Sbs Mba Brochure

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD MBA 2010/11

01/ INTRODUCTION 02/ EDUCATING LEADERS 04/ THE OXFORD EXPERIENCE 06/ COLLEGE LIFE 08/ ABOUT THE SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL 10/ STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES 12/ INSPIRING LEADERS 14/ OPENING DOORS 16/ CAREER ADVANCEMENT 18/ YOUR CLASS 20/ YOUR COURSE: FLEXIBILITY 22/ YOUR COURSE: TAILORING YOUR LEARNING 24/ APPLYING YOUR LEARNING 26/ YOUR COURSE: ENTREPRENEURSHIP 28/ HOW TO APPLY 30/ FEES AND FINANCING 32/ OXFORD MBA AT A GLANCE

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First, the quality of the institution. Oxford has been educating leaders for over 800 years and is universally recognised as one of the world’s greatest universities. MBA students in Oxford join an elite group of some of the most dynamic and successful university alumni in the world today. A degree from the University of Oxford will open doors in every country and continent across the globe.

Second, the quality of the course. In little more than a decade, the Oxford MBA has become recognised as one of the best one-year programmes in the world. We offer a flexible, but rigorous, course delivered by a dedicated faculty of international scholars and practitioners in state-of-the-art facilities at the Saïd Business School. Our MBA class is a diverse mix of extraordinary individuals from dozens of countries and every possible background. The friends you make in Oxford will be invaluable contacts for life.

Third, the quality of the experience. Oxford is a city that lives and breathes education. It has been a centre of learning for over eight centuries and attracts the brightest minds from across the world. As an MBA student you will share in the rich social and academic resources of the wider University. You will become a member of an Oxford college, take part in its unique traditions, and live and learn with brilliant students from all areas of academic study. Your experience will be unforgettable.

A year with us will not only allow you to realise your ambitions, but to redefine them. As you explore this brochure, imagine, what will an Oxford MBA do for you?

Stephan Chambers MBA Director

INTRODUCTION

From top left: Sir Walter Raleigh Edmund Halley Margaret Thatcher Stephen Hawking Manmohan Singh Bill Clinton Benazir Bhutto

Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and lays claim to nine centuries of continuous existence. Throughout its history, Oxford has produced gifted men and women who have gone on to lead in every sphere of human endeavour. Among these are six kings, 47 Nobel prize-winners, 25 UK prime ministers, six current holders of the Order of Merit, plus three saints, 86 archbishops, 18 cardinals and one pope. MBA students join an institution that has educated world-changing leaders since the thirteenth Century.

Sir Howard Stringer Merton College, 1965 Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation 2005-present

Dr Frene Ginwala Lincoln College, 1967 First Speaker of the South African National Assembly 1994-2004

Bill Clinton University College, 1968 42nd President of the United States 1993-2001

EDUCATING LEADERS

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Sir Walter Raleigh Oriel College, 1570 Explorer

Edmund Halley The Queen’s College, 1673 Astronomer

John Wesley Christ Church, 1720 Founder of Methodism

Dr Samuel Johnson Pembroke College, 1728 Lexicographer

Adam Smith Balliol College, 1740 Political economist

H H Asquith Balliol College, 1870 British Prime Minister 1908-1916

Indira Gandhi Somerville College, 1938 Prime Minister of India 1966-77 & 1980-84. First woman ever elected to lead a democracy

Margaret Thatcher Somerville College, 1944 British Prime Minister 1979-1990

Stephen Hawking University College, 1959 Physicist

Manmohan Singh Nuffield College, 1962 Prime Minister of India 2004-present

Tony Blair St John’s College, 1972 British Prime Minister 1997-2007

Tim Berners Lee The Queen’s College, 1973 Inventor of the World Wide Web

Benazir Bhutto Lady Margaret Hall, 1977 Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990 & 1993–1996)

King Abdullah II of Jordan Pembroke College, 1984 Current ruler of Jordan

Aung San Suu Kyi St Hugh’s College, 1986 Leader, Burmese National League for Democracy and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize


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However, Oxford is also a cosmopolitan and modern city. Societies exist for everything from snowboarding and aikido to journalism and medieval music. The most famous of these is the Oxford Union, a prestigious debating society which over the years has attracted speakers ranging from Winston Churchill to Malcolm X, and from Yasser Arafat to the Dalai Lama.

