イリノイ大学・カレッジ・オブ・ビジネス to End Full- & Part-Time MBA Programs

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced today (May 24) that it will eliminate both its full- and part-time MBA programs to focus more resources on its online MBA and specialty master’s programs. 

• Illinois Gies becomes the second top-50 U.S. school in the last three years to eliminate its residential MBA program.
• Like the University of Iowa, which dropped its full-time MBA in 2017 to redirect resources to its online offering, Illinois Gies is banking on the continued popularity of its iMBA — and they have good reason to be confident in that popularity. 
• With a total tuition bill of $22,000, the iMBA is by far the cheapest online MBA from a major university.  
• Applicants to the iMBA do not need to take the Graduate Management Admission Test. That, along with the cost, is part of Illinois’ mission to open up the MBA experience to a wider applicant pool.

Why? Application volume for the Gies full-time MBA has fallen by about 25%  since 2016, partly because of the general wane that’s impacting all MBA programs and particularly due to the drop in international interest that has plagued so many schools.

• In November, Illinois made headlines when it took out a $400K insurance policy against the further loss of Chinese students amid what Brown told P&Q was an “unprecedented decline.”

In its heyday in the 1990s, the Illinois MBA had an enrollment of more than 600. Compare that to today, with fewer than 100, including a fall 2018 intake of just 49 students.

2019-2020 MBA Application Deadlines

Last year, Harvard Business School eliminated its third and final application round for MBA hopefuls.

COLUMBIA ADDS TWO NEW 250-WORD ESSAYS FOR 2019-2020

Columbia Business School has added a pair of new essays this year: “Why do you feel Columbia Business School is a good fit for you?” (250 words) and “Who is a leader you admire, and why?” (250 words). CBS retained its first 500-word essay: “Through your resume and recommendations, we have a clear sense of your professional path to date. What are your career goals over the next 3-5 years and what, in your imagination, would be your long-term dream job?”

Columbia is the only highly ranked full-time MBA program with a January class start in addition to its regular September cohort. The school is fourth behind HBS, Stanford and Wharton for the number of applications received every year for both full-time MBA cohorts. The school, which sends out interview invites and admission decisions on a rolling basis, has set an early decision deadline of Oct. 4th (which is also the deadline for its January 2020 class start) and a final regular deadline of April 10th. But if you want to qualify for a merit scholarship, you would need to apply by Jan. 3, 2020.

The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, meantime, has so far posted the earliest deadline–for its early action round. The deadline is a day ahead of HBS on Sept. 3rd. A major benefit of applying that early to Darden is that you don’t have to be invited to an admissions interview. Instead, you are able to get one without an invite. That is also true for early action candidates at Duke Fuqua during the school’s open interview period from Sept. 11 to Oct. 9th and at Kellogg and Tuck for all applicants. Darden’s open interview schedule is between mid-July through the end of September.

APPLY AS EARLY AS YOU CAN BUT NOT UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE

If you can, apply in the first round when none of the seats in the class are filled. At most schools, early applicants have an advantage over those that complete their applications in later rounds. Typically, the second application round is the largest, and many schools, including Wharton, advise candidates that round three is the most competitive mostly because the vast majority of the class seats are already filled. There are some other reasons why you want to get your app in early:

• The ability to receive a scholarship award from the school’s Financial Aid Office prior to the date by which you must respond to your offer of admission.
• Ample time to complete recommended quantitative and/or language coursework prior to arrival on campus.
• Access to on-campus housing lottery systems at some schools.
• Sufficient time to complete the visa application process for international candidates.
• Attendance at a school’s Admit Weekends. Sometimes, round three candidates lose out on this opportunity.

All that said, the best time to apply is when you believe you’ve done the best job possible with your application. If you have to rush and cut corners to make round one, don’t. Hold off until another round. At all the highly selective business schools, admissions officials are looking for reasons to cut you from the pool. After all, the odds are substantially against you and as many as 80% of the candidates in any school’s applicant pool are usually fully qualified to attend. So you want to make sure you are putting your best foot forward when you do apply.

We’ll update this list continuously as more schools provide info on their new deadlines. If a school has released its essays for the 2019-2020 admissions season, you can access them by clicking on the “Yes” in the table below.

