IMBA student: Chiachen Lin
 Dual degree program
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• Students will be required to
obtain 39 credits from UMSL
• 9 credits can be transfer
from NKFUST and
undergrad credit*
• 6 credit hours of internship
are included in 39 credits
• NKFUST admits ½ credits
from UMSL**
1 academic
year in
UMSL
1 academic
year in
NKFUST
* Not guaranteed, only business related class may be waived
** Regulation varies in different departments
International
internship
2
master
degrees
 NKFUST students
 TOFEL 550/ iBT 79 / IELTS 6.0
 GMAT 500
 GPA 3.0 (Last semester)
I) General Requirements
BA 5900
Law, Ethics and Business
BA 6990
Strategy Formulation and Implementation
II) Core Requirements
ACCT 5400Financial and Managerial Accounting
FIN 6500 Financial Management (taught in Nanjing)
IS 5800 Management Information Systems
LOM 5320 Production and Operations Management
6 credits
9 credits
III) Business Breadth Requirements
Management: Any approved graduate management course beyond MGT 5600
Marketing:
Any approved graduate marketing course beyond MKTG 5700
6 credits
IV) Electives
IMBA students complete 6 credits of internship/directed study, and one elective
course.
9 credits
30 credits
* Substitutions may be required, depending on the student’s academic preparation.
 You will have many chance to do presentation
 Group projects are very common
 Some pop-quiz
 People like to discuss issues in class with professors
 You will need to spend 3 times more than American classmates on previewing,
reviewing, and doing homework.
 In class group discussion was a challenge to me
 Never miss chances to get extra credit
 You are welcome to drop by or just shoot professor an email if you have difficulty in
learning, or you can also just to have a cup of coffee!
 Every non-native English speaker student is required to take an EAP
diagnostic test during orientation week, which is one week before
classes start.
 Three sections:
 Listening and note taking with follow-up questions
 Writing/grammar test essay
 Speaking test
 Student who didn’t pass the test will be required to take EAP
class, 3 credits per course.
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40 hours/week
20% Tax
$10~15/ hour
At least 8 weeks
Grade is determine
by supervisor’s
evaluation and the
final report
Located in St. Louis, Missouri
5 mins away from Lambert International Airport
“If you don’t like
the weather, just
wait a few
minutes. ”
 Weather changes frequently in spring
 Hot in summer, some hurricanes (44 degree in 2012)
 Comfortable in fall
 Snows in winter (-24 in 2014)
 Dry weather all the time
“University
Meadows” is the
best choice
compare to others.
 10~15 mins walking distance to campus and metro station
 $429/ month for 4-bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment
 Official website
http://www.universitymeadowsumsl.com/index.html
(Secure,
convenience, and
friend circle.)
 On campus metro station (free for UMSL students)
 Grocery shuttle goes to Wal-Mart & Chinese market
every week and every other week
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MetroLink &
Bus
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Car
•
School grocery
shuttle
• Eat out (Asian food are relevant
expensive):
• $5~7 (McDonald/ Subway/ small
restaurant level)
• $10~17 ( better food, restaurant/ buffet
level)
• $18~ ( fancy food, hotel level)
• Cook at home:
• $ 300 per month
Cook at home is the
best way to save
money, and prevent
from gaining weight…
 Rental rate: about $500/month (this is long term rate for a economic
car from Enterprise)
 Buy a used-car: $4500(owner) ~ $7000 (dealership)
 Usually you can sale it by $1000 lower than your purchasing price
 Car insurance: $1350/ 6 months (full coverage), $100/ month (half
coverage)
 Note: Driver who’s less than 25 years old will be charged “young drivers
fee”, and the insurance will be higher
Mainly Car purchasing, Rent, Tuition, insurance, and…..shopping & Traveling!
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Tuition: $400/credit in UMSL
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Insurance: about $1350 / 6 months
 Shopping & Traveling budgets are not included in this estimation!
Expense
Tuition - NKFUST
Income
Scholarship
Car resale
Internship – 10 months
8,000
4,000
20,800
$ 32,800
9,000
Tuition - UMSL
12,000
Insurance - Car
2,450
Insurance - Life
1,750
Car (Buy from owner)
6,000
Gas
1,260
Accomandation
8,600
Electricity
700
Internet
160
Cell phone
760
Food & Grocery
9,500
$ 52,180
 Total spending is about $52,180
 $ 52,180 – $ 32,800 = $ 19,380 (about NT$ 581,400)
 We transfer 9 credit from NKFUST to UMSL..so we actually save $
3,600 on tuition!
 Also, we can transfer credits from UMSL back to NKFUST, saving unto
half of the graduate credits tuition in NKFUST!
 About how to apply:
http://dualdegreelcc.blogspot.tw/2013/01/what-do-i-need-for-applying-forumsl.html
 Dual Degree Q&A fb page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NKFUSTnUMSL/
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