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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
INTRODUCTION 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
Stephan Chambers programmes in the world. We offer a flexible, but rigorous, course
MBA Director 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
01/ INTRODUCTION Oxford MBA do for you?
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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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,
From top left:
six current holders of the Order of Merit, plus three saints, Sir Walter Raleigh
86 archbishops, 18 cardinals and one pope. MBA students Edmund Halley
Margaret Thatcher
join an institution that has educated world-changing leaders Stephen Hawking
since the thirteenth Century. Manmohan Singh
Bill Clinton
Benazir Bhutto
EDUCATING
LEADERS
Sir Walter Raleigh Adam Smith Margaret Thatcher Sir Howard Stringer Tony Blair King Abdullah II
Oriel College, 1570 Balliol College, 1740 Somerville Merton College, 1965 St John’s of Jordan
Explorer Political economist College, 1944 Chief Executive Officer College, 1972 Pembroke
British Prime Minister of Sony Corporation British Prime Minister College, 1984
Edmund Halley H H Asquith 1979-1990 2005-present 1997-2007 Current ruler of Jordan
The Queen’s Balliol College, 1870
College, 1673 British Prime Minister Stephen Hawking Dr Frene Ginwala Tim Berners Lee Aung San Suu Kyi
Astronomer 1908-1916 University Lincoln College, 1967 The Queen’s St Hugh’s
College, 1959 First Speaker of the College, 1973 College, 1986
John Wesley Indira Gandhi Physicist South African National Inventor of the World Leader, Burmese
Christ Church, 1720 Somerville Assembly 1994-2004 Wide Web National League
Founder of Methodism College, 1938 Manmohan Singh for Democracy and
Prime Minister of India Nuffield Bill Clinton Benazir Bhutto winner of the Nobel
Dr Samuel Johnson 1966-77 & 1980-84. College, 1962 University Lady Margaret Peace Prize
Pembroke First woman ever Prime Minister of College, 1968 Hall, 1977
College, 1728 elected to lead a India 2004-present 42nd President of Prime Minister of
Lexicographer democracy the United States Pakistan (1988–1990
1993-2001 & 1993–1996)
choristers sing from Magdalen Tower on May morning; 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
or downing a pint in the Eagle and Child, where C S Lewis speakers from the capital can visit the School on a daily basis, and that
and J R R Tolkien used to meet. students have easy access to international airports.
THE OXFORD
EXPERIENCE
“ 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
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Ernest Darkoh, The Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic
MBA 1999/2000, Forum, recently named Saïd Business School alumnus Ernest Darkoh a
Ghana / United States “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.
INSPIRING LEADERS
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.
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Opposite: Oxford Business Alumni The Oxford Business Alumni (OBA) network is
OPENING DOORS Al Gore at the Skoll
World Forum 2007
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.
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.
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OXFORD The Oxford Private Equity Forum Private equity practitioners, investment
bankers, lawyers and senior business people get together to discuss the
BUSINESS opportunities and challenges facing global investors within the private
ALUMNI equity industry.
For centuries Oxford OXFORD The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship The Skoll World
University has produced BUSINESS Forum on Social Entrepreneurship is the leading, annual, global
NETWORKS gathering for the social entrepreneurship movement.
some of the most influential
and respected people in SPEAKERS
ON CAMPUS
business. Oxford graduates
SILICON
are represented in almost VALLEY COMES
every Fortune 500 company, TO OXFORD
country and government in OXFORD
the world and the University PRIVATE EQUITY
attracts some of the most INSTITUTE
powerful global business SKOLL WORLD
leaders to speak on cutting FORUM
edge issues.
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Whether you want to get a top job in banking, consulting PLAY VIDEO:
or industry, set up your own company, or become a social CAREERS
entrepreneur, we can help you to achieve your career goal. SERVICE
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.