Ancient and beautiful buildings dominate the city of Oxford, but it is also home to over 1,500 high-technology companies which have developed from University research or are attracted by the proximity of the University.

Oxford is just 56 miles (90km) north-west of London, and is connected to the capital by excellent bus and rail services, meaning that recruiters and speakers from the capital can visit the School on a daily basis, and that students have easy access to international airports.

Oxford is one of the most interesting and dynamic places in the world. As a city, it offers the perfect balance between academia and life. Here you feel like you are surrounded by the most fascinating people in the world. Peter Bisanz, MBA student

THE OXFORD EXPERIENCE

Oxford has educated future leaders for over 800 years. As a student in Oxford, you can enjoy the city’s centuries-old pleasures: punting on Oxford’s waterways and picnicking in its extensive parks; powering down the river in a rowing boat; browsing the artefacts in the Ashmolean, Britain’s oldest museum; walking through the early morning mist that rises above Christ Church Meadow; hearing the choristers sing from Magdalen Tower on May morning; or downing a pint in the Eagle and Child, where C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien used to meet.

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COLLEGE LIFE

As an Oxford student, you will belong to one of the University’s 38 colleges. College life will enrich your time at Oxford, offering you the chance to socialise with students and faculty from diverse academic backgrounds. Colleges are a focus for sporting and cultural activity: teams compete with each other in sports such as rowing, cricket, and rugby; plays and musicals are staged in college halls and gardens; and concerts take place in college chapels and quadrangles.

Each college has its own distinctive identity. Some, like Christ Church, are grand and ancient; some, like St Catherine’s are modern and friendly; others, like Corpus Christi, are small and beautiful. Whichever college you choose, you will probably develop a strong loyalty to it that will stay with you way beyond graduation. Colleges have their own alumni societies and professional networks, which complement those offered to graduates by Oxford University and the Saïd Business School.

Colleges currently offering membership to Oxford MBA participants include:

Balliol College Brasenose College Campion Hall Christ Church Corpus Christi College Exeter College Green Templeton College Harris Manchester College Hertford College Jesus College Keble College Kellogg College

Lady Margaret Hall Linacre College Lincoln College Magdalen College Mansfield College Merton College New College Oriel College Pembroke College The Queen’s College Regent’s Park College St Anne’s College

St Catherine’s College St Cross College St Edmund Hall St Hilda’s College St Hugh’s College St John’s College St Peter’s College Trinity College Wadham College Wolfson College Worcester College

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As I entered my college’s centuries-old hall on an early Saturday morning dressed in the full ‘sub-fusc’ of white bow tie and gown, with 200 fellow students spilling over benches and tables under the watchful paintings of kings, queens, and dons, it dawned on me... Oxford is like no other place on Earth.

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ABOUT THE SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL

In the 2009 Financial Times ranking, Saïd Business School ranked among the top twenty full-time MBA programmes in the world. The School is also ranked in Business Week’s top ten MBA programmes outside the USA. In the university league table published by The Guardian in May 2009, the University of Oxford ranked first in the UK for undergraduate business. The University also ranked top for business studies in The Times report published in May 2009.

The School’s new building in the centre of Oxford opened in 2001 and was designed by Dixon and Jones, the architects responsible for the new Royal Opera House in London. In design, it brings together over three millennia of academic tradition, from its classical amphitheatre, to the mosque-like columns, medieval cloisters, horseshoe-style lecture theatres and contemporary interpretation of the traditional dreaming spire.

