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Full-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Audencia Nantes School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Audencia full-time MBA
      • Euro*MBA
      • 8 route de la Jonelière
      • BP3122
      • Nantes cedex 3, 44312
      • France
      • Program Web site: http://www.audencia.com/mba/
      • Status: Other
      • Program e-mail address: mba@audencia.com
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Executive MBA: 58
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • The Euro*MBA Consortium schools and universities offer other programmes next to the Euro*MBA executive and distance learning MBA.

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

      • Resident: $40,000.00
      • Nonresident: $40,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $16,500.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $16,500.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 31, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Considered

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 81
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 38 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 33 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • 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: 66 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 80 %
      • Applications from women received: 35 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $86,000.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $81,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 37 %
      • International: 70 %
      • Married: 37 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 59 %
      • Europe: 33 %
      • North America: 4 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Mid-Atlantic: 100 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 120
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 110

    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 72
      • To: 132
      • Median age of entering class: 34
      • Mean age of entering class: 33

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 51 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 37 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $8,800.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $8,950.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $8,800.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 600
      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • 50th Percentile (median) 615
      • Average GMAT Score 605

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 615
      • 25th Percentile 610
      • 75th Percentile 655
      • 50th Percentile (median) 630
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 10th Percentile 595

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 21
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 9

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • Business development project

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Strategy
        • International Business
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing

  • 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

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 5 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

  • 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 excess 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

      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 14 %

    • Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

      • Mean base salary: $124,200.00
      • Median base salary: $123,100.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $20,500.00
      • Median signing bonus: $19,600.00

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 36 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 41 %
      • Management Information Systems: 14 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 9 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 27 %
      • Consumer Products: 23 %
      • Financial Services: 9 %
      • Manufacturing: 27 %
      • Technology: 14 %

    • Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Asia: 18 %
      • Europe: 45 %
      • North America: 14 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 23 %

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