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Awarding body:

University Of Texas At Austin

Cost:

$19758 per semester for 15 hours

Duration:

Variable

Study mode:

Full time

Course description:

MBA graduates commonly start either as financial analysts for corporations or as associates of corporate treasury departments. Students in this area are also often sought by management consulting firms. As financial analysts, they are often responsible for: conducting analysis and providing recommendations on capital investments and financing alternatives; analysis of new marketing and product programs; generation and analysis of division and corporate performance measures; preparation and coordination of annual budgets and financial forecasts; analyzing and reporting on product and customer profitability; and, the analysis of acquisition candidates. In a corporate treasury department, common duties include: financial planning for the corporation; structuring and arranging medium and long-term financing including bank loans and public securities issues; arranging funding for company capital projects; and assistance with the acquisition and disposition of corporate assets.

Entry requirements:

Applicant must have the equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelors degree from an accredited institution. For applicants who attended undergraduate institutions in India, the University of Texas at Austin does not consider the Bachelors of Communication equivalent to a U.S. bachelors degree. Applicants holding this three-year degree are not eligible for admission to the graduate school programs. Students must have already completed (and have been awarded) a masters degree in India in addition to bachelors degree to be eligible for graduate study. Partial completion of the masters program will not make eligible for graduate programs. Applicants who hold Associate memberships with the Institute of Chartered Accountancy in addition to their bachelors degree are also eligible for graduate study at UT. Students are strongly encouraged to have at least two years of full-time work experience. This does not include working as student assistant (Teaching Assistant, Lab Assistant, Grader, etc). All applicants are required to submit official Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) scores from ETS. Texas has no minimum score, but GMATs are an extremely important component of each application. Students whose native language is not English are required to demonstrate English language proficiency through acceptable TOEFL and GMAT (verbal) scores. (The TOEFL score is valid for two years from the exam date.) Applicants will be granted an automatic TOEFL waiver if they have earned an undergraduate degree in a country whose official language is English. Students are required to purchase a standard model laptop computer as defined by the McCombs School of Business before they begin the program. McCombs Orientation is mandatory for all new students without exception. Proficiency in calculus is expected of all MBA students. All students should be proficient in a computer spreadsheet program i.e., Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, etc.

Application details:

Students are requested to complete the following steps to apply for admissions: Complete the ApplyTexas online application; Pay non refundable application fee $125. Students can pay by Visa or MasterCard when they fill out their online application. Alternately, they may mail in their fee payment in the form of a check or money order in U.S. dollars to: Graduate and International Admissions Center, The University of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box 7608, Austin, Texas 78713; Students must provide an official copy of the academic transcript from every senior college attended. Unofficial transcripts-those that do not bear the facsimile signature of the registrar and seal of the issuing institution-are not acceptable. Photocopies (even ones certified by a notary public or commissioner of oaths) are NOT considered official. Transcripts are not required from junior colleges and community colleges. If documents are written in a language other than English, complete and official English translations must be provided together with the original language records. Each transcript (mark sheet) should contain a complete record of studies at the institution from which it is issued (i.e., the subjects taken and grades [marks] earned in each subject). Mail official transcripts to: Graduate and International Admissions Center; Submit official GRE/GMAT and either the TOEFL or the Academic Examination of the IELTS test scores to GIAC. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) code for the University of Texas at Austin is 6882. Test scores sent to this code are made available to all graduate departments. There is no institutional code for the IELTS examination. Test takers should provide the following address to have their official score sent to UT Austin: Graduate and International Admissions Center, The University of Texas at Austin, P.O. Box 7608, Austin, Texas 78713.

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