A key feature of the building is the provision of informal working areas. There are numerous open spaces throughout, including cloistered walkways and a large internal courtyard – all of which help to foster informal interaction between students, faculty and visitors. Anthony Hopwood, formerly Peter Moores Dean of the Saïd Business School, comments: “I call these ‘democratic spaces’ because of the ease of interaction which they facilitate.”

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Research centres based at Saïd Business School

The BT Centre for Major Programme Management

Complex-Agent Based Dynamic Networks (CABDyN)

Institute for Science, Innovation and Society

The Novak Druce Centre for Professional Service Firms

Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Oxford Institute for Employee Relations

Oxford Institute for Retail Management

Oxford-Man Institute for Quantitative Finance

The Saïd Business School is one of Europe’s youngest and most entrepreneurial business schools. An integral part of the University of Oxford, the School embodies the academic rigour and forward thinking that has made Oxford a world leader in education. The School is dedicated to developing a new generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs and conducting research not only into the nature of business, but the connections between business and the wider world.

Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation

Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation

Private Equity Institute

Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship


STATE OF THE ART FACILITIES

As well as being a place of study, the building is a place of work in a very modern sense. There are dozens of rooms available for project work, brainstorming and simply getting on with business. Thousands of network connections and Wi-Fi access mean you can always be connected, and in-house reprographics, IT and AV facilities provide for all modern business demands. 10/11 10/11

The School’s Sainsbury Library contains not only books, but also a collection of remote databases that provide students with access to cutting edge market research, and the complete listings of thousands of academic journals in full-text. The Library provides a gateway to a range of electronic resources including course reading lists with links to online readings.

As members of Oxford University, MBA students can also take advantage of all the facilities of one of the world’s leading universities. With resources including the famously comprehensive Bodleian Library and state-of-the-art research labs, Oxford can meet almost any academic or business need.

The architects have created a beautiful, serene building that performs the noble trick of appearing to be brand new and very much of our times, yet rooted in the distant past. Jonathan Glancey, The Guardian

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INSPIRING LEADERS

The Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic Forum, recently named Saïd Business School alumnus Ernest Darkoh a “Young Global Leader 2006”. Established in 2004, the Forum of Young Global Leaders is a community of the world’s most extraordinary young leaders who are ready to dedicate a part of their time and energy to jointly work toward a better future.

Ernest Darkoh, MBA 1999/2000, Ghana / United States

Oxford is preparing a new generation of global business leaders to find innovative solutions to the major challenges facing business in the twenty-first century. Whether they are pioneering new healthcare models in Africa, opening up post-Soviet states to foreign trade or investment, or forming their own private equity partnerships, Oxford MBAs are rewriting the rules of the game. 12/13 12/13THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD MBA 2010/11

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OXFORD BUSINESS ALUMNI

OXFORD BUSINESS NETWORKS

SPEAKERS ON CAMPUS

SILICON VALLEY COMES TO OXFORD

OXFORD PRIVATE EQUITY INSTITUTE

SKOLL WORLD FORUM

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Oxford Business Alumni The Oxford Business Alumni (OBA) network is the official global business alumni network of the Saïd Business School. Overseen by the Saïd Business School Alumni Relations Office, the OBA network boasts more than 6,500 individuals living in 129 countries.

The Oxford Business Networks These networks or ‘OBNs’ promote the exchange of ideas and knowledge surrounding an industry. These sector-based groups create opportunities for worldwide relationship building and information sharing.

Speakers on campus Attending the Saïd Business School gives you the chance to gain exposure to the top ranks of the business world. Regular seminars and guest lectures provide a steady stream of networking opportunities. As well as visits from individual guests, the Business School hosts a number of major conferences, including annual summits on social entrepreneurship and the role of science in the modern world.

Silicon Valley Comes To Oxford Once a year, Saïd Business School invites key Silicon Valley business leaders to Oxford to take part in master classes and panel discussions.

The Oxford Private Equity Forum Private equity practitioners, investment bankers, lawyers and senior business people get together to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing global investors within the private equity industry.

