T The part-time MBA remained the most popular global format on offer in 2022, with 61 per cent of programmes taught this way, followed by full‑time at 23 per cent, according to the Association of MBAs (AMBA)’s latest Application & Enrolment Report . Modular formats accounted for just 16 per cent of programmes and were most common in Africa and Asia & the Middle East. Part‑time programmes were most popular among AMBA‑accredited business schools in Latin America, where 72 per cent of MBAs were delivered this way. They also found favour in China (67 per cent) and Oceania (65 per cent). AMBA-accredited schools in India were the ones most likely to offer a full-time MBA – in 2022 half of all MBAs were delivered in this format. In North America & the Caribbean this figure fell to 42 per cent of programmes and dipped again to 31 per cent for schools based in China. Although the disruption caused by Covid-19 has slowly lessened in impact for most survey respondents, business schools were still asked to supply information on both their intended and actual (ie most commonly used) modes of delivery for each course. Globally, schools intended to teach some 71 per cent of all MBA programmes in the classroom in 2022, with 21 per cent delivered in a blended mode and nine per cent taught fully online. Classroom teaching was by far the most common intended mode of delivery for all regions, with its dominance ranging from 96 per cent in China to 51 per cent in the UK.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Globally, MBA programmes were most likely to be delivered in a part‑time format in 2022
Modular 1 6%
Full-time 23%
Part-time 61%
The acceptance rate globally among AMBA-accredited business schools in 2022 was 44 per cent ; the global conversion rate was 28 per cent
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