harvard is to increase the size of its mba class from this autumn from 900 to around 930 or 940. so far 942 students have enrolled on the programme, according to the harvard crimson, the university newspaper. it cites deirdre leopold, managing director of mba admissions and financial aid at the business school, as saying that she expects enrolment to settle between 930 to 940 by the time classes begin in the autumn.
the move will make harvard the largest of the highly-ranked full-time mba programmes - the wharton school at the university of pennsylvania and insead, in france and singapore, both have around 900 students.
as the class size goes up, so the average student age goes down. nearly half - 47 per cent of the entering students - earned their undergraduate degrees within the past three years, with one member of the current incoming class coming directly from college, reports the crimson.
some of those younger students will have taken advantage of the harvard 2+2 scheme, in which those graduating from college are enlisted for the harvard mba programme with deferred entry so they can complete two years of work experience.
从今年秋季开始哈佛大学将要扩大mba班招生人数，从原先的900人，增至大约930或940人。据哈佛大学学生报（the harvard crimson）报道，截止至今日已有942名学生参加了这一项目。正如deirdre leopold（哈佛大学商务学院入学事务及经济补助主任）说的，她预计秋季开办时最终入学人数在930至940之间。
此举将使哈佛大学成就最大的高级全日制mba项目。目前宾夕法尼亚大学的沃顿商学院和在法国和新加坡都有分校的欧洲工商管理学院，分别都有大概900名学员。
由于班级人数上升，因此学生的平均年龄下降了。将近50%至47%的入学新生----在过去的三年中已经获得他们的本科学位，据大学生报中报道，将要开设的班级中只有一位学生是直接来自高校。
一些年轻的学生利用哈佛大学2+2计划，该计划是对于那些将要毕业的大学生参加了哈佛mba项目的可以延期入学，这样他们就可以先完成两年的工作了。