The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship is the leading, annual, global gathering for the social entrepreneurship movement.

OPENING DOORS

For centuries Oxford University has produced some of the most influential and respected people in business. Oxford graduates are represented in almost every Fortune 500 company, country and government in the world and the University attracts some of the most powerful global business leaders to speak on cutting edge issues.


Opposite: Al Gore at the Skoll World Forum 2007

CAREER ADVANCEMENT

Whether you want to get a top job in banking, consulting or industry, set up your own company, or become a social entrepreneur, we can help you to achieve your career goal. It will take hard work and determination from you to land that dream job, but our careers service can equip you with the tools and skills you need to achieve your goals.

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Expert guidance You will have access to a select group of sector consultants who have experience of working for leading firms across a broad range of sectors.

Recruiter exposure We aim to present you with many opportunities to meet potential recruiters during your MBA.

Career skills training Teaching you skills to market yourself, to compete and to win the top jobs is a key goal for our careers service. Over the course of a year we will provide you with interview training, help you to develop your networking skills, assist you to produce an excellent CV and ensure that you are prepared for anything the job market can throw at you.

AVERAGE SALARY ON EXIT: £67,600

AVERAGE SALARY INCREASE ON EXIT: 59%

FINANCE AND CONSULTING ARE THE LARGEST RECRUITING SECTORS, ACCOUNTING FOR 54% OF MBA GRADUATES

54% OF MBA GRADUATES PLACED IN EUROPE (INCLUDING 40% IN UK)

PLACEMENT HIGHLIGHTS: CLASS OF 2007/08

VIEW: THE MBA CAREERS PLACEMENT REPORT 2008

LINK: CAREERS WEBSITE


READ: OUR MBA STUDENT PROFILES

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS – THEIR OWN PERSONAL STORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF LIFE ON THE OXFORD MBA THROUGH

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YOUR CLASS

The Oxford MBA class is a truly diverse mix of extraordinary individuals from dozens of countries and all kinds of backgrounds. The class of 2008/09 is made up of students from over 50 countries. A high proportion of them have already worked or studied outside their native country before embarking on their MBA. Their active contribution to classes helps to make the course a truly international experience.

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The Oxford MBA class 2008/09

Class size 233

Average age 29

Nationalities 50

Average work experience (years) 6

Average GMAT 685

International students (%) 94

Male:Female ratio 3:1


Examine the foundations of business The first two terms will immerse you in modern enterprise – from the economic theory of the firm, to the valuation of businesses and the choice of strategic models. The goal of these courses is to provide a breadth and depth of knowledge that will allow you to approach any business situation with confidence and understanding.

Develop your understanding The second term completes this foundation with a look at the role of marketing, accounting and operations management. It also addresses the broader issues of corporate governance and social responsibility, a crucial part of any modern manager’s understanding. The second term includes two elective courses, allowing you to develop your interests in specific areas.

During this term we ask students to undertake their Entrepreneurship Project, the production of a complete business plan suitable for presentation to venture capitalists.

Choose your own direction In the second and third terms we offer you the chance to explore your personal interests through a series of electives. These are often taught by visiting experts or by faculty in association with practitioners, bringing together academic rigour and hands-on expertise. The wide variety of courses on offer gives you the chance to develop yourself in preparation for a post-MBA career.

During the summer, there are a wide range of options available to you. Most students pursue a Strategic Consulting Project, working on a business-critical assignment with a corporate client. Alternatively there is the option of undertaking further elective courses or an Individual Academic Thesis potentially in combination with an internship.

Consolidate your learning The MBA course culminates in September with a short course designed to act as a capstone to the whole programme. The capstone course challenges students to consider one of the major problems facing business leaders and governments in the twenty-first century.

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YOUR COURSE: FLEXIBILITY

At Oxford we expect our applicants to be exceptional, and our course reflects this. We have created one of the most flexible one-year MBA courses available. Designed to give you the foundations to think about business from all perspectives over three terms and two projects, it will develop your knowledge, your critical faculties and your practical skills.