CAREER
ADVANCEMENT
PLACEMENT HIGHLIGHTS:
CLASS OF 2007/08
s AVERAGE SALARY ON EXIT: Expert guidance Recruiter exposure Career skills training LINK: CAREERS
£67,600 You will have access We aim to present Teaching you skills WEBSITE
to a select group of you with many to market yourself,
s AVERAGE SALARY INCREASE ON sector consultants opportunities to meet to compete and to win
who have experience potential recruiters the top jobs is a key
EXIT: 59% of working for leading during your MBA. goal for our careers
firms across a broad service. Over the
s FINANCE AND CONSULTING ARE range of sectors. course of a year we
THE LARGEST RECRUITING will provide you with
SECTORS, ACCOUNTING FOR interview training,
54% OF MBA GRADUATES help you to develop
your networking skills,
s 54% OF MBA GRADUATES assist you to produce
an excellent CV and
PLACED IN EUROPE ensure that you are
(INCLUDING 40% IN UK) prepared for anything
the job market can
throw at you.
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REPORT 2008
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The Oxford MBA class is a truly diverse mix of extraordinary PLAY VIDEO:
individuals from dozens of countries and all kinds of SELINA KAING
backgrounds. The class of 2008/09 is made up of UNITED STATES
students from over 50 countries. A high proportion of
them have already worked or studied outside their native READ: OUR
country before embarking on their MBA. Their active MBA STUDENT
contribution to classes helps to make the course a truly PROFILES
international experience.
The Oxford MBA YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
class 2008/09
STUDENTS – THEIR OWN PERSONAL STORIES
Class size 233 AND EXPERIENCES OF LIFE ON THE OXFORD MBA
THROUGH
Average age 29 VIDEO INTERVIEWS
Nationalities 50 PROFILES
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Average work
experience (years) 6
International
students (%) 94
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
YOUR COURSE: hands-on expertise. The wide variety of courses on offer gives you the
chance to develop yourself in preparation for a post-MBA career.
FLEXIBILITY During the summer, there are a wide range of options available to you.
Most students pursue a Strategic Consulting Project, working on a
At Oxford we expect our business-critical assignment with a corporate client. Alternatively there
is the option of undertaking further elective courses or an Individual
applicants to be exceptional, Academic Thesis potentially in combination with an internship.
and our course reflects this.
Consolidate your learning The MBA course culminates in September
We have created one of the with a short course designed to act as a capstone to the whole
most flexible one-year MBA programme. The capstone course challenges students to consider one
of the major problems facing business leaders and governments in the
courses available. Designed twenty-first century.
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.
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In the second and third Electives offered for Trinity and Hilary
term 2009
terms the Oxford MBA gives Branding & communications
you the chance to customise Business history
your learning experience Business in China
CSR & ethical marketing
to meet individual career Capital raising
goals and aspirations. Cooperative strategy
The private equity elective Co-taught by Tim Jenkinson, Professor of
We pride ourselves on the Corporate valuation
Finance at the Saïd Business School, and Humphrey Battcock, a Director
Customer insights
breadth of elective topics Derivatives
of Advent International, the private equity course opens up one of the
more complex areas of financial management. Private equity investments
we offer. Courses are often Design leadership are illiquid and hard to value and those who manage them often become
taught by academics and Environment, organisations and sustainability engaged in the decision-making of the companies involved, all of which
Financial management makes practical skills as important as theoretical knowledge.
industry practitioners Financial risk management Assessed through four case studies, two spreadsheet assignments and
working in partnership to Finance II a group presentation, the course demands that students constantly apply
ensure that leading edge Global strategy the material they have been presented.
International financial management
research is melded with
relevant real-life application.
YOUR COURSE:
Leading strategic change
Macroeconomics
Managing complexity
Managing innovation in the bioeconomy
Managing the high-growth company
“ Practical relevance is hard-wired into the course. Humphrey Battcock
and I have designed a course that addresses the current issues facing the
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private equity industry. We wanted to integrate practice and finance
principles from the word go.
Tim Jenkinson
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and entrepreneurship in technological ventures. The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship The Skoll Centre for
Social Entrepreneurship was launched in 2003 at the Saïd Business
In addition, entrepreneurial students benefit from School, Oxford University, to promote the advancement of social
completing the entrepreneurship project. 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.
