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Full-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Grenoble Ecole de Management

Grenoble Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Grenoble Graduate School of Business
      • 12 rue Pierre Sémard
      • BP 127
      • Grenoble, 38003
      • France
      • Program Web site: http://www.ggsb.com/mba
      • Status: Other
      • Program e-mail address: admissions@ggsb.com
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 5,253
      • Full-Time MBA: 203
      • Part-Time MBA: 169
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 284
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
        • Master of Technology
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • MSc in Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship; MSc in Strategic Marketing; MSc in Management Consulting; MSc in Business Development

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

      • Resident: $35,625.00
      • Nonresident: $35,625.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $48,295.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $48,295.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 12, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Aug 11, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 587

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Considered
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Considered

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 178
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 32 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 74 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 1 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 6
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 70 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 66 %
      • Applications from women received: 20 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $61,908.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $63,200.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 38 %
      • International: 100 %
      • Married: 24 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 7 %
      • Asia: 18 %
      • Europe: 31 %
      • North America: 17 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 22 %
      • Oceania: 5 %
      • Dual citizenship: 9 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Northeast: 50 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 15 %
      • South: 7 %
      • Southwest: 8 %
      • West: 20 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 84
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 72

    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 48
      • To: 144
      • Median age of entering class: 29
      • Mean age of entering class: 30

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 65 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 44 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $82,877.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $21,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $4,920.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Yes

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Through careful examination of transcripts and interviews

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 640
      • Average GMAT Score 630

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 640

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 20
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 9

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • Biotechnology

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
      • Innovation Management; Business Intelligence; Project Management; Biotechnology
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • International Business
        • Manufacturing and Technology Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 560

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 93
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 432

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 35
      • Non-Tenured: 134

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: N/A
      • Non-Tenured: N/A

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 177

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 80
      • Non-Tenured: 117

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Business Ethics
        • Finance
        • Nonprofit
        • Environmental

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club
        • Volunteer
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to be fluent in more than one language by graduation
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Other
      • Students must pass all modules and specialisations and write an end of degree project

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Bloomberg trading floor ; Microsoft Live@edu solution ; Microsoft SharePoint ; Mobile cabinets carrying 50 laptops for IT courses on two classrooms; 22 digital signage screens; Video and web conference systems; Job application video booths; E-learning platform / Distance learning platform (moodle); DoYouBuzz application; New printing system; Numeric eleaning resources: tell me more; CrossKnowledge, ENI Editions; Microsoft Softwares; Interactive white boards; Interactive LCD screen
      • Amount spent: $400,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,134
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 15
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 15
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess 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://graduatenetwork.grenoble-em.com/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://graduatenetwork.grenoble-em.com/
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 95 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 4 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 1 %

    • Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

      • Destination: International Recruitment Day
      • Month: November - March
      • Destination: Personal Development Week
      • Month: February
      • Destination: Humanitarian Development Forum
      • Month: November
      • Destination: Networking Event
      • Month: October
      • Destination: Finance conference
      • Month: October

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 52 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 43 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 5 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 94 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 100 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 100 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 0 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 84 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 98 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 0 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Hewlett-Packard 2
      • Groupe Seb 2
      • Guiness 1
      • Schneider Electric 1
      • Google 1
      • Argon Consulting Middle East 1
      • Arab Open University 1
      • IBM 1
      • Bloomberg 1
      • Cap Gemini 1
      • Easynet Global Services 1
      • Cemex 1
      • JP Morgan 1
      • Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 1
      • ST Microelectronics 1

    • Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

      • Mean base salary: $103,886.00
      • Median base salary: $104,100.00

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 21 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 18 %
      • General Management: 22 %
      • Human Resources: 11 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 8 %
      • Management Information Systems: 9 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 11 %
      • Consulting: 30 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 15 %
      • Manufacturing: 2 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 13 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Africa: 5 %
      • Asia: 15 %
      • Europe: 40 %
      • North America: 22 %
      • Oceania: 2 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 16 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Northeast: 50 %
      • West: 50 %

    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • General Electric 2
      • Hewlett-Packard 2
      • Schneider Electric 2
      • L'Oréal 1
      • Orange 1
      • Valéo 1
      • Airbus 1
      • Groupe Seb 1
      • Nissan 1
      • Sanofi Pasteur 1
      • Société Générale 1
      • 3M 1
      • Accor 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 52

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: The school is one of only a few business schools worldwide to have achieved triple accreditation from AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS. GGSB has set up several campuses worldwide. With its expertise in Technology Management and Innovation, it is a founding member of the GIANT Innovation Campus, which has the aim of becoming one of the world's top campuses in research, higher education, and technology transfer to industry www.giant-grenoble.com

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