The MBA exam is divided into two parts: a written exam and an interview. The interview exam is organized by each university, and the content and format of the exam vary greatly. The written examination is a national joint examination held at the end of December every year. The subjects of the joint examination include "Comprehensive Ability in Management Joint Examination" and "English II", with a total score of 300 points.

1. Comprehensive ability of the management joint examination

The paper structure: mathematics, logical reasoning, writing (analysis of argument effectiveness, essay), ***three parts, of which Mathematics accounts for 75 points, logic accounts for 60 points, and writing accounts for 65 points. The full score is 200 points.

Score distribution:

①Mathematics (***25 multiple choice questions, 15 problem solving questions, 10 condition adequacy judgment questions, 3 points each)*** 75 points;

②Logical reasoning (***30 multiple choice questions, 2 points each)***60 points;

③Writing (***two essays, 30 points for 1 question of argument validity analysis + 35 points for 1 question of argumentative essay) *** 65 points.

2. English 2

Paper structure: application of language knowledge (i.e. cloze), four articles in Part I of reading comprehension, one article in Part II of reading comprehension, translation (English) Translated into Chinese), short composition, large composition, *** six parts. The full score is 100 points.

Point distribution:

(1) Comprehensive fill-in-the-blank (cloze) 20 questions, each question is 0.5 points, ***10 points;

( 2) Reading comprehension of 5 articles, 25 questions, 2 points for each question, maximum 50 points;

(3) English translation: English into Chinese, maximum 15 points.

(4) Two pieces of English writing: a major composition and a short composition (15 points for the major composition + 10 points for the minor composition), with a total of 25 points.

Examination difficulty:

Mathematics is approximately the same as the high school entrance examination, but the amount of questions is larger, requiring students to use advanced mathematics ideas to quickly solve elementary mathematics problems.

Logic is a completely new subject for most students. If they have not studied systematically, it will be difficult to achieve ideal scores.

Writing is also full of routines. What is tested is not whether students’ writing is beautiful, but their logical thinking ability.

The difficulty of the English test is generally higher than that of the CET-4, and is close to but not up to the level of the CET-6.

This kind of difficulty is still very difficult for MBA candidates who have not taken an exam for a long time and need to balance work, family and study. It is still very difficult to get a good score.

MBA is mainly dedicated to cultivating comprehensive talents who understand management, can operate, have international vision and innovative spirit. Therefore, most MBA colleges are basically not divided into majors. Most of the courses are in the direction of comprehensive management. There will be Some of the elective courses are considered research directions.

Take Shanghai Jiao Tong University as an example. The core courses include financial accounting, managerial economics, marketing, strategic management, operations management, organizational behavior, China’s national conditions, etc. The elective courses include marketing, finance, economics, etc. and decision-making, corporate strategy and leadership, e-commerce and operations, comprehensive management, and thinking.

In addition, with the development of the industry in recent years, MBA colleges will also divide into some more detailed fields that are more in line with future employment directions, such as Internet finance, futures and securities, big data and blockchain, Applied and educational psychology, etc.

Reference: HZMBA