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Executive MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

ESIC Business & Marketing School

  • Program Basics

      • Executive MBA Program
      • ESIC Business & Marketing School
      • Avda. Valdenigrales s/n
      • Pozuelo de Alarcón
      • Madrid (SPAIN), 28223
      • Spain
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Length of program (months): 12

    • Classes meet:

        • Every weekend

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Other
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)
      • Spanish Ministry of Higher Education;ISO 9001-2008;CEL (EFMD);ANECA:European Acreditation Audit; CEEMAN;CLADEA

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,687
      • Full-Time MBA: 90
      • Executive MBA: 269
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,349
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Other, Master of Human Resources, 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? All candidates must present their marks statement from the GMAT or do the ESIC Admission Test regardless of experience or qualifications. Admission Test in ESIC: Candidates can do the Admission Test for the MBA as part of the assessment of the analytical, logical, linguistics and numerical capacity of the candidate. The candidate does not need any preparation for this test. The tests will be carried out on determined dates and the language used could be English or Spanish.
      • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
      • 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: 20 %

    • Entering students are from the following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 6 %
      • Europe: 64 %
      • North America: 3 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 23 %
      • Dual citizenship: 2 %
      • Average months of work experience: 108

    • Middle 80% range work experience in months:

      • From: 70
      • To: 120
      • Average age: 34

    • Middle 80% age range:

      • From: 30
      • To: 40

    • Work background:

      • Have advanced degrees: 95 %
      • Work in the nonprofit sector: 3 %
      • Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 25 %
      • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 20 %
      • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 50 %

    • Students work in these functional categories:

      • Consulting: 15 %
      • Finance/Accounting 12 %
      • General Management : 29 %
      • Human Resources: 7 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 29 %
      • Management Information Systems : 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 5 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • Students work in these industries:

      • Consulting: 18 %
      • Consumer Products: 10 %
      • Financial Services: 12 %
      • Government: 1 %
      • Manufacturing: 10 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 12 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 15 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Top organizations sending students:

      • TELEFONICA / Commercial Bank of Dubai
      • COCA COLA / Siemens
      • GRUPO PRISA / Russian Railways JSC
      • SAMSUNG / Nestle
      • VODAFONE / Nokia

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 8 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Yes

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 278

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 67
      • Non-Tenured: 66

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 73
      • Non-Tenured: 72

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 35

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 58
      • Non-Tenured: 48

  • STUDENT LIFE

      • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
      • Description: Residential Module in China (optional)
      • 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? No
      • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: EMBA program is designed to have good balanced between personal and professional life.

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 70 %
      • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 68 %
      • Average class size, core EMBA class: 30

    • Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

      • Hours per week in class: 10
      • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 10
      • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2008
      • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
      • Joint degree programs: MBA/MSM (Management)
      • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy, General Management

    • Graduation Requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
        • Write a complete business plan
        • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
      • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2008

    • Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

      • ESCUELA INTERNACIONAL DE GERENCIA
      • CÁMARA DE COMERCIO DE BILBAO
      • Faculty Sant Louis (BRAZIL)

    • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: ESIC offers a los of technological services like WIFI; PC;Video Proyectors and a lot of sofware (SAS;SPSS;etc.)
      • Amount spent: $9,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 10,299
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 72
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 42
      • Business school endowment $8,000,000.00
      • 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.esic.edu/eriete
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.esic.edu/eriete
      • 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? Yes
      • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: If sponsored, we require a written permission from participants company.

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