Program Basics

• • IMD Executive MBA Program
  • IMD
  • Chemin de Bellerive 23
  • P.O. Box 915
  • Lausanne, 1001
  • Switzerland
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 16

• Classes meet:

  • • Occasional week-long sessions
    • Other
    • Via the Internet (unscheduled)

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $117,000.00
  • Non Resident: $117,000.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
    • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
    • EQUIS

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 140
  • Full-Time MBA: 90
  • Executive MBA: 50

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
  • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? IMD is considering to drop the GMAT as one of the EMBA Program's admission requirements since 2012.

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • Average GMAT Score 536
  • 10th Percentile 13
  • 25th Percentile 40
  • 50th Percentile (median) 21
  • 75th Percentile 19
  • 90th Percentile 4

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • Average GMAT Score 536
  • 10th Percentile 13
  • 25th Percentile 40
  • 50th Percentile (median) 21
  • 75th Percentile 19
  • 90th Percentile 4
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
  • Application fee: $220.00
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 14 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 10 %

CLASS PROFILE

• EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

  • Female: 19 %
  • International: 85 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 2 %
  • Asia: 6 %
  • Europe: 67 %
  • North America: 4 %
  • Oceania: 2 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
  • Dual citizenship: 17 %
• • Average months of work experience: 169

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 120
  • To: 240
• • Average age: 40

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 38
  • To: 45

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 35 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 0 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 8 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 0 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 13 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $258,623.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $135,000.00
  • High: $487,300.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 8 %
  • Finance/Accounting 25 %
  • General Management : 23 %
  • Human Resources: 2 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 17 %
  • Management Information Systems : 8 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
  • Other: 7 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Consumer Products: 21 %
  • Financial Services: 25 %
  • Government: 0 %
  • Manufacturing: 10 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 13 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Technology: 6 %
  • Other: 11 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • UBS
  • Maersk
  • EDF
  • ABB
  • Tetra Pak

FINANCIAL AID

• • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 59

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 42

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 17

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 7

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 5

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 51

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 57

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: 10 days in India including Consulting project with leading Indian companies; 7 days in China including Team project on new business opportunity in China; 7 days in Silicon Valley to explore the ecosystem of the Valley and to work with start-ups.
  • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
  • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 37

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 20 %
  • Distance Learning: 20 %
  • Experiential Learning: 20 %
  • Lectures: 15 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 15 %
  • Other: 5 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 25 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 100 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 48

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 72
  • 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? Yes
  • Describe distance learning EMBA: When the embas are not in the classroom or on a Discovery Expedition they work at a distance with their classmates and with IMD, completing individual and team assignments. To facilitate the distance learning IMD provides with the web-based learning platform and different advanced communication tools.
  • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, Strategy, General Management

• 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
    • Write a complete business plan
    • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgraded to iPad 2 for paperless programs, including full-time MBA, installed IP Telephony system throughout the campus with CISCO 8945 video phones, web conferencing integrated in programs, integrated 2.0 technologies, plasma screens in auditoriums & study rooms, new building with latest generation technology, new learning platform with increased connectivity, new Tandberg video conferencing system with plasmas.

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 3,038
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 46
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 35
  • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $45,978,933.00
  • 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.imd.ch/networks/alumni
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.imd.ch/networks/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? No

SCHOOL COMMENTS

• • Additional school comments: Key features of the program: 1) very high and diverse class profile; 2) customized learning approach; 3) company-specific assignments providing with instant benefit to your company; 4) real-life projects based discovery expeditions to India, China and Silicon Valley; 5) unique leadership course with elements of life development, self-assessment, leadership, coaching and HR.

• • -I was very pleased with the process and quality of the EMBA. Sure, there are always improvements to be made, but at IMD suggestions are constantly collected from the participants during the year and included where possible or incorporated in the future courses where applicable.
    
    -I would like to see more focus on finance.
    
    -There should be more time on campus. There is a large gap between some of the modules.
    
    -We experienced first-class service from all staff and were always well supported, from IT to hotel reservations, etc.
    
    -The school should be tougher on requirements with increased demand for students to graduate.
    
    -This EMBA program was a wonderful way for me to retool and become updated in the latest thinking in management sciences.
    
    -There should be more career office support for those students who want to change jobs or careers.
    
    -When compared to all the programs I researched, this is the best structure of a dedicated program for professionals with a demanding life. It is also the most international approach. A wonderful experience!
    
    -The field trip duration should be lengthened. Perhaps, an additional field trip could replace one of the campus sessions.
    
    -There should be a more stringent selection process for candidates with a strict minimal GMAT limit. No exceptions.