THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

MBA 2010/11
 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)

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Oxford has educated future leaders for over 800 years.
As a student in Oxford, you can enjoy the city’s centuries-
old pleasures: punting on Oxford’s waterways and
picnicking in its extensive parks; powering down the river
in a rowing boat; browsing the artefacts in the Ashmolean,
Britain’s oldest museum; walking through the early morning
mist that rises above Christ Church Meadow; hearing the
choristers sing from Magdalen Tower on May morning;
or downing a pint in the Eagle and Child, where C S Lewis
and J R R Tolkien used to meet.
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However, Oxford is also a cosmopolitan and modern city. Societies exist
for everything from snowboarding and aikido to journalism and medieval
music. The most famous of these is the Oxford Union, a prestigious
debating society which over the years has attracted speakers ranging
from Winston Churchill to Malcolm X, and from Yasser Arafat to the
Dalai Lama.
Ancient and beautiful buildings dominate the city of Oxford, but it is
also home to over 1,500 high-technology companies which have
developed from University research or are attracted by the proximity of
the University.
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
speakers from the capital can visit the School on a daily basis, and that
students have easy access to international airports.
“ 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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STUDYING AT
OXFORD
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“ As I entered my college’s centuries-old hall on an early
Saturday morning dressed in the full ‘sub-fusc’ of white
bow tie and gown, with 200 fellow students spilling over
benches and tables under the watchful paintings of kings,
“ rugby; plays and musicals are staged in college halls and gardens; and
queens, and dons, it dawned on me... Oxford is like no
other place on Earth.
COLLEGE LIFE
As an Oxford student, you will belong to one of the University’s 38
LAUNCH VIDEO: colleges. College life will enrich your time at Oxford, offering you the
COLLEGE LIFE chance to socialise with students and faculty from diverse academic
backgrounds. Colleges are a focus for sporting and cultural activity:
teams compete with each other in sports such as rowing, cricket, and
concerts take place in college chapels and quadrangles.
Each college has its own distinctive identity. Some, like Christ Church,
are grand and ancient; some, like St Catherine’s are modern and friendly;
others, like Corpus Christi, are small and beautiful. Whichever college
you choose, you will probably develop a strong loyalty to it that will stay
with you way beyond graduation. Colleges have their own alumni
societies and professional networks, which complement those offered
to graduates by Oxford University and the Saïd Business School.

Colleges currently Balliol College Lady Margaret Hall St Catherine’s College

offering membership Brasenose College Linacre College St Cross College
to Oxford MBA Campion Hall Lincoln College St Edmund Hall
participants include: Christ Church Magdalen College St Hilda’s College
Corpus Christi College Mansfield College St Hugh’s College
Exeter College Merton College St John’s College
Green Templeton College New College St Peter’s College
Harris Manchester College Oriel College Trinity College
Hertford College Pembroke College Wadham College
Jesus College The Queen’s College Wolfson College
Keble College Regent’s Park College Worcester College
Kellogg College St Anne’s College