EARLIEST 2019-2020 DEADLINES AT TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS

School	Deadline	Interview Notification	Decision	Essay Release
Virginia (Darden)	Sept. 3, 2019 (Early Action)	Schedule Your Own	Oct. 9, 2019	No
Harvard	Sept. 4, 2019	NA	Dec. 10, 2019	Yes
Pennsylvania (Wharton)	Sept. 17, 2019	Oct. 29, 2019	Dec. 18, 2019	No
Pennsylvania (Wharton)	Sept. 17, 2019 (R1 for MBA/Lauder)	NA	Dec. 18, 2019	No
Northwestern (Kellogg)	Sept. 18, 2019 (Round 1)	Sept. 20, 2019	Dec. 11, 2019	Yes
INSEAD	Sept. 18, 2019 (Round 1-Sept. Intake 2020)	Oct. 18, 2019	Nov. 22, 2019	Yes
Duke (Fuqua)	Sept. 19, 2019 (Early Action)	Oct. 2, 2019	Oct. 28, 2019	Yes
Chicago (Booth)	Sept. 26, 2019	NA	Dec. 5, 2019	No
Emory (Goizueta)	Oct. 4, 2019 (R1)	Rolling	Nov. 29, 2019	Yes
Columbia Business School	Oct. 4, 2019 (Early Decision/January cohort)	Rolling	Rolling	Yes
Virginia (Darden)	Oct. 4, 2019 (R1)	NA	Dec. 11, 2019	No
Duke (Fuqua)	Oct. 14, 2019 (Round 1)	Nov. 1, 2019	Dec. 18, 2019	Yes
INSEAD	Nov. 6, 2019 (Round 2-Sept. Intake 2020)	Dec. 6, 2019	Jan. 24, 2020	Yes
Emory (Goizueta)	Nov. 15, 2019 (R2)	Rolling	Jan. 24, 2020	Yes
Columbia Business School	April 10, 2020 (Final Regular Decision)	Rolling	Rolling	Yes

Source: Business school websites

ハーバード・ビジネス・スクール R1 締め切り：９月４日に

Harvard Business School says it is keeping MBA application deadlines for the 2019-2020 admissions cycle to just two rounds again, preferring not to have a third and final round for the second year in a row. The school moved up its round one cutoff by a day to Sept. 4th of 2019, while it moved back its round two deadline by two days to Jan. 6.

Last year, Chad Losee, managing director of MBA admissions and financial aid, eliminated the school’s third round. With more and more MBA candidates filing their applications in the first and second rounds, he thought an extra round wasn’t really needed, anymore.

The essay question for applicants to Harvard’s MBA program also remains unchanged:

“As we review your application, what more would you like us to know as we consider your candidacy for the Harvard Business School MBA Program?”

There is no mention of the school’s deferred admissions program. The school had an April 2+2 deadline in 2019. The application will open again in early June.

The lack of essay limit is an opportunity for applicants to show judgment as well as communications ability, or the lack of both. HBS is interested in that information. The short answers and form fields reflect what Harvard to know, and they are a critical part of the applicant’s narrative.

University of Essex announces scholarships for MBA programme: How to get it

Here's how to apply for the scholarships

The University of Essex has announced scholarships worth up to 100,000 pounds for Essex Business School’s MBA program starting October 2019.

2019-20 entry

Two students will be offered 100 per cent scholarship worth 19,500 pounds (~ Rs 18 lakh) each, two students will be offered 50 per cent scholarship worth 9,750 pounds (~ Rs 9 lakh) each, and further waivers of 3,000 pounds (~ Rs 2.7 lakh) on tuition fees will also be available:
2 x 100 per cent fee discount
2 x 50 per cent fee discount
16 x 3,000-pound fee discount
The award will be offered in the form of a tuition fee discount.
Eligibility

The applicant will be invited to an interview. The MBA Director will assess the student for a scholarship award during the interview.
During the scholarship interview, the MBA Director will be particularly looking for evidence of:

• academic merit
• work experience (quality of work experience, not simply time served)
• ideas on sustainable and entrepreneurial business
• ability to communicate experience and ideas
• plans for utilising the Essex MBA experience after the course
  

This scholarship is available to all MBA applicants provided they are funding their own study.
How to apply

There's no separate application form for the scholarship. If a student meets the eligibility criteria stated above, he/she will be assessed during the interview.

