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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Instituto Tecnológico Autonomo de Mexico

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA
      • Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
      • Av. Camino a Santa Teresa 930, Col. Héroes de Padierna, Del. Magdalena Contreras
      • México City, 10700
      • Mexico
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 22

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $46,000.00
      • Non Resident: $46,000.00

    • 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: 472
      • Full-Time MBA: 25
      • Part-Time MBA: 254
      • Executive MBA: 58
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,281
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 57
      • Applicants accepted: 82 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 72 %
      • 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: 29 %
      • International: 12 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Europe: 9 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 91 %
      • Average months of work experience: 155

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 84
      • To: 264
      • Average age: 36

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 25
      • To: 43

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 9 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 4 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 19 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 85 %

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $34,000.00
      • High: $217,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Finance/Accounting 11 %
      • General Management : 26 %
      • Human Resources: 4 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 19 %
      • Management Information Systems : 4 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 9 %
      • Other: 21 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Consumer Products: 28 %
      • Financial Services: 17 %
      • Manufacturing: 9 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 11 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15 %
      • Technology: 8 %
      • Other: 6 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Neither
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 94

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 69

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 89

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Non-Tenured: 85

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Three courses of the programe are tough during an intensive week of classes in cities like Shanghai, Singapore, and New Orleans. During these trips students have the oportunity to visit multinational companies
      • 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) 14

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 25

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 16
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 16
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, 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
        • Other
      • Final oral examination before a panel of three professors
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,812
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 2
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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://exalumnos.itam.mx
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://mnegocios.itam.mx
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • 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

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