Program Basics

• • EMBA - Canada
  • The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business
  • 1151 Richmond Street North
  • London, N6A 3K7
  • Canada
  • Status:
    • Public
  • Length of program (months): 17

• Classes meet:

  • • Other

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $87,396.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • EQUIS
    • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 338
  • Full-Time MBA: 133
  • Executive MBA: 135
  • PhD Program: 70
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,113
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master of International Management/Business

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? No
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 10th Percentile 580
  • 50th Percentile (median) 690
  • 90th Percentile 700
  • Average GMAT Score 648
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  • 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: 33 %
  • International: 5 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 7 %
  • Asia: 17 %
  • Europe: 10 %
  • North America: 59 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 7 %

• Entering U.S. citizens are from the following regions:

  • Midwest: 100 %
• • Average months of work experience: 178

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 108
  • To: 252
• • Average age: 39

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 30
  • To: 47

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 20 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 4 %
  • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 30 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 18 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 75 %

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Finance/Accounting 10 %
  • General Management : 30 %
  • Human Resources: 4 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
  • Management Information Systems : 15 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
  • Other: 8 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consumer Products: 5 %
  • Government: 2 %
  • Manufacturing: 12 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
  • Non-Profit: 5 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
  • Real Estate: 4 %
  • Technology: 15 %
  • Other: 11 %

FINANCIAL AID

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

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 99

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 46
  • Non-Tenured: 53

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 10
  • Non-Tenured: 14

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 21
  • Non-Tenured: 31

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 46
  • Non-Tenured: 45

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: 10 day trip to China or India for Executive Client Project
  • 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? No
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 10

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 65 %
  • Experiential Learning: 10 %
  • Lectures: 10 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 10 %
• • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 100 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 55

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 8
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No

• 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: 2010

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Expanded capacity of our research compute server (24x). Improved our LMS to better aid students in finding courses and to help faculty manage their courses. Provide students with free Microsoft software. Added Adobe Connect to facilitate virtual meetings for students who are not geographically collocated. Added Microsoft Sharepoint in order to foster richer collaboration and communication across all Ivey faculty and staff.

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 12,858
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 43
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 22
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 19
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $2,934.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $125.00
  • 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? Yes
  • University alumni networking site: http://www.alumni.uwo.ca/
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.ivey.ca/alumniportal
  • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

• • -As an entrepreneur, I believe a number of EMBA schools have overlooked entrepreneurs as a potential market. Moreover, an EMBA can facilitate the development and growth of the companies owned by entrepreneurs. Ivey acknowledges the educational needs of an entrepreneur, but it also understands the wealth of knowledge an entrepreneur can bring to its EMBA program. I am very proud to be a graduate of The Richard Ivey School of Business.
    
    -Ivey engages the class in debate and dialogue, using cases as a springboard into theoretical concepts and deeper insights into business challenges.
    
    -The school should use a better piece of software to share files among the class. We were given Microsoft Groove, and it was very problematic.
    
    -The program was relevant, engaging, and challenging. This program has pushed me to expand my boundaries, build out my strategic and analytical toolkit, and wrapped it all in a cross-functional and global context that is extremely relevant to my career. I would highly recommend it to anyone willing to work hard and take on the challenge.
    
    -The world of modern business is changing rapidly. There's an important role for the theoretical and academic perspectives presented by the program, but it has slipped too far from practical, current management, and leadership.
    
    -The EMBA program should be more selective to ensure that the right applicants are chosen for the program. Some students clearly don't belong in an executive MBA class and are there for the free ride and the title alone. Working with such members on a team is very challenging and frustrating.
    
    -The Ivey EMBA is a truly excellent program, making excellent use of the case-based learning methodology to expand the minds and capabilities of participants. It is a collaborative program, which means that one learns a great deal from one's classmates as well as from learning materials and faculty. Highly recommended!
    
    -There should be more crossover between courses with instructors doing team teaching.
    
    -The program overall was very well developed and very well delivered. To take the program to the next level, there should be more emphasis on learning how to develop new models of analysis/synthesis would be helpful, and more ongoing self-reflection and peer-evaluation to strengthen self-knowledge and leadership ability.
    
    -Some of the professors were truly exceptional. I loved the experience, and I would do it again in a heartbeat.
    
    -The program specializes in leadership, and I believe it has made me a better leader. However, I would have liked a course or two on operating a company.
    
    -This was the best immersive learning experience for which I could have ever hoped.