StudyQA — MBA: Business Administration

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Our one-year, full-time MBA is an intensive experience, designed for maximum career impact. Fast paced and challenging from multiple perspectives, it gives you more than the traditional MBA toolkit. While fully developing your business knowledge, you also gain an adaptive mindset and the ability to absorb and apply learnings, build resilience and develop a tight network of inspiring and encouraging peers.

Together with our unique Personal Effectiveness Program, which provides leadership and career development, and regular exposure to visits from CEOs and business leaders via our integrated Entrepreneurial Mindset curriculum, you will receive support to develop your skills and outlook at every turn.

Immerse yourself in the world’s most liveable city, where you will thrive in a vibrant multicultural community and advanced economy with easy access to Asian markets. Our MBA will transform how you think about yourself and the world and empower you to become a global leader.

General Management I

Data Analysis
Financial Reporting and Analysis
People Management
Economics for Managers

General Management II

Leadership
Social Responsibility and Ethics
Finance
Marketing Management
Process and Operations Management

General Management III

Innovation
Corporate Financial Management
Management Accounting
Global Business Economics
Strategy
Business in Asia (in partnership with EY)

Integrated throughout General Management I–III

Personal Effectiveness Program
Entrepreneurial Mindset

Electives

Students also complete six electives. These have included Corporate Strategy, Brand Management, Negotiations, and Mergers and Acquisitions. You can check out the electives on offer by contacting study@mbs.edu.

Capstone

Social Entrepreneur Consulting Practicum (Capstone)
Business in Complex Environments (Capstone)

MBA students may apply to go on an exchange with one of our international partner schools – recent exchanges have been to schools such as Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, HKUST, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

A good GMAT score – as a guide, recent students have achieved an average of 705 or higher. Please be advised that the GMAT is compulsory and that we do not accept the CRE.
A CV, showing a minimum of two years’ work experience
Academic transcript (and any postgraduate academic transcripts if completed)
Evidence of citizenship or residency
An excellent command of English (copy of IELTS or TOEFL score, where required*)
Personal statements relating to your goals and how you can contribute to the program
The names and contact details of two professional referees.

*IELTS – minimum score of 7.0 overall, with no individual score less than 6.5; or
TOEFL IBT – minimum score of 102, with a written score minimum of 24 and no individual score lower than 21.

Candidates are assessed individually against the above criteria but the final selection for the cohort is based on gender balance, diversity of industry, academic background and nationality with restrictions on the number of students from any one Country / region.

Interview

Applications will be assessed and shortlisted candidates will be required to participate in an interview. This interview is an important part of the selection process and can be completed over the phone, via Skype or in person, and will be conducted by one of our Career Management Centre team members. The conversation will last for approximately 20 – 30 minutes.