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Master of Business Administration

工商管理学硕士

Year of entry	2010
Mode of funding	Non-government funded
Programme code	P11
Mode of programme	Combined^†
Class schedule	Weekday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Intensive teaching mode
Indicative intake target	100
Minimum no. of credits required	40
Normal duration of programme	Full-time: 1 year; Part-time: 2 years
Maximum study period	Full-time: 2.5 years; Part-time/Combined mode: 5 years
Programme website	Click here to open
Tuition fee	Click here for more information
Application deadline	31 Mar 2010 (Local & Non-local)
Mode of processing	Applications are processed on a rolling basis. Review of applications will start before the deadline and continue until all places are filled. Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.
Programme leader	Dr Y. C. CHAN BSc (Nanyang), MA (Lanc.), PhD (Manc.), FIPC, MIIE, ABCS
General enquiry	+852 3442 2658 mba@cityu.edu.hk

Remarks: A second round of application (deadline 31 May 2010) may be conducted if places are available. However, applications received before the initial deadline will be considered first.

† Combined mode: Local students taking programmes in combined mode can attend full-time (12-18 credit units per semester) or part-time (no more than 11 credit units per semester) study in different semesters without seeking approval from the University. For non-local students, they will be admitted to these programmes for either full-time or part-time studies. Non-local students must maintain the required credit load for their full-time or part-time studies and any changes will require approval from the University.

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Programme Aims and Objectives
Entrance Requirements
Course Description
Bonus Features
Useful Links

Programme Aims and Objectives

The primary aim of the programme is to provide aspiring managers, from both private and public sectors, a professional education, in which their managerial competence and skills can be elevated, to better enable them to achieve their career goals. The MBA programme goes to the heart of modern management practices. It offers an experience-based learning approach, which looks behind the technical and analytical skills to the successful strategies used by managers in arriving at and implementing decisions for the rapid transformations in today's marketplace and organizations.

Entrance Requirements

Applicants must:

hold a Bachelor’s degree with at least Second Class Honours or equivalent from a recognized university;
possess at least 3 years of work experience; and
have an acceptable GMAT score or the equivalent, subject to the approval of the MBA Programme Director.

Applicants whose entrance qualification is obtained from an institution where the medium of instruction is not English should also fulfill the following minimum English proficiency requirement:

TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based test) or 213 (computer-based test) or 79 (internet-based test); or
Overall band 6 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS); or
Score 450 in the new College English Test (CET6) of Chinese mainland or a pass in the old CET-6 test; or
Other equivalent qualifications

All shortlisted candidates are required to attend an interview.

Course Description

Core Courses

Financial Accounting
Financial Management
Management Information Systems
Management and Organizational Behaviour
Managerial Economics
Operations Management
Principles of Marketing
Quantitative Methods

Integrated Courses

Enterprise Diagnostic Residential Trip
Professional Forum
Project
Strategic Management (capstone course)

Electives^# (minimum 12 credits)

Consumer Behaviour
Corporate Governance
Data Mining
e-Marketing and Customer Relationship Management
Foundations of Electronic Business
Global Business Management
Industry On-site Workshop^
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
Professional Forum
Services Marketing
Service Operations Management
Strategic Human Resource Management
Supply Chain Management
Any other taught postgraduate courses offered within the College of Business as electives and approved by the Programme Director (maximum 6 credits).

^#Electives will be offered subject to student demand and staff availability.

^Participants need to pay the cost for transportation and meal in addition to the credit unit fee required for the course.

Note: Participants who have more than 3 courses with Grade C or below; or more than 2 courses with Grade D or below may not be granted an MBA award unless they retake those courses to improve the grades in accordance with the University regulations.

Bonus Features

The Enterprise Diagnostic Residential Trip provides participants with the opportunity to apply their knowledge on a 10-day consultancy trip to an organization outside Hong Kong. The exposure and exchange of business know-how on the Trip are invaluable for career development.

Through the Professional Forum, participants are exposed to distinguished leaders from the business community to share views on core management issues and challenges.

MBA Project provides an excellent opportunity for participants to relate theory to practice and to demonstrate enhanced managerial competence.

MBA participants will have the option and valuable opportunity to gain international exposure and learning experience on the UC Berkeley campus in the United States by attending a 5-day Advanced Management Programme delivered by academics of Haas School of Business.

Participants with recognized master’s degrees from relevant business disciplines may get credit transfer for equivalent courses up to 50% of the credit load of the MBA programme.

Useful Links

College of Business: http://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk

GMAT: http://www.mba.com

CityU-UC Berkeley programme: http://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/partner/UCBerkeley/