Tanaka Business School: Imperial College London

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Tanaka Business School: Imperial College London

Tanaka Business School exists to provide world class teaching and research to undergraduates and post-graduates at Imperial College London and to practising managers worldwide in both the public and private sectors. They do this by working in collaboration with their internal and external communities.

Their teaching programmes exploit their unique position within Imperial College London, whose world-beating technology campus and track record of success in taking ideas to market provide a vibrant environment in which to master innovation and prepare for the challenges of the future.

At Tanaka Business School they believe in inspiration. But they like to take out insurance by equipping you with the tools that will make your life easier, and the opportunities to build confidence in using them. You learn to analyse problems clearly and confront your theories with evidence. Learning core management disciplines from an internationally respected faculty, you gain both the perspective to ask the right questions and the skills to deliver convincing answers. And don't just take their word for it.

Programs Offered:

Imperial MBA
Executive MBA
Distance Learning MBA
MSc Finance
MSc Actuarial Finance
MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering
MSc Management
MSc International Health Management
Joint Honours programme
Business in Science, Engineering & Technology (BEST) programme
Doctoral degree

Imperial MBA:

An Imperial MBA is an intensive one year programme that offers a powerful mix of structured learning and the practical application of knowledge and skills. From day one, you are embedded in an entrepreneurial culture, encouraged to think and act originally and at the same time acquire the practical skills of contemporary management ensuring you are fully equipped to become an outstanding business leader.

Imperial Executive MBA (weekdays and weekends):

The Imperial Executive MBA (EMBA) is designed for those of you who want to accelerate your careers while continuing to excel in a demanding job. The Imperial Executive MBA has been specifically designed to provide you with the highest degree of flexibility and choice. They offer two streams, each with different modes of study so that you can choose between weekday and weekend study. While the content of both is exactly the same, the two streams allow you to combine work and study in a way that suits your individual needs and those of your employer.

Distance learning MBA:

The Imperial College Distance Learning MBA offers you the opportunity to study with one of the world's leading universities from wherever you are located geographically. The programmes modular structure gives you the ability to be flexible with your studies even if your work commitments or personal circumstances change.

MSc Finance:

The MSc Finance programme is taught by world leading experts in quantitative and technical finance. Our quantitative approach to teaching is a mix of the latest research and practical application and the breadth of topics covered make the MSc Finance a unique and highly respected qualification. The one year, full-time programme is designed for students with a strong academic background in mathematics, statistics or econometrics who intend to pursue a career in financial services.

MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering:

The Master's in Risk Management and Financial Engineering will open a wide range of new and exciting career opportunities for you. The programme provides you with the risk management tools and a strategy sought by leading financial firms and has been developed with insight from Standard and Poor's.

MSc Actuarial Finance:

The MSc in Actuarial Finance is taught by world-leading experts in finance. Working closely with the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries and an advisory board of large actuarial employers in pensions and insurance, they have developed a distinctive programme that is intellectually stimulating while also responding to market needs.

MSc Management:

Their MSc Management degree is a one year, full-time programme designed to prepare recent graduates in non-business subjects for management roles with the world's top organisations. As well as covering contemporary management subjects the programme provides a rare opportunity to study innovation and entrepreneurship and to participate in a business plan competition. By studying the MSc Management with us, you'll be gaining an edge in today's competitive job market.

MSc International Health Management:

The MSc International Health Management prepares students to be the next generation of senior managers and leaders in the international health sector. Their programme is tailored to address the many opportunities and challenges that face health care today. With an emphasis on health management in an international setting, students will be undertaking a programme that draws on an emerging body of knowledge and evidence to allow comparisons across different countries.

Joint Honours programme:

The Joint honours programme offers Imperial's Science and Medical undergraduates a challenging and innovative one-year course in management. they provide a good grounding in the core subjects; which will give the students an understanding of the management and operating environment of business organisations.

Business in Science, Engineering & Technology (BEST) programme:

The Business in Science, Engineering & Technology (BEST) programme provide s engineering and science students at Imperial College the opportunity to study business and management. Many of the courses on offer have been jointly developed with engineering departments to enhance specific programmes of study. they also offer a number of electives to Imperial students from all the engineering and science disciplines.

Doctoral Programme:

Their Doctoral Programme enables outstanding scholars to conduct original research with major impact on academia and management practice. There are around 35 research active supervisors involved in the Doctoral Programme and up to 80 students, making it one of the largest in the United Kingdom.

Executive Education:

At Tanaka Business School they dare to think differently about the design and delivery of executive education - they create learning journeys of discovery - not just programmes. They are specialists in developing high-performing managers within innovation-intensive industries such as healthcare, technology, engineering and financial services.
They believe that developing lasting corporate relationships means building confidence and trust over time. Their dedicated client engagement team takes the time to listen closely to your needs and works with you to shape the outcomes and objectives for maximum value and impact.
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka/executive-education

Fees and Expenses:

Undergraduates (entry in 2006 and after):

For the 2008/2009 academic year the College will charge £3,145 for all Home and EU students. Students will be able to apply for a tuition fee loan to help fund all or part of the cost of their course (previous study may affect eligibility for tuition fee loans and other funding). Applicants are advised to contact their Local Authority (LA) for further information. Students who do not take out a tuition fee loan will be liable for payment of their tuition fees at registration. Students undertaking an intercalated Medical BSc and who are already receiving statutory support will be charged £1,255.

