Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of
Management, Rice University
Programme Type: Specialisation by Industry: Entry Requirements: Tuition Fee : Contact:
Full Time MBA Banking / Financial Services Min. GMAT Score : N/A USD ($) 81500 / Total Program Cost Melissa Blakeslee, Director of
Part Time MBA Consulting Min. TOEFL Computer Based Score Admissions
Executive MBA Oil & Gas : 250 Executive Course Information Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of
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Min. TOEFL Paper Based Score : 600 Start Dates: Management, Rice University
Joint Degree Programmes Full Time Course Information Min. Years of Work Experience : 2 August Jones Graduate School of
Offered: Start Dates: Management
mer MBA + MD July Application Fee : Programme Duration : 6100 Main Street, MS-531
MBA + MSc (Engineering) August USD ($) 100 22 months 109 McNair Hall
Houston, Texas
tin A Specialisation by Function: Programme Duration: Part Time Course Information Tuition Fee : 77005
La
Accountancy 22 months Start Dates : USD ($) 86750 / Total Program Cost United States of America
Entrepreneurship August
Finance Tuition Fee: Tel: 001 (713) 348-4918
Innovation / Knowledge USD ($) 36000 / Per Year Programme Duration : Fax: 001 (713) 348-6147
Management 22 months Email:
ricemba@rice.edu
Marketing Web:
jonesgsm.rice.edu
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wooded 300- The Career Management Center (CMC) serves to
acre campus in support each student’s development of a career plan
central Houston, throughout their two years at the Jones School. From
minutes from day one of immersion to graduation, the CMC works
the downtown individually with students to ensure they develop
business district the strategy, job search skills, and networking
and the city’s opportunities that will help them succeed in the
w o r l d - c l a s s MBA job market.
theater district.
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AT A GLANCE located across the street from the renowned Texas
Rice University aspires to path-breaking research, Medical Center and within walking distance to the Parker Meeks
excellence in teaching and contributions to the museum district, Houston Zoological Gardens, and Rice MBA Class of 2005
enhancement of our world. As the university’s Hermann Park. Business school encourages creative thinking, not
business school, The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School one specific right answer. You also get the benefit
of Management adheres to those same values FACULTY AND ACADEMIC PROGRAMS of listening to fifty-nine other people who have
to cultivate a diverse community of learning and Every course offers unparalleled opportunity to different backgrounds, think differently, and come
discovery. work one-on-one with an accessible, involved, and up with solutions that I would never have considered.
energetic faculty. The Jones School faculty maintains Exposure to this environment has enriched the way
More specifically, the Jones School develops an important balance between teaching and in which I attack issues and has enlightened me
acific
principled, innovative thought leaders in global research, believing that current industry knowledge to different approaches that I can apply in future
communities. Through a combination of rigorous is as critical as textbooks to your education. situations.
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curriculum, elite faculty and impressive facilities,
A students receive an outstanding business school A comprehensive core curriculum focuses on I’d say just the general attitude is the best thing
experience. The result is innovative leadership that managerial and leadership skills, ethics, information about the Jones School - how open everyone is to
engages the entrepreneurial spirit and impacts technology, and communication skills in addition helping all the students. One of my best experiences
business on a global level. to the functional areas. An Action Learning Project was in accounting, but two CPAs in my class spent
in first year gives students the opportunity to learn as much time as I needed to make sure I understood
The Jones School is one of the world’s best teaching how to integrate disciplines and turn knowledge the concepts.
and research universities, offering Full-Time MBA, into action. Students take at least 28.25 elective
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MBA for Executives, and MBA for Professionals credit hours, which allow them to custom design You don’t really understand how great a school
programs. A Ph.D. program in Management will their curriculum to suit career goals. is until you come meet the students, and this is
debut in the fall of 2009 and recently-introduced especially true of Rice. Once I met with students and
business concentrations highlight the school’s STUDENTS faculty, I understood how motivated the people here
strengths while allowing full-time MBA students to The Jones School attracts students both nationally are to make sure your experience is the best it can
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focus on areas of interest. and internationally. In fact, 29 percent of first year be - and it has turned out to be much better than I
students hail from outside the United States. A hoped.
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Additional information is available through our variety of student organizations are available and
website at
www.jonesgsm.rice.edu. many sponsor guest speakers, visit area businesses,
and take on special projects. In addition, weekly
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