Part-time MBA Enrolments Increase in the UK and MBA Enrolments Grow Worldwide

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Part-time MBA Enrolments Increase in the UK

and MBA Enrolments Grow Worldwide

PR Newswire

LONDON, July 3, 2012

LONDON

,

July 3, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Applications and enrolments in MBA programmes have increased worldwide

and in the UK more students are enrolling in part-time MBAs, according to new

research from the Association of MBAs released at a press briefing in

London

today.

The Association of MBAs' (AMBA)

Intake and Graduation Research

showed

an increase in MBA applications and enrolments to AMBA-accredited business

schools worldwide, with 20% more students applying and 10% more students

enrolling on AMBA-accredited MBA programmes across the world.

Speaking at AMBA's press event on Tuesday 3 July, Sharon Bamford, Chief

Executive, said, "Professionals continue to see the value in the MBA as a career

enhancement. In the UK's developed MBA market there is a continued trend

towards flexible learning, as the part-time MBA attracts a growing number of

applicants and distance-learning is the most popular type of MBA."

"Worldwide, AMBA's research shows there is a significant increase in students

choosing to study MBAs in growth markets such as

China

and

Latin America

,"

she added.

The annual research found that enrolments in part-time MBA programmes at

UK business schools accredited by AMBA had increased by 16% in 2011, with

each business school seeing an average increase of 13% compared to the

previous year.

The research also showed the number of applications onto part-time courses

taught by UK schools overseas more than doubled and enrolments increased by

72% compared with the previous year.

According to the research, 44% of part-time enrolments were on UK business

school programmes taught outside the UK in 2011, compared to 28% the

previous year.

AMBA's

UK Intake and Graduation Report

also showed more students

enrolled in distance-learning programmes than any other mode of delivery, in

the last three years. In 2011, 2,065 students enrolled on distance-learning

MBAs whereas 2,017 enrolled on full-time MBA - this is 29% more than full-time

and 26% more than part-time.

In the UK, the full-time MBA remains the most popular mode of study for MBA

applicants with the

Intake and Graduation Report

showing 65% apply to a

full-time course at business schools accredited by AMBA.

AMBA's research shows 62% of UK business schools accredited by AMBA have

seen full-time MBA enrolments decrease by an average of 15%. However, the

percentage of people who apply and then enroll remains the same, confirming

the world-class postgraduate business education institutions are not

compromising on quality in their MBA programmes.

"Approximately 90% of the students on a full-time MBA in the UK are

international, so it is understandable that factors such as the UK economy,

immigration and the growth in high quality MBA education in their own

countries are starting to have an impact on enrolments to full-time MBAs in the

UK," said Sharon Bamford.

There are 191 business schools worldwide with MBA programmes accredited by

AMBA. There were a total of 120,000 enrolments in accredited MBA

programmes across the world, with 25% of these in

Europe

, 23% in

Latin

America

, 20% in the UK, while enrolments in

China

were 15% of the total figure,

in

Russia

5% and in Australasia 3.5%.

In 2011, more than 26,000 students applied to study for an MBA at an

accredited UK business school and 8,000 students were enrolled onto a course.

These enrolments generate a total of £175 million for UK business schools.

According to AMBA's annual list of scholarships, the UK accredited business

schools offer a total of £4 million in MBA scholarships.

The Association of MBAs' annual

Intake and Graduation Research Series

analyses the applications, offers, enrolments and graduations from accredited

MBA programmes worldwide. The 2012 report is based on numbers from the

2011 business school year.

The total figures for MBA programmes in the UK in 2011 were 41 business

schools, 26,090 applications, 13,484 offers made, 8,081 enrolments and 7,472

graduations.

About the Association of MBAs

The Association of MBAs is the international impartial authority on postgraduate

business education. Established in 1967, it sets the global standard for

accrediting MBA, DBA and MBM programmes. The Association currently

accredits more than 650 MBA programmes in 191 schools in 75 countries

worldwide. The Association of MBAs is also a professional membership

association connecting MBA students and graduates, accredited business

schools and MBA employers in more than 110 countries. For more information,

please visit http://www.mbaworld.com.