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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Ashridge Business School

  • Program Basics

      • Two Year Executive MBA
      • Ashridge Business School
      • Ashridge Business School
      • Hertfordshire
      • Berkhamsted, UK
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 27

    • Classes meet:

        • Occasional week-long sessions

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $63,500.00
      • Non Resident: $51,000.00

    • 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: 380
      • Full-Time MBA: 23
      • Executive MBA: 67
      • PhD Program: 29
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Candidates have to take a verbal and numerical Ashridge Admission Test
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 41
      • Applicants accepted: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 50 %
      • 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: 30 %
      • International: 50 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 5 %
      • Europe: 95 %
      • Average months of work experience: 132

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 108
      • To: 252
      • Average age: 31

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 32
      • To: 46

    • Work background:

      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 10 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 30 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 50 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $63,500.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $51,000.00
      • High: $102,000.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting 15 %
      • General Management : 25 %
      • Human Resources: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 10 %
      • Management Information Systems : 15 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 20 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 5 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 30 %
      • Technology: 10 %
      • Other: 45 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • Merck
      • Pfizer
      • Lufthansa

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 30 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 205

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 117

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 72

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 79

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: The International Study Week provides the students with experience of business in an emerging economy. Past locations have included China and South Africa.
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? No
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
      • Description: On site ensuite study bedrooms
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: Coaching sessions, career support and study groups.
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 30

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 20
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 15
      • Elective courses: 6

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 48
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2005
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: International Business, Leadership, Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Corporate Social Responsibility

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
        • Other
      • Successful completion of exams and assignments at the end of each year of the programme.
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2005

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Improvements to WiFi and internet acces have been made and all MBAs students are now supplied with iPads for use throughout the programme.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,000
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 3
      • 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.ashridge.org.uk
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes

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