In the second and third terms the Oxford MBA gives you the chance to customise your learning experience to meet individual career goals and aspirations. We pride ourselves on the breadth of elective topics we offer. Courses are often taught by academics and industry practitioners working in partnership to ensure that leading edge research is melded with relevant real-life application.

Electives offered for Trinity and Hilary term 2009

Branding & communications

Business history

Business in China

CSR & ethical marketing

Capital raising

Cooperative strategy

Corporate valuation

Customer insights

Derivatives

Design leadership

Environment, organisations and sustainability

Financial management

Financial risk management

Finance II

Global strategy

International financial management

Leading strategic change

Macroeconomics

Managing complexity

Managing innovation in the bioeconomy

Managing the high-growth company

Managing the project portfolio

Marketing innovation

Mergers, acquisitions & restructuring

Political risk

Private equity

Real estate

Retailing

Social entrepreneurship 1: Social entrepreneurship & innovation

Social entrepreneurship 2: Social finance

Social entrepreneurship 3: Social enterprise design

Strategy implementation

Strategy II: Technology and innovation strategy

Taxation, finance & business strategy

The theory & practice of strategic negotiations

Trading & market microstructure

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YOUR COURSE: TAILORING YOUR LEARNING


The private equity elective Co-taught by Tim Jenkinson, Professor of Finance at the Saïd Business School, and Humphrey Battcock, a Director of Advent International, the private equity course opens up one of the more complex areas of financial management. Private equity investments are illiquid and hard to value and those who manage them often become engaged in the decision-making of the companies involved, all of which makes practical skills as important as theoretical knowledge.

Assessed through four case studies, two spreadsheet assignments and a group presentation, the course demands that students constantly apply the material they have been presented.

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Practical relevance is hard-wired into the course. Humphrey Battcock and I have designed a course that addresses the current issues facing the private equity industry. We wanted to integrate practice and finance principles from the word go. Tim Jenkinson

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APPLYING YOUR LEARNING

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Oxford’s one-year MBA programme places an emphasis on applied learning. As part of this, students have the opportunity to complete two substantial real-world projects. These projects give you an opportunity to take the knowledge and skills you have gained and put them to the test.

Entrepreneurship Project The entrepreneurship course and project challenges students to develop a complete business plan and present it to a panel of invited venture capitalists and other practitioners. If you already run a business this is a great chance to develop new products or business models in a safe environment.

Completed plans must be attractive to the professional investor. The numbers must add up, patents must be in place, the competition must have been understood and a winning strategy developed. It is often said that investors care more about the management than the plan – in this case the management will be you.

Strategic Consulting Project Working in teams, most students undertake an eight-week consulting project for a corporate sponsor. Projects take place all over the world and for all kinds of companies. We ask you to bring your own contacts and networking skills into play to develop exciting projects. Indeed, if there is a company you have always wanted to work for, undertaking a Strategic Consulting Project for them is sure to get you noticed. The School also sources projects and builds relationships with corporate sponsors.

The Strategic Consulting Project will demand that you use all the skills you have developed during the MBA. Teams have worked with a wide range of companies, charities, non-profits, and start-ups. Projects take place all over the world and for all kinds of companies. Corporate sponsors will typically meet a team’s living and travel expenses on overseas assignments. Conversely, several consulting projects are undertaken for non-profit organisations where students may have to defray the costs themselves.

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Oxford University has a strong track record in innovation with 44 spinout companies creating 1,500 jobs. Saïd Business School has been highly influential in developing interaction between businesses and the University, and in creating entrepreneurs and networks. Against this background, entrepreneurship permeates our MBA programme with courses including private equity, entrepreneurial finance, social entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship in technological ventures. In addition, entrepreneurial students benefit from completing the entrepreneurship project.

Role Models Saïd Business School regularly hosts guest lectures by entrepreneurs. Recent speakers have included: Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder and chairman, Cobra Beer; James Caan, CEO, Hamilton Bradshaw; Julie Meyer, founder and CEO, Ariadne Capital; and many others.

