2015新加坡管理大学（SMU）MBA申请在校生答疑

SMUMBA2014

大家好：

我们是SMU（Singapore Management University）2014届全日制MBA在校学生，为了给准备留学的中国同学更多申请上的帮助和交流，特别开通此贴。

关于SMU的所有问题都可以提出来，我们会根据自身的经验努力回答大家问题的。

在开始解答大家的问题前，先说说SMU吧：

新加坡管理大学（SMU）成立于2000年，是由新加坡政府投资创办的主攻business 方向，依照美国沃顿商学院办学模式而成立的亚洲学府。

这里最大的教学特色是小班教学及案例分析，学校每天也会有大量讲座，包括各大公司CEO，HR过来的讲座。每年都会培养出一批叱咤商海的business精英。

地理位置方面，SMU坐落于新加坡市中心，距离cityhall地铁站只有2分钟步行距离。同时靠近各大公司，空间距离近也拉进了心理上的距离。

下面跟大家谈谈我们就读的MBA项目的详细信息：

SMU的MBA项目开始于2008年，学制1年，从每年的1月到12月。

我们2014 MBA一共有60位学生，其中有6位同学来自中国。

上课时，30人为一个cohort，每个cohort再分为6个studygroup（由学校指定分配，保证人员构成的平衡性）

对GMAT和语言成绩的要求：

GMAT：600-770

IELTS：7（最少）

TOEFL：100（最少）

毕业后平均薪水S$60k – 80k/年

学校对英语要求很高，尤其口语。因为小班案例教学，需要积极参与讨论且课后小组讨论必须使用英文，所以英文表达很重要。

申请时间表：

2015届的申请截止时间

Full-time(for the class starting inJanuary 2015):
1 March      2014(Round 1)
18 July        2014 (Round 2)
15 October  2014 (Final)  

另外：

学校会在4月12日（周六）在上海参加QS Fair，

4月13日（周日）在北京参加QS Fair并于同一天举办一个info session

届时SMUMBA招生负责人会过去，大家可以到现场交流获取更多学校及项目信息，也可以到学校网站获取最新信息

http://business.smu.edu.sg/mba

大家有问题随时与我们联络，我们会尽量解答。还有我们的学长也曾经有个答疑帖子，大家也可以作为参考：

http://forum.chasedream.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=717923&highlight=SMU%2B%E7%AD%94%E7%96%91

由于最新的brochure要过一段才出来，先附上去年的给大家参考

谢谢!

祝大家都能进入自己理想的学校

SMUFULLTIME MBA 全体中国同学

2014年3月21日

xiaoyongnao

For certain applicants, one year MBA is very good

SMUMBA2014

xiaoyongnao 发表于 2014-3-24 17:44
For certain applicants, one year MBA is very good

hi xiaoyongnao：Thank you for your attention on SMU program

SMUMBA2014

updated info session in China, welcome come to learn more

Coffee Sessions in Shanghai, China
11 April 2014 (Friday)
Venue: Hotel Lobby Café of Swissôtel Grand Shanghai, No. 1 Yu Yuan Road, Jing An District
Time: 6pm-7pm / 7pm - 8pm
Click following to reserve a seat
http://business.smu.edu.sg/form/103731

QS TopMBA Connect 1-2-1 in Shanghai, China
12th April 2014 (Saturday)
Venue: Renaissance Shanghai Yu Garden, Guancheng Shanghai 200010, China
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Click following to register
http://www.topmba.com/events/qs-topmba-connect-1-2-1/shanghai

Information Session in Beijing, China
13th April 2014 (Sunday)
Venue: **,北京市朝阳区三元桥中国中冶大厦6层, Floor 6, MCC Tower, No.28, Shuguangxili, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100028
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Click following to register
http://www.**.com/thread-696286-1-1.html

QS TopMBA Connect 1-2-1 in Beijing, China
13th April 2014 (Sunday)
Venue: Hilton Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing East Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006, China
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Click following to register
http://www.topmba.com/events/qs-topmba-connect-1-2-1/beijing

B787

请问有学生就业数据吗？比如行业，薪酬，转行数量等等

gfuturer

Dear LZ,
thanks for your info, I plan to apply SMU MBA/Master of Wealth Management(MWM) next year.
as far as i know, even though SMU MBA has good placement record, it is not highly ranked over the world as well as in Asia.
however, i attended a MWM session couple of weeks ago in SMU and got to know that MWM is ranked the 2nd in FT, plus that MWM has internship opportunities for students without banking experience.
To conclude, I personally think MWM is more worthwhile for a shot.
may I hear some analysis/suggestions from you?
thanks very much!

