Royal Holloway Founders building seen through Windsor windows |
Once again our MBA course has been highly attractive to students from
all over the world. The 2012/13 cohort of 35 (pictured above) has grown 20% on
the previous year, in spite of a 30% reduction in applications. Changes to the
post study work visa arrangements have seen applications drop off significantly
from India, a historically strong market. Early anecdotal evidence shows that
Royal Holloway MBA has been successful at attracting more, high caliber students
whilst many institutions have seen their programme enrolments reduce.
The gender balance is fairly even with 54% women and 46% men, wholly
appropriate for a College that is proud of its historical origins as a Victorian
ladies college. This is an important and unusual feature of the Royal Holloway
MBA programme. At other leading UK MBA programmes and as seen with AMBA
accredited Universities data the MBA gender breakdown usually sees around a 70%
male and 30% female blend, indicating that the MBA is often a more masculine
dominated course. AACSB, another global programme accreditation body, shows
parity across the sexes when looking at all masters degrees.
Our students' varied business backgrounds
An essential entry requirement is extensive work experience, again the
sheer variety evidenced in the MBA work profiles is very impressive. It
includes; digital marketing, project management, IT, banking, insurance,
finance, accounting, aviation, NGO (United Nations) administrative,
entrepreneurial, charities, beverages brand manager and Disneyland.
Royal Holloway is proud of its AMBA accreditation which requires MBA
students to have at least three years postgraduate work experience. This
experience will come to bear towards the end of their year-long programme when
they are required to work in groups as management consultants and recommend a
viable solution to a real business problem set by one of our industry partners.
Where do our students come from?
The 35 students hail from 21 different countries; USA, UK, Bermuda,
India, Russia, Senegal, South Korea, South Africa, China, Japan, Colombia,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Sweden, Norway, New Zealand, Turkey, Latvia, Israel, Canada,
and Mexico providing a truly international learning experience. It is believed
that this is the first time all of the populated continents of the world have
been represented on the full time Royal Holloway MBA.
The Royal Holloway MBA 2012/13 Cohort - Where do they come from ? |