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

MIP Politecnico di Milano

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • International Full-time MBA
      • MIP Politecnico di Milano - School of Management
      • Via Lambruschini 4C
      • Building 26/A
      • Milan, 20156
      • Italy
      • Program Web site: http://www.mip.polimi.it/imba
      • Status: Other
      • Program e-mail address: imba@mip.polimi.it
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Other
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 945
      • Full-Time MBA: 46
      • Part-Time MBA: 40
      • Executive MBA: 42
      • PhD Program: 17
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
      • Master in Project Management; International Master in Industrial Management; Master in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management; Master in Innovation and Knowledge Transfer; Master in Real Estate; Executive Master in Business Managament and Organisational Development; Master Media & Telco

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $39,208.00
      • Nonresident: $39,208.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $53,959.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $53,959.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 14

  • 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?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 130
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 68 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 58 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 1 %
      • 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: 81 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 76 %
      • Applications from women received: 32 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $40,734.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $37,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 28 %
      • International: 70 %
      • Married: 9 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 33 %
      • Europe: 39 %
      • North America: 4 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 22 %
      • Oceania: 0 %

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

      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %

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

      • South: 2 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 59
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 48

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

      • From: 36
      • To: 108
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • 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: 65 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 26 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $10,250.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $9,707.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $18,000.00
      • 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? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • Average GMAT Score 559
      • 90th Percentile 665
      • 10th Percentile 445
      • 25th Percentile 518

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 610
      • Average GMAT Score 586
      • 50th Percentile (median) 590
      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 90th Percentile 656
      • 10th Percentile 516

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 50
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 19

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

      • Financial Risk Management
      • Energy management

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
      • Design & Luxury management / Energy management

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/MIM (International Management)
      • 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:

        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Other
        • Supply Chain Management
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 167

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 51

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 33
      • Non-Tenured: 57

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 40

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 30

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 19 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 30 %
      • Lectures: 43 %
      • Simulations: 1 %
      • Team Projects: 7 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • 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
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The School moved to the new campus in 2009. For this reason all technologies and infrastructure are completely new.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,000
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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://www.alumni.polimi.it
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.alumnimip.it
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 100 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 0 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

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

      • Destination: Bruxelles Career Fair
      • Month: November
      • Amount Paid By School: 0
      • Destination: Berlin Career Fair
      • Month: May
      • Amount Paid By School: 0
      • Destination: Milan Career Fair
      • Month: May
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Milan International Career Fair
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Full

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 73 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 27 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 43 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 36 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 21 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 38 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 36 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 26 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Fastweb 2
      • Indesit 2
      • Whirlpool 2
      • JP Morgan 1
      • Barilla 1
      • Huawei 1
      • PwC 1
      • Saint Gobain 1
      • Lanxess 1
      • Pirelli 1
      • A.T. Kearney 1
      • Beiersdorf 1
      • ABB 1
      • Mastercard 1
      • Ogilvy 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 40 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $62,400.00
      • Median base salary: $65,150.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $10,700.00
      • Median signing bonus: $11,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 16 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 3 %
      • General Management: 29 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 32 %
      • Management Information Systems: 3 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
      • Other: 7 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 15 %
      • Consumer Products: 4 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Manufacturing: 23 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
      • Technology: 23 %
      • Other: 3 %

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

      • Asia: 3 %
      • Europe: 85 %
      • North America: 4 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 8 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Southwest: 4 %

    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • PIRELLI 3
      • YOOX 2
      • E.ON 2
      • CONTINUUM 2
      • INDESIT 2
      • FASTWEB 2
      • ABB 2
      • WHIRLPOOL 2
      • A.T. Kearney 2
      • SIEMENS 2
      • BARILLA 1
      • FERRERO 1
      • MASTERCARD 1
      • P&G 1
      • EDISON 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 68 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $350.00
      • Median: $350.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 12

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Our distinctive educational objectives are: develop an analytical mindset; teach models and competencies for strategic management of company functions and processes; develop orientation towards innovation and entrepreneurship also thanks to our Innovative Business Plan model and the Cleantech challege; Improve communication skills and the capacity for leadership, teamwork and managing diversity; Provide complete personal development.

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