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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Cranfield University

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Cranfield School of Management
      • Cranfield
      • Bedford, MK430AL
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 24

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Days
        • Occasional week-long sessions
        • Via the Internet (unscheduled)

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $53,800.00
      • Non Resident: $53,800.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 764
      • Full-Time MBA: 79
      • Executive MBA: 136
      • PhD Program: 65
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance, Other, Master of Human Resources, Master of Marketing

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 670
      • 50th Percentile (median) 670
      • 10th Percentile 610
      • 25th Percentile 640
      • 75th Percentile 690
      • 90th Percentile 710

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 660
      • 10th Percentile 610
      • 25th Percentile 610
      • 50th Percentile (median) 670
      • 75th Percentile 690
      • 90th Percentile 710
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $0.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 116
      • Applicants accepted: 74 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 76 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 82 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 26 %
      • International: 38 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 9 %
      • Asia: 9 %
      • Europe: 75 %
      • North America: 0 %
      • Oceania: 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
      • Average months of work experience: 137

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 48
      • To: 204
      • Average age: 35

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 42

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 28 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 17 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $93,200.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $57,100.00
      • High: $143,500.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Finance/Accounting 6 %
      • General Management : 25 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 11 %
      • Management Information Systems : 9 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 20 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Financial Services: 12 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 8 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 9 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 17 %
      • Other: 14 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Astra Zeneca
      • Deloitte
      • IBM
      • Siemens
      • T-Mobile

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 58 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 1
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 254

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 90
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 149

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 26
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 75
      • Non-Tenured: 9

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: International Business Experience module where students apply their learning in an international context, probably in a region where they have little or no experience to date.
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Cranfield Management Development Centre (on site conference centre) or Mitchell Hall of Residence.
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 23

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 32
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 20
      • Elective courses: 17

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Creating & Managing Inter-Organisational Relationships
      • Mastering the Ethical Dimension of Organisations

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 7
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 10
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2005
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Supply Chain Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2005

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Investment in ‘Networked Learning’ capability connecting learning communities to each other and to key management content: New ITunes U Channel; Creation of YouTube.edu web presence; Themed management web-content; New school website; Subscription based Knowledge Interchange Online. Campus-wide update to live HD video streaming for off-campus users; Classroom voting systems for instant polling; Upgrade of 50% of teaching rooms; Upgrade of School's TV studio and editing suite.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,995
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 41
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 33
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/alumni/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cmaworld.org/
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? No
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: We do not provide services directly related to finding new roles for sponsored students or facilitate discussions between recruiters and these students unless there are particular exceptions that are approved by the employer.

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