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University of Virginia
Darden School of Business
100 Darden Blvd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
USA
Footnotes
1. KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected survey data provided for the Financial Times 2008 MBA ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the assurance process can be made by contacting Michelle Podhy and Patrick Gaudet of KPMG by e-mail at pgaudet@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between November 2007 and January 2008. The audit date denotes the year that the most recent selected survey data was subject to specified audit procedures.
2. These schools run additional courses for MBA students for which additional language skills are required. These figures are included in the calculations for the ranking but are not represented on the table to avoid confusion.
Alumni profile
Please note that these statistics are based on the data supplied by those alumni who responded to the survey. Class of 2004.
Strengths and weaknesses
Alumni ratings for different aspects of the programme (average), where 1 = poor and 10 = excellent
International Mobility
Alumni who moved countries following their programme (per cent)
Company internships
Alumni who completed a company internship and received a job offer from the host company (per cent)
Importance of aims when taking an MBA
Alumni importance ratings for different programme aims (average), 1 = not important, 10 = very important
Aims achieved by taking the MBA
Achievement of programme aims (per cent)
Current job title
Alumni job titles three years after graduation (per cent)
Current company size (employees)
Size of company of employment three years after graduation (per cent)
Current sector
Sector of employment three years after graduation (per cent)