ESSEC Business School

PROGRAM BASICS

ESSEC MBA

ESSEC Business School Paris-Singapore

Avenue Bernard Hirsch BP 50 105
Cergy-Pontoise Cedex FRANCE ,

Program Web site:

http://www.essec.edu/essecmba

  Status:

Private Institution

Program e-mail address:

essecinfo@essec.fr

Explain:

Private Institution

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

EQUIS

Other

French Ministry of Higher Education

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 2,225
Full-Time MBA: 1,342
Executive MBA: 143
PhD Program: 87

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

1,290

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Accounting

Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems

Master of Finance

Master of Human Resources

Master of international Management/Business

Master of Marketing

Master of Technology

Other graduate degree programs:

Full-time Advanced Master's Programs in: Finance & Asset Management; Logistics & Supply Chain Management; International Supply Management; International Business Law & Management; International Food Industry Management; Urban, Environmental & Services Management; Business Engineering in Information Technology (with TELECOM ParisTech); Entrepreneurship with CENTRALE Paris; Business Administration Research; Information Systems & Telecommunication Networks (with TELECOM ParisTech). ESSEC also offers several part-time advanced master's programs at its Executive Campus in Paris.

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  39,282
Nonresident : $  53,831
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  42,919
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  50,193

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

21

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: November 4, 2009
Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: March 26, 2010

  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

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

600

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:

Very Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

5,765

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

17  %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

72  %

  Applicant interviews are:

Required

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

35  %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100  %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

20  %

Applications from women received:

50  %

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2009-2010) that are:

Female: 46  %
International: 26  %
Married: 2  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 4  %
Asia: 7  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 6  %
North America: 2  %
Oceania : 2  %
Western Europe: 74  %
Dual citizenship: 3  %

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

N/A

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

N/A

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

9

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

12

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

        From:  6
        To:  36

Median age of entering class:

22

Mean age of entering class:

23

FINANCIAL AID

  Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:

70  %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  8,893

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

A combination of need and merit

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:

315

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

Unique scholarship application

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

$  5,080

GMAT

  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 658

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  610
        To:  710

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:

40

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:

30

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

200

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:

Sports Personal Development & Management
Create a Social Business Plan
International Finance Markets
Asian Economies
Quantitative Risk Management

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

2008

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Actuarial Science

Corporate Social Responsibility

Economics

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Health Care Administration

Hotel Administration

Human Resource Management

International Business

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Media/Entertainment

Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Public Administration

Public Policy

Real Estate

Sports Business

Statistics and Operations Research

Strategy

Supply Chain Management

Other: Luxury Brand Management

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

  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:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Strategy

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

410

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 108
Non-Tenured: 27

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 18
Non-Tenured: 257

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 23
Non-Tenured: 12

Minority Faculty:

N/A

International Faculty:

Tenured: 38
Non-Tenured: 19

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 97
Non-Tenured: 27

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

20  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

21  %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Business Law

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Environmental

Finance

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

Nonprofit

VC/ Private Equity

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

International Club

Volunteer

Other

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 20  %
Distance Learning: 5  %
Experiential Learning: 20  %
Lectures: 30  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Projects: 15  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students are required to complete international experience

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

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

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:

Students must have a minimum of 18 months of professional experience by the time of graduation.

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Development of video-conferencing facilities for both teaching and mentoring, increased development of electronic collections and elearning resources and tools. New partnerships with Google to develop myESSEC Apps, a full set of collaborative tools enhancing collaboration, distance learning and team building.

Amount spent:

$  3,500,000

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

18,200

Active MBA alumni clubs:

109

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

48

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

7  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  1,650

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?

No

Business school endowment

$  2,944,717

  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://essecnet.alumni.essec.fr

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

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://essecnet.alumni.essec.fr

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 91  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 9  %

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

Destination: Singapore
Month: January-July
Amount Paid By School: None

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 44  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 5  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:

200

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 60  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 34  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 6  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Ernst & Young   8
Societe General   8
BNP Paribas   6
Gameloft   4
KPMG   4
PriceWaterHouse Coopers   4
Boston Consulting Group   4
Accenture   3
Bain & Company   3
Bouygues Telecom   3
McKinsey   3
Natixis   3
Pepsico   3
Procter & Gamble   3
Reckitt Benckiser   3

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

45  %

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

Mean base salary: $  61,575
Mean signing bonus: $  10,861
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  2,910

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 27  %
Finance/Accounting: 30  %
General Management: 8  %
Human Resources: 1  %
Marketing/Sales: 22  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 2  %
Operations/Logistics: 5  %
Other: 5  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 2  %
Consulting: 20  %
Consumer Products: 11  %
Financial Services: 30  %
Manufacturing: 7  %
Media/Entertainment: 8  %
Petroleum/Energy: 1  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5  %
Technology: 2  %
Other: 14  %

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

Africa: 1  %
Asia: 1  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 1  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 2  %
Oceana: 1  %
Western Europe: 92  %

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

N/A

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2008-09:

2738

Companies that posted internships for MBAs on school job boards in 2008-09:

317

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Societe Generale   58
BNP Paribas   42
Ernst & Young   18
HSBC   18
Calyon   15
Natixis   14
Euro RSCG   14
L'Oréal   13
Total   10
Deloitte   10
Crédit Agricole   10
Hermes   10
Havas   9
Areva   8
Accor   8

Internships awarded that are paid:

100  %

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: $ 436
        Median: N/A

Average internship length in weeks:

26

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

ESSEC MBA offers a flexible curriculum structure permitting students to combine academic courses with international and professional experiences. The ESSEC integrative philosophy is an asset for students who wish to take their careers further and for those who are just beginning theirs. At ESSEC, each student learns what it takes to be become a responsible leader through an on-going skills assessment with the help of a personal coach. The ESSEC MBA innovative approach provides students with the necessary tools and opportunities to excel in their careers in a highly competitive environment and contribute to the world in which they live.