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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Warwick

Warwick Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Warwick Executive MBA
      • Warwick Business School
      • Coventry, CV4 7AL
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Length of program (months): 36

    • Classes meet:

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

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $47,000.00
      • Non Resident: $47,000.00

    • 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: 3,222
      • Full-Time MBA: 67
      • Part-Time MBA: 1,487
      • Executive MBA: 758
      • PhD Program: 164
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,163
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance

  • 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? Prior academic experience.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • Application fee: $0.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 146
      • Applicants accepted: 79 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 75 %
      • 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: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 29 %
      • International: 41 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 7 %
      • Asia: 10 %
      • Europe: 78 %
      • North America: 3 %
      • Oceania: 1 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
      • Average months of work experience: 147

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 72
      • To: 252
      • Average age: 35

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 42

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 33 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 10 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 5 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 35 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $101,500.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $56,400.00
      • High: $161,500.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Finance/Accounting 11 %
      • General Management : 18 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 27 %
      • Management Information Systems : 10 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 15 %
      • Other: 11 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 13 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 27 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 16 %
      • Other: 6 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Ernst & Young
      • National Health Service (UK)
      • Tata Group
      • Rolls Royce PLC
      • Barclays

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 8 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
      • 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: 196

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 99
      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 36

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 38
      • Non-Tenured: 44

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 89
      • Non-Tenured: 51

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: All students required to take at least one international module.
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: Award winning conference facilities 5 mins from b-school.
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 15

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 45 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 90 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 45
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 35
      • Elective courses: 45

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Behavioural Sciences for the Manager
      • Envisioning and Enabling Innovation
      • Doing Business in Mexico
      • Psychology of Investing & Financial Decisions
      • Managing the Digital Workplace

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2006
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? Yes
      • Describe distance learning EMBA: Distance Learning MBA, studied through online study materials, online classrooms and remote tutor support.
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, 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
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2006

    • Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

      • IBM

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 9,639
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 59
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 51
      • 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://www2.warwick.ac.uk/alumni/networks/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.wbs.ac.uk/alumni/networks/
      • 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

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