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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Audencia Nantes School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Audencia Executive MBA
      • Euro*MBA
      • 8 route de la Jonelière
      • BP 31222
      • Nantes cedex 3, 44312
      • France
      • Status:
        • Other
      • Length of program (months): 18

    • Classes meet:

        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $40,000.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Executive MBA: 58
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $250.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 39
      • Applicants accepted: 59 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 96 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • 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: 13 %
      • International: 13 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 5 %
      • Europe: 95 %
      • Average months of work experience: 204

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 126
      • To: 260
      • Average age: 40

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 32
      • To: 45

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 96 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 4 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 21 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 17 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 43 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Finance/Accounting 13 %
      • General Management : 55 %
      • Human Resources: 4 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 4 %
      • Management Information Systems : 4 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 4 %
      • Manufacturing: 48 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 12 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
      • Technology: 12 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • AES Lab
      • Stryker Corp
      • Manitou
      • DCNS
      • Bénéteau

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 17 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 50

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 50
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 50

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 50

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 50
      • Non-Tenured: 0

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Two international seminars abroad and one in Nantes
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? No
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 7

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 44 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 89 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 23
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 16
      • Elective courses: 7

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 7
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 7
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? Yes
      • Describe distance learning EMBA: Euro*MBA
      • Leading areas of study: Finance, Marketing, Strategy, General Management, Consulting

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
        • Other
      • Three international seminars
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 189
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 10
      • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $0.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes
      • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? No
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: Vast majoirty are company sponsored and go back to their firms

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