MBA Interview: MBA Tour Shanghai
Manchester Business School MBA: The Manchester Method
On September 14th 2006 the Global MBA Tour came to Shanghai, participating were 70 of the best business schools from America, Europe and Asia. Attending from the UK were 5 of the best British Business schools, Manchester, Oxford, Cranfield, Warwick and the London Business School.
Jill Gainer, the Senior MBA Marketing Officer at Manchester University's Business School spoke to How2UK about the Manchester MBA. The Manchester Business School is ranked 22nd among Global business schools by the Financial Times, third in Britain and seventh in Europe. It is one of the world's leading programmes and allows international students to study in Manchester or part-time in their own country (click here for details).
Q: For how many years has the school been enrolling Mainland Chinese students? How many Chinese are typically enrolled each year?
A: As far as our records go back - we have had students from China since 1992 - but, this is only as far as our records go back. The year could, in fact, go back further.
Q: Are academic grades important in the application?
A: The MBA Admissions Team at Manchester Business School will look at the applicant’s whole application rather than selectively choosing one area to concentrate on. Assuming the applicant achieves the required IELTS/TOEFL and GMAT scores, we look for a good education, progressive work experience and the applicant’s potential to add something to the MBA programme.
Q: What do you look for in a good application?
A: We require all MBA applicants to have the following admissions criteria:
a good undergraduate degree or equivalent
a minimum of three years full-time working experience since your first degree
a good GMAT score, preferably a score of at least 600
a good English language score - IELTS, TOEFL or Cambridge Proficiency test
Other application materials will include copies of your qualifications, two references and completion of a number of short essay questions.
a minimum of three years full-time working experience since your first degree
a good GMAT score, preferably a score of at least 600
a good English language score - IELTS, TOEFL or Cambridge Proficiency test
Other application materials will include copies of your qualifications, two references and completion of a number of short essay questions.
Indeed, the Manchester MBA programme is a challenge and we only accept applicants who can prove they can rise to that challenge.
Q: What are strengths/focus of your MBA?
A: Founded in 1965, as one of the first two UK business schools, Manchester Business School, now the largest business school in the UK, is consistently ranked by independent bodies as one of Europe’s leading schools. We aim to prepare our students to become the international business leaders of tomorrow.
Manchester Business School is renowned for its pioneering project-based approach to learning - the Manchester Method. Students of different nationalities and from different employment backgrounds, work together in teams on a series of projects. These projects increase in complexity as the students move through the programme, exposing the students to a variety of real business problems and opportunities and commercial clients.
In addition to the Manchester Method the School is also known for its internationalism. The Manchester MBA is a truly international MBA, with core courses in international business, opportunities to study internationally via our exchange partnerships with 50 top schools worldwide, international internship opportunities and the capstone course our 12 week International Business Project - a live international group consulting assignment.
Students also have the opportunity to learn an additional language for free whilst they study. Our language centre offers courses in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese.
In addition the School is also home to the Manchester Business School Incubator. MBA students have the opportunity to work with the Incubator on new business start ups as part of the programme.
Subjects of specialisation
Finance and Accounting
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Q: Do you have statistics for your graduates?
A: Our MBAs enjoy a salary increase of 130% three years after graduation. One of the highest returns in Europe. This is an excellent indication of a sound return on your investment!
93% of our Full-time MBAs accepted a position within three months of graduation.
Industry Sector |
2005 Graduates |
Finance |
63,700 |
Consulting |
52,800 |
Telecommunications |
58,400 |
Pharmaceuticals/Chemicals |
52,500 |
Retail/Consumer Goods |
62,000* |
Services |
49,000 |
Manufacturing/Engineering |
N/A |
Computing/software |
50,000* |
* Based on one record only
For more details email mba@mbs.ac.uk or call the MBA team on +44 (0)161 306 1330
website: www.mbs.ac.uk