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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

E.M. Lyon Business School

  • Program Basics

      • EMLYON Business School
      • EML Executive Development
      • 23 Avenue Guy de Collongue,
      • LYON -Ecully, 69130
      • France
      • Status:
        • Other
      • Length of program (months): 21

    • Classes meet:

        • Alternate weekends
        • Days
        • Occasional week-long sessions
        • Other

    • Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

      • Resident: $64,900.00
      • Non Resident: $64,900.00

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)
      • French Government

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 2,800
      • Full-Time MBA: 30
      • Executive MBA: 93
      • PhD Program: 22
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance, Other, Master of Technology, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

  • ADMISSIONS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT Required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Most applicants take the TAGE-MAGE that is one French equivalent to GMAT
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? No
      • Application fee: $482.00
      • Number of applications to the newest class: 274
      • Applicants accepted: 20 %
      • Admitted applicants enrolled: 87 %
      • 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: 27 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

      • Female: 19 %
      • International: 13 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Asia: 5 %
      • Europe: 93 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
      • Average months of work experience: 180

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 60
      • To: 300
      • Average age: 38

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 34
      • To: 47

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 87 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 4 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 8 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 4 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 71 %
      • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $98,750.00

    • Middle 80% base salary range:

      • Low: $63,360.00
      • High: $179,050.00

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Finance/Accounting 6 %
      • General Management : 26 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 34 %
      • Management Information Systems : 4 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 25 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 15 %
      • Financial Services: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 27 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 12 %
      • Technology: 21 %
      • Other: 9 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • ST Micro Electronics
      • Volvo Renault Trucks
      • Groupe SEB
      • Emerson Process
      • La Poste

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 11 %
      • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
      • 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: 108

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 68

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 25
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 66

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? No
      • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: family day - EML Outsight : a tool to enable discussion with participant's manager in the company, and favor transfer of new developed skills
      • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 30

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 10 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 50 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 95 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 30
      • Average class size, EMBA electives: 20
      • Elective courses: 27

    • New electives added in past 12 months:

      • Growth Financing
      • Creativity for more efficient management
      • International politics

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 10
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Leadership, General Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Learning Lab (Laboratory for research and experimentation dedicated to innovation in pedagogy).
      • Amount spent: $400,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,782
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 40
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 33
      • 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.emlyonforever.com
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.emlyonforever.com
      • 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
      • 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: Only participants who have left their previous company can be associated to the whole career process and to recruiters

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • Additional school comments: The first cohort of a new GEMBA will start October 2012 ; 10 weeks over 2 years ; Multi-location : Lyon, Shanghai, Genève, Istanbul (tbc) ;Blended learning; Connected to the World Entrepreneurship Forum

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