MBA Information
Dear Imperial College London,
I am currently looking at studying an MBA however with so much choice within the market I would like to know some more background and operational information which is not available on all the Universities website I am look at.
I would like to know the following information
1. Total MBA Budget per year, per course e.g. full time/part-time/flexible/executive
1.1 If possible how much of this is spent on teaching, overseas trips and scholarships.
2. The number of none academic staff that support the above courses e.g. recruitment staff/administration staff/ operational staff. Can this information be provided with if they are full time, part time etc, and the type of contact and job title
3. The number of academic staff that teach on the programme with the following information a) number of female and males, the number that have PhD's, the number that have practical non academic experience in business.
4. The size of the last two years MBA student body (number of students on each course)
5. The number of different nationalities within the student body over the last two years.
6. The female to male ratio for students in the last two years.
If calcification is required please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you
Yours faithfully,
Katie Kidd
Dear Ms Kidd
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request below, made under the Freedom of Information Act. The College aims to respond to your request within twenty working days of receipt of your request.
We will contact you again in due course.
Kind regards,
Catherine Harpham
Dear Ms Kidd
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find
below the College's response to your questions.
1. Total MBA Budget per year, per course e.g. full
time/part-time/flexible/executive
1.1 If possible how much of this is spent on teaching, overseas trips and
scholarships.
To provide any figures relating to the budgets of the MBA courses offered
by the Imperial College Business School could prejudice the commercial
interests of the College, and as such the information is exempt from
disclosure under Section 43 (2) of the Freedom of Information Act. This
states that information is exempt if its disclosure “would or would be
likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (including the
public authority holding it)”.
This is because the Imperial College Business School operates in a
highly-competitive international marketplace, and to release budgetary
information into the public domain would potentially give an advantage to
peer Business Schools, both in the UK and internationally.
Although the College recognises that there is a public interest in this
information, it is the College’s view that, for the reasons outlined
above, the public interest in exempting the information outweighs the
public interest in disclosure.
2. The number of none academic staff that support the above courses e.g.
recruitment staff/administration staff/ operational staff. Can this
information be provided with if they are full time, part time etc, and the
type of contact and job title
Please see the below list of roles within the Imperial College Business
School which have as their primary focus support for one or more of the
MBA courses.
Admissions Coordinator x2
Admissions Manager
Head of Programmes Marketing and Recruitment
Student Recruitment Manager x2
Student Recruitment Coordinator x3
Marketing Manager
Assistant Director
Programme Coordinator
Student Experience Manager
Senior Programme Manager x2
Programme Manager x2
The people working in these roles may also assist in other duties across
the Business School from time to time.
Further information about these roles is the personal details of the
postholder and as such is exempt from disclosure under Section 40 (2) of
the Freedom of Information Act, which states that "any information to
which a request for information relates is also exempt information if -
(a) it constitutes personal data."
3. The number of academic staff that teach on the programme with the
following information a) number of female and males, the number that have
PhD's, the number that have practical non academic experience in
business.
Please see the table below showing the figures for the 2017/18 academic
year
MBA course Total Academic Staff Female Male PhD Industry Experience
Full Time MBA 34 29% 71% 91% 76%
Executive MBA 36 31% 69% 92% 72%
Global Online MBA 42 21% 79% 90% 71%
Weekend MBA 40 23% 78% 93% 70%
4. The size of the last two years MBA student body (number of students on
each course)
Please see the table below.
MBA course 2016/17 2017/18
Full Time MBA 68 78
Weekend MBA 77 85
Executive MBA 40 33
Global Online MBA (January cohort) 76 91
Global Online MBA (September cohort) 53 78
5. The number of different nationalities within the student body over the
last two years.
2016/17: 61 different nationalities across all the MBA courses.
2017/18: 66 different nationalities across all the MBA courses.
6. The female to male ratio for students in the last two years.
2016/17: 33% female, 67% male
2017/18: 35% female, 65% male
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Kind regards,
Catherine Harpham
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