Go To Businessweek.com
Full-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Instituto Tecnológico Autonomo de Mexico

  • Program Basics

      • full time MBA
      • Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
      • Av. Camino a Santa Teresa 930, Col. Héroes de Padierna, Del. Magdalena Contreras
      • México City, 10700
      • Mexico
      • Program Web site: http://www.mnegocios.itam.mx
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mnegocios@itam.mx
      • 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: 472
      • Full-Time MBA: 25
      • Part-Time MBA: 254
      • Executive MBA: 58
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $20,000.00
      • Nonresident: $20,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $30,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $30,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 13

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Aug 3, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? No
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? No

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 36
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 62 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 84 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 6 %
      • Applications from women received: 54 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $28,000.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $23,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 50 %
      • International: 6 %
      • Married: 22 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 100 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 91
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 72

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

      • From: 36
      • To: 240
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • Mean age of entering class: 30

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 33 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 30 %
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • 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? ITAM Exam

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 30

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/MIM (International Management)
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Leadership
        • Strategy

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 94

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 69

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 89

    • International Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Non-Tenured: 85

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students are required to be fluent in more than one language by graduation
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Final Oral examination before a panel of three professors

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,812
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 2
      • 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://exalumnos.itam.mx
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://mnegocios.itam.mx
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 100 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 20 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 75 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 5 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 42 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 26 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 16 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 16 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 42 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 26 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 16 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 16 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Kraft 8
      • Banamex 8
      • Cargill 6
      • Posadas 6
      • Coca Cola 6
      • Astra Zéneca 6
      • Nestlé 5
      • BASF 5
      • Colgate 5
      • Henkel 4
      • BBVA Bancomer 4
      • BMV 4
      • Eli Lilly 4
      • General Electric 4
      • Pedro Domecq 4

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

      • Mean base salary: $63,000.00
      • Median base salary: $65,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 28 %
      • General Management: 16 %
      • Human Resources: 4 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 27 %
      • Management Information Systems: 9 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 9 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 5 %
      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Consumer Products: 34 %
      • Financial Services: 21 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Technology: 10 %
      • Other: 12 %

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

      • Kraft 8
      • Banamex 8
      • Cargill 6
      • Posadas 6
      • Coca Cola 6
      • Astra Zéneca 6
      • Nestlé 5
      • BASF 5
      • Colgate 5
      • Henkel 4
      • BBVA Bancomer 4
      • BMV 4
      • Eli Lilly 4
      • General Electric 4
      • Pedro Domecq 4

Getting In

B-School Life

Finding a Job

Paying the Bills