Program Basics

• • The Duke MBA - Global Executive
  • The Fuqua School of Business
  • 100 Fuqua Drive
  • Box 90120
  • Durham, 27708, North Carolina
  • United States
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 15

• Classes meet:

  • • Occasional week-long sessions
    • Other

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $146,600.00
  • Non Resident: $146,600.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
    • Other
  • SACS

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,713
  • Full-Time MBA: 887
  • Executive MBA: 594
  • PhD Program: 85
• • Other graduate degree programs: Other

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? No
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
  • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Via a math interview that assesses quantitative ability.
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  • Application fee: $225.00
  • Applicant interviews are: Required
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

CLASS PROFILE

• EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

  • Female: 28 %
  • International: 34 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 8 %
  • Europe: 22 %
  • North America: 58 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
  • Dual citizenship: 10 %

• Entering U.S. citizens are from the following regions:

  • West: 26 %
  • Midwest: 13 %
  • Southwest: 10 %
  • South: 26 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 10 %
  • Northeast: 16 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

• U.S. students in newest entering class who are:

  • African American: 6 %
  • Asian American: 15 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 64 %
  • Chose not to report: 9 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Average months of work experience: 184

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 108
  • To: 275
• • Average age: 40

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 33
  • To: 48

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 26 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 6 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 4 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $142,203.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $39,880.00
  • High: $303,000.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 8 %
  • Finance/Accounting 28 %
  • General Management : 16 %
  • Human Resources: 6 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
  • Management Information Systems : 8 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 8 %
  • Other: 6 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 10 %
  • Consumer Products: 14 %
  • Financial Services: 22 %
  • Government: 0 %
  • Manufacturing: 10 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 14 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Technology: 8 %
  • Other: 12 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • Deere & Co.
  • IBM
  • Deloitte
  • Lenovo
  • Cisco

FINANCIAL AID

• • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 65 %
  • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 154

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 65
  • Non-Tenured: 41

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 3
  • Non-Tenured: 45

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 12
  • Non-Tenured: 17

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 15
  • Non-Tenured: 10

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 26
  • Non-Tenured: 20

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 65
  • Non-Tenured: 88

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: The Global EMBA takes place around the world. During 3 of the 5 terms, in-person classes occur during 2-week residencies in our international hubs. Residencies are held in pairs of cities: London/St. Petersburg, Dubai/New Delhi, and Shanghai/Bangkok.
  • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
  • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
  • Description: Conference Center and/or Hotel Style accomodations are provided
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 20

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 25 %
  • Distance Learning: 5 %
  • Experiential Learning: 10 %
  • Lectures: 35 %
  • Simulations: 0 %
  • Team Projects: 25 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 72 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 65 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 55

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
  • Leading areas of study: Finance, Marketing, Strategy, General Management, Health Care Administration

• Graduation Requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Classrooms and auditoriums are equipped with HD screens and recording systems to allow recorded audio, video and VGA material to be uploaded and distributed via streaming or download. Breeden Hall has 28 team rooms with computers and large flat-panel monitors. We have two rooms with Cisco TelePresence: a single-screen conference room for small groups and a 140-seat auditorium that allows guest speakers to present from Cisco-equipped systems anywhere in the world.

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 14,874
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 33
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 14
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 21
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,066.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $200.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $208,698,191.00
  • 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.dukealumni.com
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/alumni
  • 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? Yes
  • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Both Daytime and Working Professional students are provided access to recruitment options provided they have completed the appropriate preparatory steps.

SCHOOL COMMENTS

• • Additional school comments: The $146,600 tuition fee includes books, class materials, and lodging and meals at the five residential sessions. Tuition does not include travel to and from the residential sessions. A non-refundable deposit of $7,500 is due upon admission to the program, which is included in the $146,600 tuition fee. Fuqua offers a guaranteed loan to international students.

• • -The student population at the Fuqua School of Business has a diverse business background: from banks, IT, non-for profit organizations, arts, health organizations, and hospitality to mention a few. We got a well-rounded learning experience. The trips we took were to the most important international business centers such as Singapore, Dubai, London, and Saint Petersburg.
    
    -It was outstanding. As an HR professional who has seen, recruited at, and sent top talent to top programs, Duke by far has been the most life-transformational experience of any. I'm sending our highest potential talent to Duke where it makes sense. Can't say enough good about the positive impact it's had on my professionally and personally.
    
    -Overall a very good program. It's not Harvard but a precious and unique experience nonetheless. Other than that, in the real world it's who you know and what school you have attended (sad but true).
    
    -The best feature of the Duke Fuqua Global EMBA program is the people. The curriculum is fantastic and balanced (very much balanced and even keeled). However, I found that the students -- my classmates -- were first rate.
    
    -I did not get any real support from their career management recruitment office (considering that this was a flagship program I would have expected a lot more). The school should recruit some additional students from large companies (preferably executive level). Teachers need to present real-life problems from suppliers and allow students to devise solutions for these and present to the company representatives. This will help solve problems while learning, while also letting them potentially seek employment opportunities.
    
    -The best classes had the most interaction between the student's teams and the class and where there was a hands-on component. An example of the former, in cost management we had role-playing experiences. In operations we experimented with supply chain management. Where applicable, the other classes could have taken advantage of these kinds of interactive classroom learning techniques.
    
    -This is a GLOBAL Executive MBA program and the fact that most of the modules are held in different countries brings additional value to the program. Nevertheless, I think that global and international context could be explored more carefully during this trips.
    
    -The foremost challenge was the technology. The legacy challenges and slightly dated interfaces and procedures led to some raised affective filters, which hindered learning. Some slightly dated content in some parts of classes may need to be addressed.
    
    -The first two residency experiences in London and St. Petersburg were light on organization, and weren't as immersive as I had hoped. However, the subsequent residencies were amazing experiences, aided by a tightened organization (with backup plans!!) and a much more activist role by the cohort.
    
    -The program would have also benefitted from a more heavy-duty distance learning technical platform. Most of the teams and individuals in my class quickly adopted other technology platforms (such as BaseCamp and Skype) to accomplish their distance learning goals.
    
    -About five percent of the class were not of the caliber to attend Fuqua. Probably should not have been admitted.
    
    -I'm not sure how it could be improved. We covered a lot of material in 18 month, bringing in many views and discussion points. We listened to both the professors and our classmates, many of them leaders in their industries. So to say we could improve the classroom experience is an exercise in discussing time limitations. Could we have gone longer? Yes, perhaps we could improve the classroom experience by extending the classes so issues could be examined in depth.
    
    -All in all, I thought the Global Executive MBA program at Duke's Fuqua School of Business was excellent. It fulfilled and exceeded all of my expectations. I'm glad I waited to complete this program versus a more traditional full-time program due to my experience and focus on international business / affairs / etc.