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University of Navarra
IESE


1999 Profile Update
School Statistics


CURRICULUM
  Electives available in 1998: 63
New electives in past three years: 49%
The core curriculum was last revised in: 1995
Accelerated MBA program offered? No

New Courses in Past Three Years
Government, Business and Markets, Applied International Economics, Emerging Economies, Real Estate Management, Applied Corporate Finance, Advanced Applied Finance, An Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance, Production, Technology & Operations Management, Procurement Management, Turnaround Management, Environmental Management, La Gestin del Conocimiento, Project Management, Advanced Issues in Service Management, Sales Management: How to Improve the Quality of Marketing Services, Advertising Communication, Market Research, Leadership and Organizational Change, Management of Non-Profit Organizations, Management of Professional Careers, Management of Government Institutions, The Personality of the Manager, Management of Highly Qualified Professionals, Strategic Management and New Technologies, The Daily Job of a General Manager, Strategic Decision-Making and Consulting, Managing Entrepreneurial Firms and Family Owned Businesses, Christian Social Ethics, Environmental Accounting, International Financial Statement Analysis, Achieving Profit Goals and Strategies, Industry Convergence in the Information Age, Global Rollout

Majors or Concentrations Added in Past Three Years
IESE offers a general management MBA. The structure of the course, however, is such that during the first year, students study the fundamentals (i.e. core courses) and during the second year they have the opportunity to focus in one or several areas, such as General Management, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Marketing. Aside from the courses in the functional areas, some courses have been added to developing and improving students' skills.

Teaching Methods
Lecture: 10%
Case Study: 70%
Team Projects, Presentations, In-Company Projects: 20%

Full-time faculty members:   68
Adjunct or visiting faculty: 5
Average core class size: 70
Average elective class size: 40

Laptop computer required? No

Grading System
Students are evaluated based on their class participation, exams, presentations, reports and the corporate internship (together with the companies). They receive A, B or C. With more than 4 Cs out of 15 courses their peformance is reviewed by the MBA Committee, to take remedial actions.

Exchange Programs or International Campuses
University of California at Berkeley; The University of Chicago; China Europe International Business School (CEIBS); Columbia University; Cornell University; Dartmouth College; Duke University; Instituto Centroamericano de Administracin de Empresas - INCAE (Costa Rica); Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccin de Empresa -IPADE (Mexico) Keio University (Tokyo, Japan); London Business School; University of Michigan; MIT; Northwestern University; Wharton; University of Western Ontario

Best Areas of Study
Leadership, International Business, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and General Management

Areas School Would Like to Improve
Finance, Marketing

1998 PLACEMENT
  On-campus recruiters for graduates: 345
On-campus recruiters for first-year internships: 186
On-campus student full-time job interviews: approx. 1,983
On-campus student internship interviews: 503
Job opportunities posted via the Internet or E-mail: 448

Top Employers/Number of 1998 Hires
McKinsey & Co.   5
Andersen Consulting 5
Promodes 5
Europraxis 4
Chase Manhattan Bank 3
PriceWaterhouseCoopers 3
A.T. Kearney 3
Societe Generale de Banque 3
Mitchell Madison Group 3
Retevision 3

ALUMNI NETWORK
  Number of living alumni: 3,712
Alums who gave to the school during the 1997/98 academic year: 43%
Median alumni gift: $330
Number of alumni clubs: 16
Number of dues-paying members: N/A
Number of staffers devoted to MBA alumni relations: 9
Placement services offered for alumni? Yes

Description of Alumni Placement Services
The school offers its alumni a Career Opportunities service (a database of job announcements), a Professional Profile Service, and a database of alumni CVs that matches CVs with in-coming job anouncements.

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  Key Contacts
School Web Site

E-Mail:
mbainfo@iese.edu

Address:
Av. Pearson 21
8034 Barcelona, Spain

Dean:
Carlos Cavalle
34 93.253.4200

Director of MBA Programs:
Eduardo Martinez Abascal
34 93.253.4200

Director of Admissions:
Pablo Aguilar
34 93.253.4200

Director of Alumni Relations:
Maria Puig
34 93.253.4200

Director of Financial Aid:
Pablo Aguilar
34 93.253.4200

Director of Career Services:
Patricia Ferrando
34 93.253.4200

Application Deadlines:
U.S.
April 30, 1999

International
30 April, 1999





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