Postgraduates (full-time and part-time):

The table below shows fees for Home and EU postgraduates entering in 2008/09. Please note these are fees for one year only and will be reviewed on an annual basis. Continuing students should consult the full tuition fee schedule.
Course Tuition Fees
MSc Actuarial Finance £10,500 per year
MSc Allergy £4,350
MSc Cardiology £5,600
MSc courses in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering £4,450
MSc Computing for Industry £19,350
MSc Conservation Science £4,300
MSc Environmental Technology £4,400
MSc Finance £24,250
MSc International Health Management £17,900
MBA (Full-Time) £28,000
MBA (Executive) £17,125 per year
MBA (Residential Executive) £18,500 per year
MBA (Distance Learning) £21,000
MSc Management £17,900
MSc Mathematics and Finance £21,000
MSc Metals and Energy Finance £13,750
MSc Non-Fiction Writing £4,600
CAS Perioperative Specialist Practitioner £6,250
MSc Petroleum Engineering £6,550
MSc Petroleum Geoscience £6,550
MSc Petroleum Production Management £6,550
MSc Petroleum Reservoir Geophysics £6,550
MSc Respiratory Medicine £5,600
MSc Risk Management £24,250
MSc Science Communication £4,600
MSc Science Media Production £4,600
CAS Surgical Care Practitioner £6,250
MSc Translation Studies £4,100
All other MSc and Diploma courses £3,300
PhD Petroleum Engineering/PhD Petroleum Geophysics £8,700
All other Research Degrees £3,300

Living expenses:

a) A single student should allow approximately £9,000 for each academic year (i.e. 9 months), or £12,000 for each calendar year. A postgraduate student should allow a further £900 for additional expenses such as thesis presentation, books, travel etc.
b) Students accompanied by their spouse should allow at least an additional £8,000 for each calendar year and if they are also to be accompanied by children, a further £4,000 per year for each dependant child. Please note that, under Government rules, the spouse of an overseas student may be prohibited from taking up employment in the UK.

The College guarantees accommodation to first year undergraduate students, and gives priority to overseas postgraduate students coming to London for the first time.

Hotel and hostel accommodation – short term
Single room from £35+ per night/£245+ per week

Self catering flats/houses
Single room sharing kitchen/bathroom £120-£160 per week
One-bedroom flat (usually no children) from £275 per week
Two-bedroom flat or house from £350 per week
Allowance of up to a further £75-£125 per month should be made to provide for utility bills, e.g. heating.

Faculty:

Teaching and research are at the heart of Tanaka Business School. Students and graduates reap the benefits of Faculty members' experiences and insights. From classroom lectures to seminars and informal chats faculty members and students work together to expand the boundaries of business knowledge and theory.
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka/people/facultysubjectareas

Campus:


Accommodation:
About 3,000 students live in their halls of residence, many in London but also some near Ashford in Kent and Ascot in Berkshire. They guarantee to provide all undergraduate students with a place in Imperial College halls in their first year of study. They are also able to accommodate about 400 postgraduate students in halls of residence.
They have a wide range of halls accommodation which caters for all preferences and budgets, from modern purpose built halls to converted Victorian town houses

Library:
they offer a wide variety of online programmes from undergraduate to post-doctoral, as well as face-to-face teaching, tutorials, drop-in training for databases, in-depth reference management support, and much more.
Choose a section on the right to find out what will be most useful for you, and try out a tutorial, or look at a guide to referencing. Book on a training session using the form below. Or ask us about enrolling on one of their online programmes.

Sports:
Sport Imperial manages a variety of different sports facilities from their new flagship sports centre, Ethos, at the South Kensington campus, to their first-rate Boathouse on London's Putney Embankment, to high quality sports grounds, to an outdoor swimming pool at their rural-set Wye campus.

Ranking:

Tanaka jumped from 75 in 2004 to 53 in the rankings for full time MBAs, based on research into 127 international business schools and information taken from over 7,900 MBA graduates from the class of 2001.

Financial Times MBA Ranking:

2006 #47
2007 #56
2008 #35

Placements and Recruiters:

Students come from a diverse range of backgrounds and countries to join the Imperial MBA and have a wide age and experience profile. The destinations of their students are just as broad, as illustrated below:

Imperial MBA 2006:
Sector Percentage
Online gaming 5%
IT / Internet 5%
Construction 5%
Science research 5%
Energy / utilities 9%
Media / entertainment / publishing 9%
Consulting / Professional Services 14%
Non profit / public sector 14%
Banking / finance 17%
Industry / engineering / manufacturing 17%

From the same class:
• 5 graduates have already set up their own companies (10% of students)
• 57% of students have used their MBA to leverage a career change
• The average salary increase following graduation has been 108%, with the highest being 500%
• 66% of MBA students received one or more job offers before graduating.
Recent research indicates their MSc Finance graduates secure a median average starting salary of £39,500 and go on to work for a diverse range of global

companies, including:
• Barclays Capital
• Credit Suisse
• Citigroup
• Deloitte
• Ernst & Young
• Goldman Sachs
• Lehman Brothers
• ING
• JP Morgan
• KPMG
• Morgan Stanley
• UBS
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka/programmes/imperial-mba/careerandnetworking

Alumni:

Their objective is to promote and support their global alumni community of high-level business people and entrepreneurs. Your connection to Tanaka Business School is a valuable resource - both personally and professionally. The Alumni Network will help you maintain that link. Whether you are seeking advice when contemplating a career change, or are interested in meeting fellow alumni living in your area, the services and benefits outlined on the right hand column will help you take full advantage of your Imperial Connections.
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka/alumni

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