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 In the 2009 Financial Times ranking, Saïd Business School ranked
among the top twenty full-time MBA programmes in the world. The
School is also ranked in Business Week’s top ten MBA programmes
outside the USA. In the university league table published by The
Guardian in May 2009, the University of Oxford ranked first in the UK
for undergraduate business. The University also ranked top for business
studies in The Times report published in May 2009.
The School’s new building in the centre of Oxford opened in 2001 and
was designed by Dixon and Jones, the architects responsible for the
new Royal Opera House in London. In design, it brings together over
three millennia of academic tradition, from its classical amphitheatre,
to the mosque-like columns, medieval cloisters, horseshoe-style
lecture theatres and contemporary interpretation of the traditional
dreaming spire.
A key feature of the building is the provision of informal working areas.
There are numerous open spaces throughout, including cloistered
walkways and a large internal courtyard – all of which help to foster
informal interaction between students, faculty and visitors. Anthony
Hopwood, formerly Peter Moores Dean of the Saïd Business School,
comments: “I call these ‘democratic spaces’ because of the ease of
interaction which they facilitate.”
ABOUT THE SAID
BUSINESS SCHOOL
The Saïd Business School is one of Research centres The BT Centre for Oxford Centre for Oxford University
Europe’s youngest and most entrepreneurial based at Saïd Major Programme Entrepreneurship and Centre for Business
Business School Management Innovation Taxation
business schools. An integral part of the
Complex-Agent Based Oxford Institute for Oxford University
University of Oxford, the School embodies Dynamic Networks Employee Relations Centre for Corporate
the academic rigour and forward thinking (CABDyN) Reputation
Oxford Institute for
that has made Oxford a world leader in Institute for Science, Retail Management Private Equity Institute
education. The School is dedicated to Innovation and Society
Oxford-Man Institute Skoll Centre for Social
developing a new generation of business The Novak Druce for Quantitative Entrepreneurship
Centre for Professional Finance
leaders and entrepreneurs and conducting Service Firms
research not only into the nature of
business, but the connections between
business and the wider world.
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 The School’s Sainsbury Library contains not only books, but also a
collection of remote databases that provide students with access to
cutting edge market research, and the complete listings of thousands
of academic journals in full-text. The Library provides a gateway to a
range of electronic resources including course reading lists with links to
online readings.
As members of Oxford University, MBA students can also take
advantage of all the facilities of one of the world’s leading universities.
With resources including the famously comprehensive Bodleian Library
and state-of-the-art research labs, Oxford can meet almost any academic
or business need.

“ The architects have created a beautiful, serene building that performs

“
the noble trick of appearing to be brand new and very much of our times,
yet rooted in the distant past.
Jonathan Glancey, The Guardian

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STATE OF THE ART

FACILITIES
As well as being a place of study, the
building is a place of work in a very modern
sense. There are dozens of rooms available
for project work, brainstorming and simply
getting on with business. Thousands of
network connections and Wi-Fi access
mean you can always be connected, and
in-house reprographics, IT and AV facilities
provide for all modern business demands.
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ERNEST
DARKOH

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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.

The Oxford Business Networks These networks or ‘OBNs’ promote the

exchange of ideas and knowledge surrounding an industry. These sector-
based groups create opportunities for worldwide relationship building
and information sharing.

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.
LINKS:
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

sAVERAGE SALARY ON EXIT:
£67,600
sAVERAGE SALARY INCREASE ON
EXIT: 59%
sFINANCE AND CONSULTING ARE
THE LARGEST RECRUITING
SECTORS, ACCOUNTING FOR
54% OF MBA GRADUATES
s54% OF MBA GRADUATES
PLACED IN EUROPE
(INCLUDING 40% IN UK)
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Expert guidance Recruiter exposure Career skills training LINK: CAREERS
You will have access We aim to present Teaching you skills WEBSITE
to a select group of you with many to market yourself,
sector consultants opportunities to meet to compete and to win
who have experience potential recruiters the top jobs is a key
of working for leading during your MBA. goal for our careers
firms across a broad service. Over the
range of sectors. course of a year we
will provide you with
interview training,
help you to develop
your networking skills,
assist you to produce
an excellent CV and
ensure that you are
prepared for anything
the job market can
throw at you.
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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
THE MBA BLOG
Average work
experience (years) 6

