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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Western Ontario

Ivey School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business
      • The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business
      • 1151 Richmond Street North
      • London, N6A 3K7
      • Canada
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 23
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 77
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 2,913
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1948
      • Number of classrooms: 11
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: Yes

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 8
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 10
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 23

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: Quantum Shift
      • Partner(s): KPMG
      • Title: Quantum Shift Fellows
      • Partner(s): KPMG
      • Title: ReConnect
      • Partner(s): CIBC
      • Title: CGA Ontario/Ivey Strategic Leadership Program
      • Partner(s): CGA Ontario
      • Title: CIRI/Ivey Investor Relations Certification Program
      • Partner(s): Canadian Investor Relations Institute

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 338
      • Full-Time MBA: 133
      • Executive MBA: 135
      • PhD Program: 70
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,113
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of International Management/Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $2,995.00
      • High: $25,725.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 35 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 36 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 42 %
      • International : 36 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 100 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Ivey Executive Program
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 21 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $25,725.00
      • Title: Ivey Management Development Program
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 14 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $16,275.00
      • Title: Quantum Shift
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,000.00
      • Title: Ivey Consortium Executive Program
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 12 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,500.00
      • Title: Accelerated Management Talent
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 12 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,500.00
      • Title: Ivey Leadership Program
      • Type of Course: Leadership Development
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,100.00
      • Title: Ivey Financial Analysis Program
      • Type of Course: Financial Analysis
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,100.00
      • Title: CIRI/Ivey Investor Relations Certification Program
      • Type of Course: Investor Relations
      • Course Length: 17 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,450.00
      • Title: Ivey Influence and Persuasion Program
      • Type of Course: Communication
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,725.00
      • Title: ReConnect
      • Type of Course: Career renewal for returning professional women
      • Course Length: 7 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $10,500.00

    • International programs:

      • Title: Ivey Consortium Executive Program
      • Type of Course: General management
      • Year Established: 2005
      • Title: Accelerated Management Talent
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Country: Hong Kong
      • Year Established: 2001

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 99

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 46
      • Non-Tenured: 53

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 21
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 46
      • Non-Tenured: 45

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 50 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 10 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 77 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 15 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 2 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 30 %
      • International: 33 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Expanded capacity of our research compute server (24x). Improved our LMS to better aid students in finding courses and to help faculty manage their courses. Provide students with free Microsoft software. Added Adobe Connect to facilitate virtual meetings for students who are not geographically collocated. Added Microsoft Sharepoint in order to foster richer collaboration and communication across all Ivey faculty and staff.

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