AMBA's Ambition magazine: Issue 40, February 2021

AMBITION | BE IN BRILLIANT COMPANY

AVERAGE ENROLMENTS PER BUSINESS SCHOOL AND PROGRAMME IN EACH REGION (2019)

AVERAGE APPLICATIONS PER BUSINESS SCHOOL AND PROGRAMME IN EACH REGION (2019)

205 203

576

GLOBAL

GLOBAL

153

54

303

125

AFRICA

AFRICA

134 368

55

170

ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST (EXCLUDING CHINA AND INDIA)

ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST (EXCLUDING CHINA AND INDIA)

89

41

423

1,694

CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG, CHINA)

CHINA (INCLUDING HONG KONG, CHINA)

119

475

296

143

EUROPE (EXCLUDING UK)

EUROPE (EXCLUDING UK)

45

94

508

142

INDIA

INDIA

254

71

242

497

LATIN AMERICA

LATIN AMERICA

56

115

1,178

299

NORTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

NORTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

245

62

84

218

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

20

53

591

207

UK

UK

36

104

0

300

600

900 1,200 1,500

2,000

0

100

200

300

400

500

18

Per School

Per programme

Per School

Per programme

and Africa. In Africa, the conversion rate for women was four percentage points lower than that of men. However, the reverse was true in Oceania, with the conversion rate for men coming out seven percentage points lower than that of women. 3. International applications Globally, 30% of those applying to AMBA-accredited Business Schools in 2019 were defined as international applicants and 25% of those enrolled were classified as international students. The highest average proportion of international applications was among Business Schools in the UK (77%), followed by Schools in North America and the Caribbean (66%). These two regions were also the only regions in which more than half of reported enrolments were made up of international students (55% in the UK and 53% in North America and the Caribbean). Globally, the average conversion rate for international students was lower than for domestic students (31% vs. 38%).

This was also the case for a majority of individual regions, except in China (including Hong Kong, China) and India, where the conversion rates for international students (34% and 32%, respectively) were higher than those for domestic students. 4. Graduations In 2019, 36,046 individuals graduated from AMBA-accredited MBA programmes across the world, compared to 36,537 in 2018. On average, globally, there were 155 graduates for each Business School and 41 for each programme. 5. Programme delivery Programmes were most likely to be delivered in a part- time format (66%), followed by full-time (19%) and modular (14%) settings. However, this varies across regions. Part-time programmes were most numerous in Latin America (80%) and China (including Hong Kong, China) (76%). Meanwhile, full-time programmes were most popular in India (53%) and

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