Average GMAT 685

International
students (%) 94

Male:Female ratio 3:1

YOUR CLASS

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YOUR COURSE:
FLEXIBILITY
At Oxford we expect our
applicants to be exceptional,
and our course reflects this.
We have created one of the
most flexible one-year MBA
courses available. Designed
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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Examine the foundations of business The first two terms will immerse
you in modern enterprise – from the economic theory of the firm, to the
valuation of businesses and the choice of strategic models. The goal of
these courses is to provide a breadth and depth of knowledge that will
allow you to approach any business situation with confidence and
understanding.
Develop your understanding The second term completes this foundation
with a look at the role of marketing, accounting and operations
management. It also addresses the broader issues of corporate
governance and social responsibility, a crucial part of any modern
manager’s understanding. The second term includes two elective
courses, allowing you to develop your interests in specific areas.
During this term we ask students to undertake their Entrepreneurship
Project, the production of a complete business plan suitable for
presentation to venture capitalists.
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
hands-on expertise. The wide variety of courses on offer gives you the
chance to develop yourself in preparation for a post-MBA career.
During the summer, there are a wide range of options available to you.
Most students pursue a Strategic Consulting Project, working on a
business-critical assignment with a corporate client. Alternatively there
is the option of undertaking further elective courses or an Individual
Academic Thesis potentially in combination with an internship.
Consolidate your learning The MBA course culminates in September
with a short course designed to act as a capstone to the whole
programme. The capstone course challenges students to consider one
of the major problems facing business leaders and governments in the
twenty-first century.
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In the second and third
terms the Oxford MBA gives
you the chance to customise
your learning experience
to meet individual career
goals and aspirations.
We pride ourselves on the
breadth of elective topics
we offer. Courses are often
taught by academics and
industry practitioners
working in partnership to
ensure that leading edge
research is melded with
relevant real-life application.
YOUR COURSE:
TAILORING YOUR
LEARNING
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Electives offered for Trinity and Hilary
term 2009
Branding & communications
Business history
Business in China
CSR & ethical marketing
Capital raising
Cooperative strategy
The private equity elective Co-taught by Tim Jenkinson, Professor of
Corporate valuation
Finance at the Saïd Business School, and Humphrey Battcock, a Director
Customer insights
Derivatives
of Advent International, the private equity course opens up one of the
more complex areas of financial management. Private equity investments
Design leadership are illiquid and hard to value and those who manage them often become
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.
Financial risk management Assessed through four case studies, two spreadsheet assignments and
Finance II a group presentation, the course demands that students constantly apply
Global strategy the material they have been presented.
International financial management
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
Managing the project portfolio
Marketing innovation LINK: PRIVATE
Mergers, acquisitions & restructuring
Political risk
EQUITY
Private equity
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Real estate
ABOUT THE
Retailing
ELECTIVES
Social entrepreneurship 1: Social entrepreneurship
& innovation OFFERED TO
Social entrepreneurship 2: Social finance OXFORD MBA
Social entrepreneurship 3: Social enterprise design STUDENTS
Strategy implementation
Strategy II: Technology and innovation strategy
Taxation, finance & business strategy
The theory & practice of strategic negotiations
Trading & market microstructure
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Oxford’s one-year MBA programme places
an emphasis on applied learning. As part
of this, students have the opportunity to
complete two substantial real-world
projects. These projects give you an
opportunity to take the knowledge and skills
you have gained and put them to the test.
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LEARNING
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Entrepreneurship Project The entrepreneurship course and project
challenges students to develop a complete business plan and present
it to a panel of invited venture capitalists and other practitioners. If you
already run a business this is a great chance to develop new products or
business models in a safe environment.
Completed plans must be attractive to the professional investor.
The numbers must add up, patents must be in place, the competition
must have been understood and a winning strategy developed. It is often
said that investors care more about the management than the plan – in
this case the management will be you.
Strategic Consulting Project Working in teams, most students undertake
an eight-week consulting project for a corporate sponsor. Projects
take place all over the world and for all kinds of companies. We ask you
to bring your own contacts and networking skills into play to develop
exciting projects. Indeed, if there is a company you have always wanted
to work for, undertaking a Strategic Consulting Project for them is sure
to get you noticed. The School also sources projects and builds
relationships with corporate sponsors.
The Strategic Consulting Project will demand that you use all the
skills you have developed during the MBA. Teams have worked with a
wide range of companies, charities, non-profits, and start-ups. Projects
take place all over the world and for all kinds of companies. Corporate
sponsors will typically meet a team’s living and travel expenses on
overseas assignments. Conversely, several consulting projects are
undertaken for non-profit organisations where students may have to
defray the costs themselves.
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Oxford University has a strong track record in innovation
with 44 spinout companies creating 1,500 jobs.
Saïd Business School has been highly influential in
developing interaction between businesses and the
University, and in creating entrepreneurs and networks.
Against this background, entrepreneurship permeates
our MBA programme with courses including private
equity, entrepreneurial finance, social entrepreneurship,
and entrepreneurship in technological ventures.
In addition, entrepreneurial students benefit from
completing the entrepreneurship project.
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Role Models Saïd Business School regularly hosts guest lectures
by entrepreneurs. Recent speakers have included: Lord Karan
Bilimoria, founder and chairman, Cobra Beer; James Caan, CEO,
Hamilton Bradshaw; Julie Meyer, founder and CEO, Ariadne Capital;
and many others.
Oxford Entrepreneurs a 4,500-strong society, encourages students
READ MORE from any school of Oxford University to experiment with ideas and
start companies. While the society has only existed since 2002,
over 120 members have formed companies. Some recent examples
include Groupspaces, Blueventures, YouNoodle, and Accademia.edu –
all of which have received significant investment and are growing fast.
The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship The Skoll Centre for
Social Entrepreneurship was launched in 2003 at the Saïd Business
School, Oxford University, to promote the advancement of social
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.
Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation brings together
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.
Oxford Private Equity Network The Oxford Private Equity Network
connects Oxford alumni working in the private equity area – in private
equity firms, investment banks, law practices and management
consulting firms – to allow students to learn about the industry. This is
the first university-wide private equity network in Europe and has a
high-level advisory board consisting of senior private equity practitioners,
Saïd Business School faculty, Oxford alumni and Oxford students.
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HOW TO APPLY

