Grenoble Ecole de Management

PROGRAM BASICS

Full-Time MBA

Grenoble Graduate School of Business

12 rue Pierre Sémard
BP 127
Grenoble , France  

Program Web site:

http://www.ggsb.com

Status:

Public Institution

Program e-mail address:

admissions@ggsb.com

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Association of MBAs (AMBA)

European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

Other

Conférence des Grandes Ecoles; Chapitre des Ecoles de M

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1995
Part-time MBA : 2000
Undergraduate business program: 1984
Executive Education (non-degree): 1986
Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program: 1993

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  33,200
Nonresident : $  33,200
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  45,000
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  45,000

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

12

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 2070
Full-time MBA: 89
Part-time MBA: 356

PhD program: 2
Doctorate of Business Administration: 252
MS: 379
MSA: 400
Other: 1185

Undergraduate business school enrollment

662

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems

Master of Finance

Master of international Management/Business

Master of Marketing

Master of Technology

Other graduate degree programs:

Specialized Masters in: Entrepreuneuship; Purchasing; Management of Biotechnologies; Service Management; Certificate in Business Intelligence; Diploma in Management Consulting

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

June 2009

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 Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other:  0

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

587

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

Considered

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Very Important

Interviews:

Important

Recommendations:

Considered

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Considered

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

142

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

34 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

65 %

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:

75 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

96 %

Applications from women received:

54 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  69,000

Median base salary forgone:

$  70,800

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:

Female: 44  %
International: 87  %
Married: 27  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

Students from following regions:

Africa : 11  %
Asia: 7  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 28  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 15  %
Middle East: 2  %
North America: 6  %
Western Europe: 25  %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 6  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 50  %
Southwest: 25  %
West: 25  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

83

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

79

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

From:  36
To:  192

Median age of entering class:

30

Mean age of entering class:

31

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

100 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

100 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  7,837

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  7,832

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

a combination of need and merit

some other criteria

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

Unique scholarship application

Mean scholarships awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:

$  9,800

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?

No

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 630
Median: 640

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  550
To:  720

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

20

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

8

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

7

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:

International Marketing
Entrepreneurship Small and Family Business

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:

2008

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

International Business

Management Information Systems

Manufacturing and Technology Management

Marketing

Strategy

Technology

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

No

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

640

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 73
Non-Tenured: 48

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 524

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 28
Non-Tenured: 170

Minority Faculty

International Faculty

Tenured: 26
Non-Tenured: 232

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 53
Non-Tenured: 268

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

26 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

16 %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Business Ethics

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

E-business

Entrepreneurship

Environmental

Finance

Human Resources

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

Nonprofit

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Volunteer

Wine

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used

Case study: 60  %
Distance Learning: 5  %
Experiential Learning: 5  %
Lecture: 15  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Project: 10  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students are required to be fluent in more than one language by graduation

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

Other

Additional graduation requirements:

Participants must pass all modules

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

The school’s entire digital infrastructure has been renewed to increase the efficiency of the campus-wide WiFi network. Most recently, to respond to the school’s growing activities and student intakes, a new building wing was unveiled. This new 9 storey (40 meters) high building brings the school’s surface to a total of 34000 square meters. This new building is equipped with all the necessary technological gear, just as the original building is: - Students now have access to Google Apps Education - 14 interactive touch screen applications where students and staff can consult schedules locate offices, check the school’s news etc. - Interactive white boards - A local wireless WIFI network secured with the 802, 11 n norm - Nearly 150 free-access computer workstations - A free online university (Open Cim) - An e-centre, with computer services open 74h per week - A business library, offering numerous services: online documents, remote consultation of documents and databases, access to web-catalogues etc. - Mobile carts carrying hundreds of laptops from classroom to classroom

Amount spent:

$  9,649,000

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

580

Active MBA alumni clubs

14

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

14

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://graduatenetwork.grenoble-em.com/

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://graduatenetwork.grenoble-em.com/

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 88  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 12  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 50  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 50  %

Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

Destination: International Recruitment Day
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: full
Destination: International Recruitment Day
Month: April
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: Forum Odyssée
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: Minatec Company visit
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: Various company visits
Month: All year round
Amount Paid By School: Full

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 56  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 32  %
No information provided by graduate: 12  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2007-08:

18

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs on the school's job boards in 2007-08:

184

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 42  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 30  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 23  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 5  %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  107,000
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  102,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 9  %
Finance/Accounting: 27  %
General Management: 18  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 28  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 18  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 9  %
Consulting: 9  %
Consumer Products: 18  %
Financial Services: 18  %
Manufacturing: 18  %
Technology: 24  %
Other: 4  %

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

Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 9  %
North America: 18  %
Western Europe: 73  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Mid-Atlantic: 50  %
Canada: 50  %

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2007-08:

4

Companies that posted internships for MBAs on school job boards in 2007-08:

130

Top Companies - Internships:

Internships awarded that are paid:

100 %

Mean : N/A Median: N/A

Average internship length in weeks:

36

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

Most recently, GGSB open its full-time MBA in London, with the same faculty and course content as on the Grenoble site. The choice of electives has also now risen to 7, with Finance, Technology Management, Management Consulting, Global Management and Business Intelligence being joined by: Introduction of the MARKETING specialisation 2008 Session 1: Strategic marketing and Marketing planning Session 2: Market research Session 3: New Venture Business Planning Introduction of ENTREPRENEURSHIIP, SMALL & FAMILY BUSINESS specialisation 2009 Session 1: Entrepreneurship Session 2: Small & Family Business Session 3: New Venture Business Planning The Personal Development Week for individual “soft” skills in February is now well-established We have also added a full-day teambuilding and leadership day in the French mountains. We choose to have only small groups to favour interaction between participants and faculty. In the program, we balance theory and applied learning, the academic and the operational. For participants this means a practical hands-on approach, constantly focused on the real world. The program develops hard analytical skills and soft interpersonal skills, to build competence across the full range of managerial activity. The program is triple-accredited: AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA. The faculty have both academic expertise and a wide range of experience in corporate activity. They are from a range of different countries and so they expose the MBA participants to an impressive variety of international management cultures. The program content is composed of key concepts and carefully-selected business cases to show how concepts and knowledge are applied in the real world. The management project - in phase two of the program - is the most effective way of applying the theory learnt in the course to live business issues. This extended problem-solving project often deals with live challenges faced in the participant's company. We have a number of sites abroad where our part-time MBA program is offered. Please consult our web site for more information: http://www.ggsb.com More about GGSB: GGSB is the international school of Grenoble Ecole de Management, which was established in 1984 by Grenoble’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Grenoble Ecole de Management is one of only a few business schools worldwide to hold the triple accreditation crown. Based in Grenoble, the French capital of the Alps and of innovation, Grenoble Ecole de Management has developed a unique expertise in Technology Management and Innovation. With this specificity, the school has become a major player in academic research, thanks to its research poles and institutes. Because of its key role not only in companies' development but for society at large, Management, Technology and Innovation is at the heart of Grenoble Ecole de Management's degree programs, executive education and applied research programs. With one goal: allowing tomorrow's managers to master the challenges of Management of Technology to better integrate it into business' strategic objectives and create value through technology.