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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Universidad Panamericana

IPADE

  • Program Basics

      • Master en Direccion de Empresas para Ejecutivos con Experiencia
      • IPADE Business School
      • Floresta 20
      • Col. Claveria
      • Mexico D.F., 02080
      • Mexico
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 24

    • Classes meet:

        • Every weekend
        • Evenings

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $52,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 227
      • Full-Time MBA: 69
      • Executive MBA: 158

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? No
      • 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? They need to submit an exam which include a quantitative adilities section, this exam is designed principally to measure analyzing abilities and management abilities
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $89.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 304
      • Applicants accepted: 85 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 67 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 52
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 2
      • 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: 21 %
      • International: 6 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Europe: 1 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 99 %
      • Average months of work experience: 240

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 168
      • To: 960
      • Average age: 34

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 29
      • To: 38

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 20 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 5 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 17 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 12 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 100 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $67,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $44,500.00
      • High: $145,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting 12 %
      • General Management : 28 %
      • Human Resources: 1 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
      • Management Information Systems : 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 14 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Consumer Products: 15 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 15 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 1 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 16 %
      • Other: 19 %

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 0 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Other
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 17
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 108

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 42
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 43

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: na
      • Non-Tenured: na

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 27

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? No
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? No
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? No
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: We provide a coach to each teamwork so he can be close to participants all the time
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 11

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 97 %
      • Lectures: 2 %
      • Simulations: 1 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 100 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 100

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 9
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 3
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, General Management, Human Resource 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
      • Do a company project wich involves a specific academic area (Finance, Operations, Marketing...)
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: CRM Systems, Scheduling systems, Unified communication systems, Academic systems, Back up and monitoring system and WiFi, Internet, Videoconference improvements
      • Amount spent: $1,420,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,642
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,500.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $250.00
      • 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? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://mx.linkedin.com/pub/dam-ipade/14/b23/5a2
      • 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? No
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? No

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