At Oxford we expect our applicants to be Requirements

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.

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 Vodafone Group Foundation scholar profile Alexandra was the first
recipient of the Saïd Technology Scholarship, sponsored by the
Vodafone Foundation. This award supports talented students who
are interested in the technology sector to undertake an MBA.
Some highlights of Alexandra’s MBA experience so far have included
special guest lecturers – CEOs of multinationals and other high profile
personalities – and special events. “I especially enjoyed the Silicon
Valley Comes to Oxford conference: a great opportunity to meet key
people in IT, discuss trends and exchange ideas.”
Alexandra
Mnohoghitnei Scholarships There are a range of scholarships available to Oxford MBA
Romania students offered by the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford,
and also some Oxford colleges
Education:
BSc in Computer The Saïd Business School awards scholarships based on:
Science Academic performance
Work Experience:
Nationals of specific regions around the world:
CRM Project Manager
Africa and Latin America
Australia and New Zealand
League of Arab States
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ABOUT
Applicants with a strong background on the areas of:
FEES AND FINANCING ALEXANDRA Social entrepreneurship
Finance
Technology
The course fee for the Oxford MBA for 2010/11 is
£33,000 and the college fee will be in the region of
£3,000. Applicants who are offered and accept a place
will be asked to pay a non-refundable deposit of £4,950,
to secure their place on the programme, which will be offset
against the course fee. The deposit payment is due within
30 days of our offer. The balance of the tuition and college
fees will be due by 1 September 2010. Students should
also budget for the following expenses: approximately
£500 for course materials and books, a minimum of
£12,000 for living expenses, stationery, field-work
expenses and travel to and from Oxford.
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 Duration: 1 year (October – September)
OXFORD MBA or 15 months with summer internship
AT A GLANCE (October – December). Location: Oxford,
UK (projects worldwide).
APPLICATION INTERVIEW FINAL
DEADLINE DECISION BY DECISION BY
STAGE 1 09 October 30 October 11 December
2009 2009 2009
STAGE 2 15 January 05 February 12 March
2010 2010 2010
STAGE 3 02 April 30 April 28 May
2010 2010 2010

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.

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