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

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  • Program Basics

      • General Management Full-time MBA
      • IMD
      • Ch de Bellerive 23
      • P.O.Box 915
      • Lausanne, 1001
      • Switzerland
      • Program Web site: http://www.imd.ch/mba
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mbainfo@imd.ch
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 140
      • Full-Time MBA: 90
      • Executive MBA: 50

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $92,019.00
      • Nonresident: $92,019.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $130,992.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $130,992.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 11

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Feb 1, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Apr 1, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Jun 1, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Sep 1, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? No

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 441
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 27 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 76 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 4 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 12 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 15
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 4
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 46 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 98 %
      • Applications from women received: 21 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $80,500.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $73,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 28 %
      • International: 97 %
      • Married: 31 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 8 %
      • Asia: 29 %
      • Europe: 42 %
      • North America: 11 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 10 %
      • Dual citizenship: 22 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 83
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 84

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

      • From: 60
      • To: 108
      • Median age of entering class: 30
      • Mean age of entering class: 31

  • 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: 71 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 30 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $52,721.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $48,716.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
        • academic merit
        • financial need
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $34,967.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Yes

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? NA

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 660
      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 25th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 670
      • 75th Percentile 710
      • 90th Percentile 730

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 600
      • 25th Percentile 630
      • 75th Percentile 710
      • 50th Percentile (median) 670
      • 90th Percentile 730
      • Average GMAT Score 668

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 90
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 45
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 20

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

      • Advanced Negotiations
      • Advanced Presentation Skills
      • Corporate Reputation
      • Gender Balance in Organizations
      • Monte Carlo Simulations

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

        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Leadership
        • International Business
      • 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
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Leadership
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 59

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 42

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 51

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 57

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Partners/Family

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 36 %
      • Experiential Learning: 19 %
      • Lectures: 19 %
      • Simulations: 3 %
      • Team Projects: 23 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • 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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgraded to iPad 2 for paperless programs, including full-time MBA, installed IP Telephony system throughout the campus with CISCO 8945 video phones, web conferencing integrated in programs, integrated 2.0 technologies, plasma screens in auditoriums & study rooms, new building with latest generation technology, new learning platform with increased connectivity, new Tandberg video conferencing system with plasmas.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,038
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 46
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 35
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $45,978,933.00
      • 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.imd.ch/networks/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.imd.ch/networks/alumni
      • 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: 88 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 12 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: Singapore Asia Trek
      • Month: July
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Dubai Middle East Trek
      • Month: July
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 75 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 25 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 86 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 10 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 4 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 56 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 35 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 9 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • McKinsey & Company 5
      • Nestlé 5
      • Royal Dutch Shell 3
      • Dow Chemical Company 2
      • Boston Consulting Group 2
      • Borealis 2
      • Samsung Global Strategy Group 2
      • American Express 1
      • AstraZeneca 1
      • DuPont 1
      • Johnson & Johnson 1
      • L'Oréal 1
      • LVMH 1
      • Nike 1
      • Siemens 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 66 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $129,600.00
      • Median base salary: $127,300.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $23,500.00
      • Median signing bonus: $20,300.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $20,700.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $18,100.00

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

      • Consulting: 25 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 17 %
      • General Management: 10 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 41 %
      • Management Information Systems: 1 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 6 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 15 %
      • Consumer Products: 20 %
      • Financial Services: 6 %
      • Manufacturing: 18 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 7 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 18 %
      • Technology: 11 %
      • Other: 1 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 17 %
      • Europe: 73 %
      • North America: 3 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 7 %

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