Oxford Entrepreneurs a 4,500-strong society, encourages students from any school of Oxford University to experiment with ideas and start companies. While the society has only existed since 2002, over 120 members have formed companies. Some recent examples include Groupspaces, Blueventures, YouNoodle, and Accademia.edu – all of which have received significant investment and are growing fast.

The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship was launched in 2003 at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, to promote the advancement of social entrepreneurship worldwide. It was created with a donation of £4.44 million by the Skoll Foundation. The Centre nurtures tomorrow’s social entrepreneurs by providing five Skoll MBA Scholarships in Social Entrepreneurship each year.

Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation brings together innovators from across the world, from Silicon Valley and India, as well as the 2,000 high-tech companies based around Oxford, that form part of the innovation system centred on the School.

Saïd Business School Venture Fund The idea for establishing the Saïd Business School Venture Fund came from Mr David Bonderman and Sir Philip Green during a private equity event at the School, when they generously created the £1m fund. The purpose is to finance the best entrepreneurial ideas from the School’s students and to serve the education of the School’s students in research, due-diligence and monitoring activity associated with investing in early stage businesses.

Oxford Private Equity Network The Oxford Private Equity Network connects Oxford alumni working in the private equity area – in private equity firms, investment banks, law practices and management consulting firms – to allow students to learn about the industry. This is the first university-wide private equity network in Europe and has a high-level advisory board consisting of senior private equity practitioners, Saïd Business School faculty, Oxford alumni and Oxford students.

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The application is designed to let you showcase yourself to us. We don’t mind if your biggest achievements were outside the world of business or if your career to date has been unconventional. We are much more interested in the content of your character than the numbers on your pay-cheque.

The process We operate a staged admissions process. Applications for the 2010/11 class will be considered in accordance with the application, interview and decision dates given in the table below.

APPLICATION INTERVIEW FINAL DEADLINE DECISION BY DECISION BY

STAGE 1 09 October 30 October 11 December 2009 2009 2009

STAGE 2 15 January 05 February 12 March 2010 2010 2010

STAGE 3 02 April 30 April 28 May 2010 2010 2010

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview. Notification of decisions and interview options will be given by the interview decision deadline at each stage. Interviews will be conducted in person at the School, at our overseas events, or in exceptional circumstances over the phone. Final decisions will be communicated by the deadline at each stage.

It is highly recommended that you apply early as we are unable to guarantee places on the course, or at colleges, later in the year.

HOW TO APPLY

Requirements

Undergraduate A good undergraduate degree or equivalent. Degree As guidance, a 2.1 degree (GPA 3.5 or its equivalent).

GMAT All candidates are required to take the GMAT test. In recent years our class average has been 680 or higher.

TOEFL/IELTS The minimum TOEFL score accepted is: internet 109, computer 267, paper 630. The minimum IELTS score accepted is 7.5.

Work experience No minimum requirement but most of our students have more than three years experience and our class average is usually around six years.

College membership Students are asked to state a college preference in their application. Everyone accepted by the Business School is guaranteed college membership. However, as colleges select their students independently, you may not be accepted by the one you choose.

Accommodation Most colleges have accommodation available for some of their graduate students. Some have accommodation that is suitable for families. This is usually allocated on a “first come, first served” basis.

Facilities for families A number of MBA students bring their families to Oxford each year and the School is delighted to welcome spouses or partners, and children.

The Admissions Office will provide as much help and information as they can and advise on important matters including housing, doctors, hospitals, health insurance, nurseries and schools.

At Oxford we expect our applicants to be exceptional. We look for evidence that you will make the most of your time here, that you will contribute to the School and that your classmates will be better for having met you.

