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

WHU Koblenz

  • Program Basics

      • full time MBA
      • WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
      • Burgplatz 2
      • Vallendar, 56179
      • Germany
      • Program Web site: http://www.whu.edu/lehre/full-time-mba/
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mba@whu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
        • EQUIS

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 537
      • Full-Time MBA: 54
      • Part-Time MBA: 67
      • Executive MBA: 140
      • PhD Program: 276
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • Master of Law and Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $45,409.00
      • Nonresident: $45,409.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $47,470.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $47,470.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 15

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Jan 15, 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?

        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 250

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Not Considered
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 113
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 41 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 27 %
      • 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: 45 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 50 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 6 %
      • International: 15 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 10 %
      • Asia: 6 %
      • Europe: 15 %
      • North America: 1 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 48
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • 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: 82 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 50 %
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • some other criteria
        • financial need
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $0.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 0 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $0.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 610
      • 10th Percentile 0
      • 25th Percentile 0
      • 50th Percentile (median) 0
      • 75th Percentile 0
      • 90th Percentile 0

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 650
      • 10th Percentile 0
      • 25th Percentile 0
      • 50th Percentile (median) 0
      • 75th Percentile 0
      • 90th Percentile 0

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 31
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 20

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

      • customer relationship and service management
      • merges and aquisitions
      • executive leadership styles and personalities

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • Strategy
        • Organizational Behavior
        • International Business
      • Sales, Innovation, Logistics
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 124

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 15
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 44
      • Non-Tenured: 20

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 0 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 10 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Other
      • Master Thesis

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 2009 - 2011: aquisition and renovation of new buildings for offices, lecture halls, new canteen, gym
      • Amount spent: $0.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 98
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 20
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 20
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 0 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $0.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $0.00
      • 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? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.in-praxi.org
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.in-praxi.org
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 100 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 0 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: Henkel, Duesseldorf
      • Month: May 2011
      • Destination: BASF, Ludwigshafen
      • Month: November 2011
      • Destination: Bayer Cropscience, Monheim
      • Month: July 2011
      • Destination: Kimberly Clark, Koblenz
      • Month: October 2011
      • Destination: ABB Switzerland
      • Month: July 2011

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • No information provided by graduate: 100 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 57 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 14 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 10 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 19 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 100 %
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 0 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $0.00
      • Median base salary: $0.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $0.00
      • Median signing bonus: $0.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

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

      • Consulting: 24 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 10 %
      • General Management: 5 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 10 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 5 %
      • Other: 46 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 24 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 10 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 46 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 10 %
      • Europe: 90 %
      • North America: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $0.00
      • Median: $0.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 16

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