SMUMBA2014

SMUMBA2014 发表于 2014-3-24 23:04
updated info session in China, welcome come to learn more

Coffee Sessions in Shanghai, China

B787,你好。关于就业数据我手里暂时没有最新的数据，下面是我跟学校确认后得到的回复，请参考。基本上薪酬范围在新币7万到8.3万每年，具体行业及详细情况请参考下面回答。谢谢

As we are collating the employment statistics for the Class of 2013, which just graduated in December 2013, you can share with them the employment statistics for the Class of 2012.  For this class, about 91% found jobs at the 6-month mark after graduation with the remaining 3 uncontactable by our Career Services.  Some have multiple offers.  However we believe the 3 have gone back to their respective home countries and have already started working but did not inform us. The salary range for this group is between S$70,000 to S$83,000 and this excludes all benefits other than basic salary for a year.  This is based on those who are currently working in Singapore and excludes the “outliers” (ie. Those who earn exceedingly high salaries due to certain job nature).   Please note that the Full-time Class of 2012 is a small class (34) compared to the Class of 2013 which has 55 full-time students and the Class of 2014 which has 60 full-timers.  On average, about 80% of our full-time MBA students are non-Singaporeans and every year, around 70% of this group found jobs in Singapore.  

The Singapore-based companies that recruited our students from the Class of 2012 full-time programme include the following:
                                               

Singapore Marine Technology (Singapore)
MasterCard (Singapore)
IFC International (Singapore)
Apple (Singapore)
Capital Dynamics (Singapore)
Singapore Post (Singapore)
Philips Electronics (Singapore)
Apple (Singapore)
Advanced Micro Devices (Singapore)
Nimoi Capital (Singapore)
Noble Resources (Singapore)
Kimberly-Clark (Singapore)
FACT Software (Singapore)
Philips Electronics Singapore
Double Effect (Singapore)
Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore)
MediaCorp (Singapore)

SMUMBA2014

B787 发表于 2014-3-25 13:27
请问有学生就业数据吗？比如行业，薪酬，转行数量等等

hi gfuturer: thank you for your attention.
Ranking:
you are right, SMU MBA does not have ranking status since the organization responsible for ranking ask minimium requirement to be ranked are at least 30 full time students and three years after their graduation. due to SMU MBA had 34 students who graduated at the the end of 2012, so, SMU will be ranked in 2015 or in 2016.
Internship:
for full time MBAs, school provides loads of intern opportunities ( SMU have very good networking with the companies in Singapore) to help students to apply intern, since around 80% of the final full time job offers are come from the intern. so, intern is quite critical important for MBAs.
MWM:
Due to I am not this major, so I cannot tell much about that, but if you need more information or help please do let me know, I will try to help you out.
Analysis(MBA):
Let me share the reasons why I chose SMU
1. reputation: SMU shares the same reputation (or even higher than ) NUS and NTU in Singapore, equal or better opportunity to show myself to the future employers.
2. small classes : this is super advantage to me whose mother language is not English and unwilling to open mouth speak English. In small class, I cannot either escape from expressing myself in class or hide myself from the professor. very good opportunity to practice communicating and speaking in public
3.  Singapore is good for international study exposure.
4.....
hope my opinion help you a little bit to make decision.

jeff1439

SMUMBA2014 发表于 2014-3-26 19:53
hi gfuturer: thank you for your attention.
Ranking:
you are right, SMU MBA does not have ranking  ...

I don't often make comments on the post of the other schools or alumni ... I think it might not be a proper behavior, since I was not a student there .. and sometimes some schools try to market themselves by over stating themselves, meanwhile underming the others, which might lead to endless argument on the website ....

However, when you are saying that the reputation of SMU is equal or even better than NUS & NTU, do you have any data or facts to support your point of view , could you share with us !

By the way, most bschool in the English speaking countries teach students in English, most MBA classes are small classes(10 ~ 35 persons), especially for electives, it is not something special.

gfuturer

SMUMBA2014 发表于 2014-3-26 19:53
hi gfuturer: thank you for your attention.
Ranking:
you are right, SMU MBA does not have ranking  ...

Dear lz,
thanks very much for sharing so many impressive info.