Program Basics

• • IESE Business School
  • Avenida Pearson 21
  • Barcelona, 08034
  • Spain
  • Status:
    • Private

• Classes meet:

  • • Occasional week-long sessions

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $126,500.00
  • Non Resident: $126,500.00

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

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

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

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  • Application fee: $130.00
  • 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: 25 %
  • International: 74 %
• • Average months of work experience: 156

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 96
  • To: 204
• • Average age: 37

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 32
  • To: 42

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 90 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 14 %

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 9 %
  • Finance/Accounting 23 %
  • General Management : 19 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 22 %
  • Management Information Systems : 2 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 21 %
  • Other: 1 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 10 %
  • Consumer Products: 7 %
  • Financial Services: 7 %
  • Government: 3 %
  • Manufacturing: 12 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 7 %
  • Other: 38 %

FINANCIAL AID

• • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 23 %
  • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Yes
  • Maximum loan amount: $119,000.00

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

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 40 %
  • Distance Learning: 15 %
  • Experiential Learning: 5 %
  • Lectures: 20 %
  • Simulations: 15 %
  • Team Projects: 5 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 100 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 35
  • Average class size, EMBA electives: 35
  • Elective courses: 5

• New electives added in past 12 months:

  • Innovation redefined
  • Trends in the new world
  • Advanced finance
  • Strategies for growth
  • The Sillicon Valley Experience

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 30
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 25
• • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, 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

• 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

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 8,819
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 34
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 109
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 64
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $911.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $818.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $26,700,000.00
  • 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.unav.es/english/alumni/
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.iese.edu/en/OurCommunity/Alumninew/Home/home.asp?
  • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

• • -I believe the IEESE Global EMBA is a fantastic program, very well organized and conducted. I enjoy the learning and the personal unique experience. I learned a lot from both professors and my mate. I always felt the school was here for whatever I needed, even after I finished. The GEMBA community and the IESE Alumni are fantastic.
    
    -It is tough in an executive program as not all participants are looking to change companies but it would have been nice if the career services could have helped in providing more contacts to recruiters and headhunters or even invited corporate recruiters. This is difficult as it is a very specialized need as most participants are not looking to change careers. However I also graduated during the crisis and, as a result of career services, I still had a number of interviews whereas most people were not getting any.
    
    -The program is of very high quality and I cannot find any area for a significant improvement. Now, since the IESE started a new campus in New York, the program could be completed with an intensive week in New York to expose students to the US businesses. However, the program, in the way it is now, it is excellent.
    
    -It was the perfect program design with one residential week per month and three weeks of distance learning in between and therefore despite the huge workload an enjoyable period of learning and development.
    
    -More on-campus recruiting support would have been very helpful under the current economic situation.
    
    -They should be aware of not losing their core values as a result of the growth they're experiencing. I think sometimes, the quality was compromised as a result of having too many new teachers.
    
    -I would have liked the opportunity to share experiences with alumni from previous years, to learn more about how they applied what learnt in the program to their real jobs. Students should get more feedback from teachers and staff about individual performance. The school needs to find ways to measure individual performance in team assigned.
    
    -Maybe, two or three subjects were not at the level of the rest. But I think that you never got 100 percent of satisfaction with all the subjects. I would have focused more on finance.
    
    -I think the IESE has extensive experience in EMBA. I think the program has exceeded my expectations by far. I really think they do a great job from a professional, personal and ethical point of view. It is an updated program with a perfect structure for a person who combines work and study.
    
    -Twenty-two months was a long journey. A reduction to this length maybe a good idea, although I do not know if this will affect the return the students would get today, which I rate as outstanding.
    
    -Overall, a fantastic program and I would not change the experience for the world. The post MBA sessions and alumni are also excellent.
    
    -I’d like to see more experienced guest speakers who can relate to the topics discussed in the classroom. I would have liked to see more professors with practical experience outside of Latin America and Spain. There should be more international career services for EMBA, and more participants from outside of Europe and Spain.