Which MBA?

2009 RANKINGS 155

Background
University of The University of Strathclyde Business School (previously the Graduate School of Business) has good links with industry and good international
connections. The school claims a number of firsts, including being the first in the Britain to offer a full-time one-year MBA (in 1966), the first British
Strathclyde provider of a part-time MBA, the first to offer a distance-learning programme and the first to offer a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration).
Facilities
Business School The school has excellent facilities at its purpose-built city-centre site, which includes teaching and administration blocks, two computer
laboratories and business information and audio-visual centres. MBA students have access to the main university library and good on-
campus sports facilities. The school also has a fully equipped Campus Conference and Hotel Centre with 108 bedrooms. Plenty of on-campus
accommodation is available.
Full-time MBA
Student assessment of facilities 4.2 (77)

Faculty
Number of faculty: 136 full-time, 5 part-time, 45 visiting
Number of faculty per student 0.5 (56)
199 Cathedral Street
Glasgow Percentage of faculty with PhD 79 (98)
UK Student rating of faculty 3.8 (>100)
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Tel: +44 141 553 6104 Programme highlights
E-mail: admissions@gsb.strath.ac.uk ● The Strathclyde MBA can be earned full-time or part-time and through open-learning, in-company and consortium programmes. There is
Website: www.strath.ac.uk/business considerable flexibility in moving between the various delivery options but all have an emphasis on strategic management.
Programme director: Dr George Burt ● The one-year full-time programme consists of three academic terms and an in-company project (July–September). It is divided into five
modules, from a compulsory grounding in basic business to specialised or generalist elective courses and then the final project in module 5.
● The part-time evening programme lasts for three years and classes are held on two evenings a week; there are also some weekend sessions.
● The flexible-learning (open-learning) programme takes three years on average. Course materials consist of study guides, textbooks and notes,
Ranking Rank (out of 100) Full-time as well as telephone, fax and e-mail contact with programme administrators and tutors. There are some required face-to-face classes in
Overall rank 91 Glasgow.
Regional rank 35 ● The MBA is also offered part-time at a number of international centres: Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Greece (Athens), Hong Kong, Malaysia,
Oman, Singapore and Switzerland (Zurich).
Open new career opportunities 94
Student rating of programme 3.9 (95)
Diversity of recruiters >100
Overseas exchange places available (% of intake) 0 (87)
Number in jobs three months after graduation 45
Number of languages on offer 5 (62)
Jobs found through the careers service 84
Student assessment of careers service 84 Students
Personal development and educational experience>100 Annual intake 64
Faculty quality 97 Applicants:places 7:1
Student quality 91 Percentage of women students 21 (>100)
Student diversity 92 International diversity score 46 (45)
Education experience 81 Average GMAT score 590 (93)
Increase in salary 31 Average number of years’ work experience 7 (13)
Increase in salary >100 Age range of students 27-38
Post-MBA salary 20 Average age 29
Potential to network 77 Student rating of culture and classmates 3.2 (>100)
Breadth of alumni network 10
Recruiters/careers service
Internationalism of alumni 69
Number of industry sectors that recruited graduates 6 (100)
Alumni effectiveness >100
Percentage of graduates in jobs 3 months after graduation 88 (72)
Percentage of graduates finding jobs through careers services 45 (80)
Student profile (full-time) Student rating of careers service 2.6 (>100)
(%) Post-MBA salary ($) 101,870 (40)
EU Percentage increase in salary 22 (>100)
Non-EU Europe Principal recruiters of graduates Philip Morris, Johnson & Johnson, Aker
North America
Other Americas Cost
Asia/Australasia Application fees n/a
Africa/Middle East Programme fees £21,000 ($38,896)
Comments –
Accommodation costs (on campus, per year) £4,800 ($8,890)
Strengths and weaknesses Accommodation costs (off campus, per year) £5,500 ($10,187)
Strengths: strategy and strategic management, Financial aid available £40,000 ($74,087)
entrepreneurship, international business
Type of aid available Scholarships
Weakness: some teaching
Criteria on which aid is granted Various
Accreditation
Application details
✓ AACSB ✓ AMBA ✓ EQUIS
Application deadline –
Student/alumni quotes Programme dates Sep start, 12 months
“Strathclyde is world-renowned for strategy and all my Admission requirements First degree; 3 years’ work experience; TOEFL or IELTS; references; 3 essays; laptop
expectations have been met and exceeded.”
“Professors are too theoretical. They really need to re-think
their teaching style.”

(Figures in brackets represent rank)