Experience required for MBA

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Hello sir, how many years and what type of experience is required for MBA? Please provide me detail for Experience required for MBA?

[pawan]

Master of Business Administration is one of the most sought after courses for fresh graduates from any field.

Pursuing an MBA degree can be the most significant step in your professional career.

The average required work experience for MBA scale ranges from 3-10 years with many business schools requiring experience after undergraduation.

In Australia, many business schools require students to have additional managerial experience apart from the executive level experience with the average range being 1- 3 years.

The average work experience of MBA students accepted in business schools in the USA falls within the range of 3-7 years. In fact, it can go upto even 9 years in universities like MIT Sloan.

Average work experience in the Top Business Schools (USA):

Business School Average Work Experience
Stanford GSB 4 Years
Wharton Business School (Upenn) 5 Years
Sloan School of Management (MIT) 4.8 Years
Columbia Business School 5 Years
NYU Stern 4.9 Years
Haas School of Business UC Berkeley 5 Years
Anderson School of Management (UCLA) 5 Years
Smeal College of Business (Penn State) 4.5 Years
Carlson School of Management (Univ of Minnesota) 4.8 Years

In Asia:

Business School Country FT Ranking Required/Average Work Experience Minimum GMAT Score
Insead Business School Singapore 4 Minimum 2 years 620-640
Ceibs China 11 No minimum work experience given 600 or above
HKUST Business School China 14 10 Years 580-710
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad India 26 Not defined Minimum 650
CUHK Business School China 30 3 years 650

For Executive MBA-

School Name FT Ranking Country Average work experience
Harvard Business School 1 US 10-15 years
London Business School 2 UK average of 12 years
Wharton Business School 3 US 11 years
Stanford Graduate School of Business 4 US Not specified
Insead Business School 4 Singapore 13 years
Columbia Business School 6 US 9 years
Iese Business School 7 Spain 10 years
MIT: Sloan Business School 8 US 8 years
Booth Business School 9 US 13 years
University of California at Berkeley: Haas 10 US 12 years