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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Navarra

IESE Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • IESE Business School
      • Avenida de Pearson 21
      • Barcelona, 08034
      • Spain
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? Yes
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Name: IESE Business School
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 144
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 147
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 2011
      • Number of classrooms: 9
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: No

    • 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)
        • Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 95
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 57
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 85

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: Driving Government Performance
      • Partner(s): Harvard Kennedy School of Government
      • Title: Healthcare Advanced Management Program
      • Partner(s): Lilly Foundation
      • Title: Advanced Management Program for Media & Entertainment
      • Partner(s): The Paley Center for Media
      • Title: Medical Management Program
      • Partner(s): Spanish Ministry of Health
      • Title: Strategic Management and Social Leadership Program
      • Partner(s): Rafael del Pino Foundation
      • Title: Program Management Development for Managers
      • Partner(s): Horizons XXI Foundation

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,195
      • Full-Time MBA: 548
      • Part-Time MBA: 597
      • PhD Program: 50

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $4,000.00
      • High: $62,500.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $30,000.00
      • High: $370,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 45 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 55 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 43 %
      • International : 55 %
      • Earning more than $200,000 annually: 28 %
      • Business owners: 23 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 40 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Global CEO Program for China
      • Type of Course: Top Management Program
      • Course Length: 15 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $65,200.00
      • Comments: Modules in Shanghai at CEIBS Campus, Barcelona at IESE Campus , Boston at HBS Campus
      • Title: Global CEO Program: A tranformational Journey Global CEO Program: A tranformational Journey Global CEO Program: A tranformational Journey
      • Type of Course: Top Management Program
      • Course Length: 18 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $39,000.00
      • Comments: Modules in Sao Paolo at IESE Campus, Philadelphia at Wharton Campus and Shanghai at CEIBS Campus
      • Title: Advance Management Program
      • Type of Course: Top Management Program
      • Course Length: 24 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $52000 (in Barcelona), $39000 (New York), $27400 (Sao Paolo), $25700 (Varsovia), $40600 (Munich), $36900 (Santo Domingo)
      • Comments: Offered at IESE Barcelona Campus, New York Campus, Sao Paolo, Warsaw, Munich, Santo Domingo. AMP in New York is AMP in Media & Entertainment in partnership with the Paley Center for Media
      • Title: Senior Executive Program Miami (SEP)
      • Type of Course: Top Executive Program
      • Course Length: 20 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $ 39000 - IESE offers three scholarship in 2012
      • Comments: Modules in Miami and New York IESE facilities
      • Title: Program for Leadership Development (PLD)
      • Type of Course: General Management Program
      • Course Length: 18 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $ 34,800 (Barcelona), $27400 (Sao Paolo)
      • Comments: Offered at IESE Barcelona Campus, Sao Paolo
      • Title: Programa de Alta Dirección Empresarial (PADE) - [English - Senior Management Program]
      • Type of Course: General Management Program
      • Course Length: 42 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $34,000.00
      • Comments: Offered at Madrid and Barcelona IESE Campus
      • Title: Programa de Dirección General (PDG) [English General Management Program]
      • Type of Course: General Management Program
      • Course Length: 46 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $34,000.00
      • Comments: Offered At Madrid and Barcelona IESE Campus
      • Title: Programa Desarrollo Directivo (PDD) -[English Management Development Programs]
      • Type of Course: General Management Program
      • Course Length: 27 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $34,000.00
      • Comments: Offered at Madrid and Barcelona IESE Campus
      • Title: Global Business: Making the Matrix Work
      • Type of Course: Short Focused Programs
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,300.00
      • Comments: Offered at IESE NYC Campus
      • Title: The Innovation Architect
      • Type of Course: Short Focused Program
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,700.00
      • Comments: Offered at IESE Barcelona Campus

    • International programs:

      • Title: Global CEO Program for China
      • Type of Course: Top Management Program
      • Partner(s): Harvard Business School & China (HBS) & China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
      • Year Established: 2005
      • Title: Global CEO Program: a Transformational Journey
      • Type of Course: Top Management Program
      • Country: Brazil (Sao Paolo), USA (Philadelphia), China (Shanghai)
      • Partner(s): The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
      • Year Established: 2010
      • Title: Advance Management Program for Media & Entertainment
      • Type of Course: Top Management Program for the Media Institute
      • Country: USA (New York + Los Angeles)
      • Partner(s): The Paley Center for Media
      • Year Established: 2011

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 182

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 16
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 53
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 100%

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 60 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 50 %
      • Lectures: 10 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 80 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 3 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 17 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 36 %
      • International: 78 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: MBA sudents are able to receive education materials on electronic tables (iPad) as well in their laptop. New eMail systems, expanding capacity and ease of use for students and faculty. Collaboration tools to strengthen student’s community build up, facilitate interaction with faculty and enabling blended learning (Roll out of WEBEX services). Relevant technology investments in Career Services and Coaching, partnering with leading employers and recruiters.
      • Amount spent: $4,000,000.00

  • COMMENTS

      • lease note that we consider the following two international programs, Global CEO Program for China and the Global CEO: A transformational Journey, among our top 10 open enrollment programs and therefore we listed them in both these sections.

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

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