General Admission Test
The KSE General Admission Test for the applicants of the Master's Program in Business Economics will be held in Kyiv on July 4, 2012, and interview - on July 4-6, 2012.The criteria for admission include meeting a minimum score on the KSE General Admission Test which consists of three parts - business mathematics, business economics and English. An overall score, including interview results, will be assigned to each applicant who has been admitted to the interview.
Maximum number of points an applicant can receive is 100, among which:
KSE General Admission Test – 70 points
- Business Economics Part – 30 points
- Business Mathematics Part – 30 points
- English Language Part – 10 points
Interview – 30 points
The Business Economics Part is designed to measure the applicant’s ability to:
- understand basic concepts in economics, business and finance;
- apply basic economic reasoning to everyday issues.
Recommended literature:
Edwin Mansfield “Managerial Economics: Theory, Applications, and Cases”, 4th edition, W.W. Norton & Co., 1999.(Basic understanding of the material from the book is sufficient to successfully complete the Business Economics Part of the KSE General Admission Test).
Additional literature (more advanced treatment of the topics):
Campbell R. McConnell and Stanley L. Brue “Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies”, Irwin, McGraw-Hill, 2005.
The Business Mathematics Part
Functions of one variable, differentiation, single-variable optimization, notion of integral and table integrals, elementary matrix algebra (operations with matrices, inversion, determinants), elementary operations with sets.
Recommended literature:
- Hoy M. “Mathematics for Economists”, 2nd ed., Cambridge, MIT Press, 2001. Chapters 1-9, 11, 16;
- Simon C. P. and Blume L. “Mathematics for Economists”, 1st ed., Norton, 1994. Chapters 1-5;
- Sydsaeter K. and Hammond P.J. “Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis”, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 2006. Chapters 1-6, 8, 9, 11, 15-16.
This part measures the command of English grammar and vocabulary at the intermediate level. Includes tasks on reading comprehension, language structure, editing and filling in the gaps.
Recommended literature:
- First Certificate Language Practice/ Vince M.: MacMillan, 2003;
- Advanced Language Practice/ Vince, M.: MacMillan, 2003;
- English Grammar in Use/ Murphy R.: Cambridge, 3rd edition;
- Grammar & Vocabulary for Cambridge Advanced & Proficiency/ Wellman G.: Longman, 2002;
- Advanced Learners’ Grammar/ Foley M., Hall D.: Longman, 2003;
- FCE - 2 Use of English/ Evans V.: Express Publishing, 2000;
- Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL Test/ Gear J., Gear R.: Cambridge University Press, 4th edition.
Based on the results of the preceding KSE General Admission Test, applicants may be invited to an interview in English with two professionals. The interviewers will ask questions about the applicant’s educational and professional background, career goals, English-language proficiency, as well as about the applicant’s familiarization with the KSE curriculum. The interview may also include a discussion of the candidate’s application documents.
Two tips for the preparation of the interview:
- Know KSE MA Programs and the curriculum: know what courses are taught in the program you are applying for (both the names of the courses and their contents are given on the KSE website). Some students only discover at the admission interview what courses are taught in the program for which they are applying.
- Know what is happening around you: read newspaper/listen to news on the radio or watch TV news. It is important that the applicant is aware about the business/economic/political situation in his/her country and the world.
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