YOUR COURSE: Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation brings together
ENTREPRENEURSHIP 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.
exceptional. We look for evidence that you Undergraduate A good undergraduate degree or equivalent.
Degree As guidance, a 2.1 degree (GPA 3.5 or its
will make the most of your time here, that equivalent).
you will contribute to the School and that GMAT All candidates are required to take the GMAT
your classmates will be better for having test. In recent years our class average has been
680 or higher.
met you.
TOEFL/IELTS The minimum TOEFL score accepted is: internet
The application is designed to let you showcase yourself to us. We don’t 109, computer 267, paper 630. The minimum
mind if your biggest achievements were outside the world of business or IELTS score accepted is 7.5.
if your career to date has been unconventional. We are much more Work experience No minimum requirement but most of our
interested in the content of your character than the numbers on your students have more than three years experience
pay-cheque. and our class average is usually around six years.
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. College membership Students are asked to state a college preference
VIEW: THE in their application. Everyone accepted by the Business School is
UNIVERSITY guaranteed college membership. However, as colleges select their
APPLICATION INTERVIEW FINAL
students independently, you may not be accepted by the one you choose.
DEADLINE DECISION BY DECISION BY OF OXFORD
STAGE 1 09 October 30 October 11 December COLLEGES Accommodation Most colleges have accommodation available for some
2009 2009 2009 E-BROCHURE of their graduate students. Some have accommodation that is suitable
for families. This is usually allocated on a “first come, first served” basis.
STAGE 2 15 January 05 February 12 March
2010 2010 2010 READ MORE: Facilities for families A number of MBA students bring their families to
HOW TO APPLY Oxford each year and the School is delighted to welcome spouses or
STAGE 3 02 April 30 April 28 May partners, and children.
2010 2010 2010
The Admissions Office will provide as much help and information as
they can and advise on important matters including housing, doctors,
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview. Notification hospitals, health insurance, nurseries and schools.
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.
Typical class Career information Alumni information Alumni contacts Admissions Fees and Financing Oxford MBA Further Information
(2007/08 MBA Class) requirements Admissions Team
Class size 233 Average salary on exit: Oxford University Our Alumni Country GMAT test: Course fee Darren Beattie Admissions Office:
£67,500 alumni organisation Champions Scheme No minimum but 80% (2010/2011): MBA Admissions mba-enquiries
Average age 29 (Oxford Society): places applicants in of class score between £33,000 plus college Assistant Coordinator @sbs.ox.ac.uk;
Average salary increase 160,000 members, touch with recent 620 and 730. fee of around £3,000 +44 (0) 1865 278804
Susan Crawford
Nationalities 50 on exit: 59% 160+ branches alumni. Our alumni TOEFL/ IELTS: Non-refundable MBA Admissions Careers Service:
worldwide are very happy to Where English deposit (offset against Assistant careers@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Average work Finance and answer any questions is your second course fee): £4,950
experience (years) 6 consulting are the Oxford Business Henrietta Nagy Alumni Office:
you may have about language and previous
largest recruiting Alumni (OBA): 6,500 the MBA programme Living expenses: MBA Admissions www.oba.co.uk
Average GMAT 685 undergraduate study
sectors, accounting for members, 23 regional and Oxford. For more £12,000 minimum Assistant Coordinator
was not in an English-
54% of MBA graduates chapters worldwide information, email:
International speaking country. Charlene New
Apply
students (%) 94 54% of MBA graduates alumnicountry Minimum TOEFL Student Aid
placed in Europe champions score: internet 109, Coordinator www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/
Male:Female ratio 3:1 (including 40% in UK) @sbs.ox.ac.uk computer 267, degrees/mba/Pages/
Joanne Webb
paper 630. Minimum process.aspx
MBA Admissions
IELTS: 7.5. Assistant Coordinator
Work experience:
No minimum but
majority have three
or more years.
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
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MBA Programme:
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mba-enquiries@sbs.ox.ac.uk