received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
75%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
6%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
2%
were starting a new business (4)
2%
postponed their job search
0%
did not seek employment for other reasons
0%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
3
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year
n/a
(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.
Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
Firm
Graduates Hired
1. Hewlett Packard
n/a
2. Allied Irish Banks
n/a
3. Grupo Financiero Banorte
n/a
4. T-Online Austria
n/a
5. S2S
n/a
6. Kohler Asia Pacific
n/a
7. La Mondiale
n/a
8. Decathlon
n/a
9. Inter Country Management
n/a
10. Distributed Education Center
n/a
11. Decom
n/a
12. Grenoble Ecole de Management
n/a
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$40,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
n/a
Average first-year signing bonus
n/a
Median first-year signing bonus
n/a
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
n/a
(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
25%
Finance/Accounting
17%
General Management
0%
Human Resources
8%
Marketing/Sales
33%
Management Information Systems
17%
Operations/Logistics
0%
Other
0%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
25%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
0%
Latin America and the Carribean
8%
Middle East
0%
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a )
0%
Oceania
0%
Western Europe
67%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
n/a
Midwest U.S.
n/a
Northeast U.S.
n/a
South U.S.
n/a
Southwest U.S.
n/a
U.S. Possessions and territories
n/a
West U.S.
n/a
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Hewlett Packard
n/a
2. Wheelabrator Allevard
n/a
3. Moet & Chandon
n/a
4. Dell Southern and Europe
n/a
5. Teisseire
n/a
6. EDF
n/a
7. Alcatel
n/a
8. Schneider Electric
n/a
9. Carrefour
n/a
10. Thomson
n/a
11. Sun Microsystem
n/a
12. Valeo
n/a
13. Société Générale
n/a
14. Air France
n/a
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
100%
Average internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Median internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Average internship length (weeks)
n/a
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
Decathlon
Mar.
Yes
Orangina
Nov.
Yes
Forum Odyssée de l'Entreprise
Jan.
Yes
HR Gardens Group job fair - Brussels
Dec.
No
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $650,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has made numerous technological improvements over the last three years. It has added a high-rate Internet access, distance learning technologies and video conferencing. It has also introduced a new information system to manage corporate relationships based on Pivotal e-Relationship solution platform, an internationalized platform to exchange with alumni and companies (www.mti-brothers.com), an e-learning platform, a "photothèque" web site,and an automatic data synchronisation between platforms (students, enterprises, web sites, etc). The school also extended its wireless LAN, added an electronic payment system for students resources, as well as video-surveillance and has improved its network security.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 139 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 139 living MBA alumni, and 2 MBA club(s) in 1 country, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, n/a of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. n/a. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million between Jan. 2001 and Oct. 2003, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $1,500,000
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS
Please note that for the Career Services part the school regarded their MBA students as second-year students. The MBA program lasts one year, so the first year is also the final year.
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Anne Fuynel
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