, in order to experience work and academic life in a different country and cultural setting. Students can choose from five specializations offered by the school including finance, marketing, strategy & organization, real estate and healthcare management.
The part time MBA on the other hand has been designed to allow working professional to integrate managerial education in their existing work schedules and for this reason the classes are conducted on weekends and on workday evenings. The full time and part time MBA students often interface over the course of the program to facilitate cross learning and networking opportunities.
Placements
The school through its Career Services helps effectively place students into corporate roles and internships using a combination of marketing outreach, networking events and student skill development programs such as interviewing workshops. The school taps into the university’s impressive roster of 196,000 alumni all over the world to locate suitable opportunities for its students.
Some of the recruiters which have participated in the campus placements process were:
Ascendas, Grail Research, Parkway Healthcare, AXA, GroupM, Partners Group, Bank Invest, HCL Technologies, Barclays capital, Hewitt, HL bank, IBM, ICICI, I-flex solutions, Sapient, Samsung etc.
Recruitment Overview for July 2011 Full-Time MBA Graduates
| FT MBA |
# |
% |
| Class size |
73 |
100% |
| Total Number Seeking Employment |
56 |
77% |
| Not Seeking Employment |
17 |
23% |
| Total # of Acceptances |
50 |
89% |
| Still seeking employment |
6 |
11% |
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| Primary Source of Full Time Acceptances |
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% |
| All School Facilitated Activities |
40 |
80% |
| All Student Facilitated Activities |
10 |
20% |
Compensation profile for July 2011 Full-Time MBA Graduates
| By Function |
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| Business Development |
9% |
73,488 |
59,965 |
102,000 |
| Consulting |
14% |
89,442 |
84,000 |
144,000 |
| Finance |
28% |
86,907 |
86,600 |
138,666 |
| General Management |
14% |
84,679 |
80,000 |
120,000 |
| Operations |
12% |
78,656 |
75,500 |
130,000 |
| Sales & Marketing |
23% |
89,414 |
90,146 |
108,000 |
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| By Industry |
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| Consulting |
11% |
71,678 |
71,250 |
88,746 |
| Energy |
9% |
79,608 |
75,000 |
100,000 |
| Finance |
34% |
97,089 |
98,729 |
138,666 |
| Government |
3% |
60,000 |
60,000 |
60,000 |
| Healthcare / Pharmaceutical |
3% |
66,293 |
66,293 |
66,293 |
| Technology |
31% |
90,872 |
86,000 |
144,000 |
| Others |
9% |
57,863 |
59,965 |
80,000 |
Admission and fee
The NUS MBA program follows a standard admission process as is followed by most business schools of repute across the globe – student application including essays, letters of recommendations, GMAT score; followed by personal interview(s). The process is rigorous and competition for the limited seats available in the program is quite high.
Tuition Fess
SGD 52,000 payable over 2 semesters
NUS Singapore Application Deadlines
The applications for class entering in 2013 will open in October 2012.
For the Full time NUS MBA, the application window is from 01 October 2012 – 31 March 2013
Round I: 01 October 2012 – 31 January 2013
Round II: 01 February 2013 – 31 March 2013
Scholarship qualifying period (only applicable to the full time NUS MBA): 01 October 2012 – 31 January 2013
NUS Singapore Essays
NUS Essay 1. Choose one of the two questions below:
a. Describe your most valued accomplishment and explain why you view it as such OR
b. Describe a time when you failed. What did you learn from that failure? How has that failure made you better equipped for the future? (300 words)
NUS Essay 2. Name one current issue (economic / social / political) that Asia is facing and identify a couple of strategies that you feel may adequately address the issue. (300 words)
NUS Essay 3. “Rampant consumerism (seeking material goods without the ability to afford them) is one of the main causes for the current global economic crisis. Restraining consumerism remains a key task for developed countries like the US and Western Europe.” What are your views?
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