EXECUTIVE MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

IMD

International Institute for Management Development

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

IMD Executive MBA

IMD

Ch de Bellerive 23
P. O. Box 915
Lausanne , Switzerland

Status:

Private Institution

Length of program (months):

Classes meet:

Occasional week-long sessions

Other

The occasional sessions may last up to 2.5 weeks

Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

Resident: $ 122
Non Resident: $ 122

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Association of MBAs (AMBA)

EQUIS

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Full-Time MBA: 90
Executive MBA: 62

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS

Rolling admissions?

Yes

GMAT Required?

Yes

If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?

N/A

Average GMAT:

580

Middle 80% range of GMAT scores:

From: 450
To: 690

Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers?

Application fee:

$ 200

Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

15 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

10 %

CLASS PROFILE

EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

Female: 19 %
International: 81 %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Africa : 0 %
Asia: 4 %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 9 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
Middle East: 0 %
North America: 6 %
Oceania : 2 %
Western Europe: 77 %
Dual citizenship: 10 %

Entering North American citizens are from the following regions:

N/A

U.S. students in newest entering class who are:

N/A

Average months of work experience:

180

Middle 80% range work experience, months:

From: 120
To: 252

Average age:

Middle 80% age range:

From: 35
To: 45

Work background:

Have advanced degrees: 60 %
Work in the nonprofit sector: 2 %
Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 6 %
Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 19 %

EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus:

9 %

Average base salary for new EMBA entrant:

$ 215,000

Middle 80% base salary range:

Low: $ 100,000
High: $ 450,000

Students work in these functional categories:

Consulting: 6 %
Finance/Accounting: 13 %
General Management : 45 %
Human Resources: 4 %
Marketing/Sales: 15 %
Management Information Systems : 2 %
Operations/Logistics: 9 %
Other: 6 %

Students work in these industries:

Consulting: 4 %
Consumer Products: 6 %
Financial Services: 15 %
Government: 2 %
Manufacturing: 11 %
Non-Profit: 2 %
Petroleum/Energy: 13 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
Real Estate: 2 %
Technology: 15 %
Other: 21 %

Top organizations sending students:

Maersk
EDF
Nestle
Tetra Pak
Delloitte

FINANCIAL AID

EMBAs receiving financial aid through school:

0 %

Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months:

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality?

Academics & Lifestyle

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

Full-time faculty:

Non-Tenured: 47

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Non-Tenured: 13

Women on Faculty:

Non-Tenured: 4

Minority Faculty:

N/A

International Faculty:

Non-Tenured: 54

Faculty with PhDs:

Non-Tenured: 57

STUDENT LIFE

Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project?

Yes

Description:

India, China, Silicon Valley

Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants?

Yes

Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants?

Description:

Hotel, apartments

Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym?

Yes

How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles)

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods:

Case Study: 20 %
Distance Learning: 40 %
Lectures: 20 %
Team Projects: 20 %

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

50 %

Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty:

0 %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:

100 %

Average class size, core EMBA class:

Average class size, EMBA electives:

n/a

Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

Hours per week in class: 80
Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 20

Last revision of core EMBA curriculum:

2009

Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium?

Yes

Description:

Various distance learning technologies in synchronous and asynchronous modes

Group work done via the Internet:

40 %

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

Write a complete business plan

Present final, company-specific project results to relevant parties

Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

N/A

In-house EMBA programs provided for companies:

Recent changes to EMBA program:

Addition HR assignemnt, extension leadership content and inclusion of India as destination for one module

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Web conferencing integrated in programs, integrated web 2.0 technologies, plasma screens in auditoriums & study rooms, new building with latest generation technology, social network system, new learning platform with increased connectivity, New Tandberg video conferencing system with plasmas.

Amount spent:

$ 6,230,000

Alumni Affairs & Careers

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

2,862

Active MBA alumni clubs:

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

130

Business school endowment

$ 36,623,000

Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?

Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

University alumni networking site:

http://www.imd.ch/networks/alumni

Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.imd.ch/networks/alumni

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Does the school offer EMBA students access to the career services office?

Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs?

What is the school's policy concerning recruiters targeting EMBA students for full-time jobs?

We market the EMBA as a partnership between the sponsoring company and the participant, hence recruiters are not actively encouraged

SCHOOL COMMENTS

Additional school comments:

IMD is a highly flexible Executive MBA program with learning directly applied into participants' parallel working lives. Our participant profile is one of the most mature and experienced in the EMBA marketplace making the shared learning experience of the program an outstanding feature.

Graduate Comments

The strengths were dynamic teaching style, engaged, interested to get the curricula going, mostly experienced in their field. Weaknesses: only about 50% of faculty was with class throughout the whole program.

The diversity of participants makes this program an unique learning experience across cultures, languages and industry practices.

Quality, content and structure of the program were outstanding and provided me with a lot of learning and new insights. Furthermore, it is a very international program that exposed me to people with very different backgrounds (cultural, professional, personal, etc).

IMD offers real learning environment with multi-cultural class and faculty and a feel at home environment due to the manageable size of the school.

The program structure (modules) and content (foundations, team assignment and company assignment) were optimal. Furthermore the size of the class was not too big (64 students) and it was possible to learn a lot from the peers. The class was very international oriented with a mix from different countries and professions.

IMD is a great place to learn and the Managers of the program are very good at securing our full involvement throughout the year. I particularly recommend IMD for its "learning how to learn approach" which is not only a motto but an attitude.

IMD is leading edge in relation to leadership training and development. It is frankly head and shoulders above other programs that I have come in contact with. Finance and Economics is a strong point - but probably not the best in Europe. Where it is less cutting edge is in the area of Marketing, Business Ethics. These are important and I found myself relying on my classmates for this sort of debate and discussion.

Impossible to improve. I chose IMD (above UK schools, and INSEAD) for their responsiveness at every step of the way. Their responsiveness during the application process was flawless.

I do believe the classroom experience was very good. There was a right balance between presentation, analysis and discussion of cases; frameworks and theory presentation; small groups short assignments in between the whole class auditorium activities. At the same time some energizing and challenging activities spread across the studies helped to raised the levels of stamina, excitement and connection with the whole EMBA experience.

Instructors could know better the students and their strength and weaknesses. More guidance in the team work process.

I think IMD is the best international focused program & I like the way of teaching & practical approach very much.

It is also a relatively small school whit a very keen interest of faculty in the students.

Discovery trips were a highlight in the program and, besides Ireland, Bucharest, China and Silicon Valley, one could also go to India.

With 60 participants, the program size is just right. The peer group was an excellent mix of managers from a diverse background. The professors and the material was excellent as well. The field trips were good. I would probably choose IMD again. However, I might look at other programs and compare.