GMAT Growing in Asia – Spreading Worldwide


While, graduate schools globally saw a 41% increase in GMAT score reports sent in by applicants. A standardized entrance exam, The GMAT is acknowledged by more than 4,750 MBA and several other graduate management education programmes at nearly 2,000 institutions around the world as a complete student skill assessment test. Julia Tyler, managerial vice president of associate services and school marketing for GMAC, states “Asia plays a leading role in the global economy, and the strong GMAT activity we are seeing is a sure sign of the high value people in this region place on quality management education.

Curiosity in business and management education is quite intense in India and China; the number of candidates from both countries made up nearly 70% of the 79,096 GMAT exams taken by Asians in 2009. The number of Indian applicants taking the GMAT has more than doubled from 13,544 in 2005 to 30,633 in 2009; whereas the number of Chinese citizens taking the GMAT flourished from 8,554 in 2005 to 265,613 in 2009. 30% of the 256,613 people who took the GMAT exam in 2009 were Asian citizens.

Research led by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) shows, a rise in the number of Asian citizens taking the GMAT per year increased to 75 percent from 2005 to 2009, which easily supersedes the number of GMAT tests conducted internationally, during the same period. The number of GMAT marks sent to Business and Management training schools in Asia tripled over the last five years building on an increased interest in MBA and graduate management program.

The number of Indian applicants taking the GMAT has more than doubled from 13,544 in 2005 to 30,633 in 2009; whereas the number of Chinese applicants taking the GMAT flourished from 8,554 in 2005 to 265,613 in 2009. 30% of the 256,613 people who took the GMAT exam in 2009 were Asian citizens. Interest in business and management education is quite strong in India and China; the number of students from both countries made up nearly 70% of the 79,096 GMAT exams answered by Asians in 2009.

According to research led by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the figure of Asian citizens taking the GMAT per year improved to 75 percent from 2005 to 2009, which is more than two fold the number of GMAT tests conducted universally, during the same period. With an increased interest in MBA programs, the number of GMAT reports sent to Business and Management education schools in Asia tripled over the last five years.

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