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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Mannheim

Mannheim Business School

  • Program Basics

      • ESSEC & MANNHEIM Executive MBA
      • Mannheim Business School
      • L 5,6
      • Mannheim, 68131
      • Germany
      • Status:
        • Other
      • Length of program (months): 18

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Days
        • Occasional week-long sessions

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $60,500.00
      • Non Resident: $60,500.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS
      • AQAS (Master of Accounting & Taxation)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 896
      • Full-Time MBA: 54
      • Executive MBA: 181
      • PhD Program: 50
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,066
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, 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? The admissions office may ask for taking the GMAT in exceptional cases; quantitative abilities are checked in the admissions process (e.g. by case studies in the interview).
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $205.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 245
      • Applicants accepted: 43 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 95 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 55 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 21 %
      • International: 62 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 5 %
      • Asia: 11 %
      • Europe: 79 %
      • North America: 2 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
      • Average months of work experience: 116

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 75
      • To: 166
      • Average age: 35

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 29
      • To: 40

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 100 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 3 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 13 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 10 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 28 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $120,000.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $84,000.00
      • High: $185,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 15 %
      • Finance/Accounting 10 %
      • General Management : 18 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
      • Management Information Systems : 14 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 15 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 18 %
      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government: 0 %
      • Manufacturing: 8 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 20 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • SAP
      • d-fine
      • Deutsche Börse
      • BASF
      • MVV

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 20 %
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 149

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 74
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 97
      • Non-Tenured: 47

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: At least three international residencies at renowned partner institutions (at least one overseas).
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? No
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 50

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 2 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 3 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 40 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 90 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 45
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 35
      • Elective courses: 6

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • IT
      • Service Innovation
      • European Law
      • Luxury Brand Management
      • Strategy
      • Finance

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 8
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 10
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2009
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: International Business, Leadership, Strategy, General Management, Corporate Social Responsibility

    • 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
        • Other
      • Complete a social class project.
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2009

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Extension of IT support for students and staff; opening of new teaching facilities (MBS Lecture Hall, Education Center Dalbergplatz), all equipped with latest technology; introduction of new database solution for MBS staff
      • Amount spent: $210,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 457
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 10
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 4
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $35,000,000.00
      • 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.absolventum.de
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.mannheim-business-school.com/networks/alumni.html
      • 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: If students are fully or partially company sponsored, they will not have access to any career services (except for career development offers, e.g. leadership workshops or conferences).

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The program is jointly offered with ESSEC Business School Paris/Singapore in two formats (Modular or Weekend) and three tracks (Modular Track, Paris Weekend Track, Mannheim Weekend Track); the data provided is related to the Modular Track and the Mannheim Weekend Track.

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