First Published: Thu, May 16 2019. 14:22 IST

日本の会社は「MBAホルダー」をなぜ嫌うのか

　いっとき「ビジネスエリートのパスポート」「キャリアアップの切り札」として脚光を浴びたMBA（経営学修士）だが、ここのところ往年の輝きを失っている。その理由は、苦労して“MBAホルダー”になっても、華々しい出世どころか企業内で冷遇される風潮があるからだという。同志社大学政策学部教授の太田肇氏が、その現状をレポートする。


　国内のビジネススクールでは入学者数が伸び悩み、定員割れを起こしているところも多い。優秀な人材をふるいにかけて入学させているビジネススクールは、ごく一握りに過ぎない。どうやらその原因は、わが国特有の企業社会にあるようだ。
　ビジネス界を覗くと、わが国ではMBAが欧米のように根付いていない実態が一目瞭然にわかる。欧米では経営者や管理職の多くがMBAを取得しており、Ph.D （博士） の学位を持つ人も少なくないが、わが国では大企業の経営者、管理職でも博士号はおろか、MBAの資格を持つ人も少ない。
　それでも若手ビジネスパーソンの間でMBA人気は底堅いものがあり、キャリア志向の強い人たちにとっては相変わらず憧れの的である。
　ところが管理職や同僚など、彼らを取り巻く環境はMBAの取得をサポートしてくれるどころか、おしなべて冷たい。国内のビジネススクールに通う社会人学生たちの口からは、つぎのような嘆きの声が聞かれる。
「終業後か週末を利用してビジネススクールに通学するので、だれにも迷惑をかけていないのに、ときどき嫌みをいわれる」
「上司の態度が冷たくなり、厳しく管理されるようになった」
「同僚がよそよそしくなり、仲間に入れてくれなくなった」
　なかには通学できない地域へ転勤させられたというケースまである。
　学生自身、周囲の空気が冷たいことをわかっているので、彼らの多くはビジネススクールへの通学を会社には内緒にしている。そしてMBAを取得した後も、会社や同僚には知らせていないそうだ。

ある中国のMBAスクールが欧米の名門を超えた

世界ランキングで他を圧倒した大学院の名前

中山 一貴 : 東洋経済 記者  2019/05/08 5:20

上海にあるシーブスのメインキャンパス。フランスのルーブル美術館を彷彿とさせる（写真：シーブス）

 

ハーバード・ビジネス・スクールやスタンフォード大学経営大学院など、MBA（経営学修士）といえば欧米の大学院をイメージする人が多いだろう。だが、イギリスのファイナンシャル・タイムズ（FT）が毎年発表する「グローバルMBAランキング」で、あるアジアの大学院が急速に順位を上げている。それはシンガポールでも香港でもない、中国は上海にある中欧国際工商学院、通称CEIBS（シーブス）だ。
シーブスは、中国政府とEU（欧州連合）のジョイントベンチャーによって1994年に設立されたビジネススクールである。メインキャンパスである上海のほかに北京や深圳（シンセン）、スイスや西アフリカのガーナにもキャンパスを持ち、毎年200人近くの卒業生を輩出している。
2016年は世界17位だったが、今年3月に発表された最新のMBAランキングでは、ロンドン・ビジネス・スクールなど欧米の著名な大学院を押さえて5位となった。アジアではトップである。FTのランキングはMBA取得後の給与平均や給与上昇率、就職率などに基づく。シーブス卒業生の給与平均は17.4万ドル（約2000万円）、給与上昇率は183％と上位20校の中で断トツだった。

講義は全部英語、ケーススタディは中国企業

講義をすべて英語で行うが、中国企業のケーススタディがカリキュラムにふんだんに盛り込んでいるのが特徴だ。近年、中国ではアリババグループやテンセントといったIT企業が台頭し、非IT企業でもAI、IoTなど先端技術への需要が高まっている。そこでデータサイエンティストやサイバーセキュリティーの専門家など、高度IT人材を中心に給与が急騰。イギリスの人材紹介会社ヘイズの日本法人代表マーク・ブラジ氏は、「昨年、中国企業に転職して年収が30〜40％増えるケースは珍しくなかった」と話す。
ヘイズの調査によると、電機メーカーの研究開発部長やIT企業のCIO（最高情報責任者）といった管理職の転職時年収は、中国企業が日本企業の最大2倍超にもなる。中国企業で働く魅力が増す中、現地のMBAスクールで中国ビジネスを学ぶニーズが高まっている。

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ハーバード・ビジネス・スクール MBA Deadlines 2019-2020

Harvard Business School has released their 2019-2020 application deadlines for full-time MBA applicants targeting the Class of 2022.

Round 1

Application Deadline: September 4, 2019

Decision Notification: December 10, 2019
Round 2:
Application Deadline: January 6, 2020
Decision Notification: March 31, 2020

To be considered for a round, applicants must submit their application by 12:00 PM Eastern Time on the day of the deadline.