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Vodafone Group Foundation scholar profile Alexandra was the first recipient of the Saïd Technology Scholarship, sponsored by the Vodafone Foundation. This award supports talented students who are interested in the technology sector to undertake an MBA. Some highlights of Alexandra’s MBA experience so far have included special guest lecturers – CEOs of multinationals and other high profile personalities – and special events. “I especially enjoyed the Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford conference: a great opportunity to meet key people in IT, discuss trends and exchange ideas.”

Scholarships There are a range of scholarships available to Oxford MBA students offered by the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and also some Oxford colleges

The Saïd Business School awards scholarships based on: Academic performance

Nationals of specific regions around the world: Africa and Latin America Australia and New Zealand League of Arab States Persian Gulf area

Applicants with a strong background on the areas of: Social entrepreneurship Finance Technology

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Alexandra Mnohoghitnei Romania

Education: BSc in Computer Science

Work Experience: CRM Project Manager

The course fee for the Oxford MBA for 2010/11 is £33,000 and the college fee will be in the region of £3,000. Applicants who are offered and accept a place will be asked to pay a non-refundable deposit of £4,950, to secure their place on the programme, which will be offset against the course fee. The deposit payment is due within 30 days of our offer. The balance of the tuition and college fees will be due by 1 September 2010. Students should also budget for the following expenses: approximately £500 for course materials and books, a minimum of £12,000 for living expenses, stationery, field-work expenses and travel to and from Oxford.

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Typical class

Class size 233

Average age 29

Nationalities 50

Average work experience (years) 6

Average GMAT 685

International students (%) 94

Male:Female ratio 3:1

Alumni contacts

Our Alumni Country Champions Scheme places applicants in touch with recent alumni. Our alumni are very happy to answer any questions you may have about the MBA programme and Oxford. For more information, email: alumnicountry champions @sbs.ox.ac.uk

Career information (2007/08 MBA Class)

Average salary on exit: £67,500

Average salary increase on exit: 59%

Finance and consulting are the largest recruiting sectors, accounting for 54% of MBA graduates

54% of MBA graduates placed in Europe (including 40% in UK)

Alumni information

Oxford University alumni organisation (Oxford Society): 160,000 members, 160+ branches worldwide

Oxford Business Alumni (OBA): 6,500 members, 23 regional chapters worldwide

Admissions requirements

GMAT test: No minimum but 80% of class score between 620 and 730.

TOEFL/ IELTS: Where English is your second language and previous undergraduate study was not in an English-speaking country. Minimum TOEFL score: internet 109, computer 267, paper 630. Minimum IELTS: 7.5.

Work experience: No minimum but majority have three or more years.

Further Information

Admissions Office: mba-enquiries @sbs.ox.ac.uk; +44 (0) 1865 278804

Careers Service: [email protected]

Alumni Office: www.oba.co.uk

Apply

www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/degrees/mba/Pages/process.aspx

Fees and Financing

Course fee (2010/2011): £33,000 plus college fee of around £3,000

Non-refundable deposit (offset against course fee): £4,950

Living expenses: £12,000 minimum

Oxford MBA Admissions Team

Darren Beattie MBA Admissions Assistant Coordinator

Susan Crawford MBA Admissions Assistant

Henrietta Nagy MBA Admissions Assistant Coordinator

Charlene New Student Aid Coordinator

Joanne Webb MBA Admissions Assistant Coordinator

OXFORD MBA AT A GLANCE

Duration: 1 year (October – September) or 15 months with summer internship (October – December). Location: Oxford, UK (projects worldwide).

APPLICATION INTERVIEW FINAL DEADLINE DECISION BY DECISION BY

STAGE 1 09 October 30 October 11 December 2009 2009 2009

STAGE 2 15 January 05 February 12 March 2010 2010 2010

STAGE 3 02 April 30 April 28 May 2010 2010 2010

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Saïd Business School website: www.sbs.oxford.edu

University of Oxford website: www.oxford.edu

Contact us: Admissions Office Saïd Business School Park End Street Oxford OX1 1HP United Kingdom

MBA Programme: +44 (0)1865 278804 [email protected]

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