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

MIP Politecnico di Milano

School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 97 %
      • Average months to complete program: 24
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 36
      • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
      • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? No

    • Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

      • Resident: $18,900.00
      • Non-Resident: $18,900.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $446.00
      • Non-resident $446.00
      • 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
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 510
      • Graduate degree programs: Other, Master of Human Resources
      • Other graduate degree programs: 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

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 52
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 78 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 89 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 4
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 3
      • Applicant interviews are: Required

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? No
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? GMAT test is not mandatory but highly recommended. Those applicants who do not submit the GMAT have the option to sit for the MIP test which assesses quantitative, logical and analytical skills. It is composed of 4 parts : qualitative analysis of a business case; numerical test; abstract test and logic test.

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

      • Average GMAT Score NA
      • 10th Percentile NA
      • 25th Percentile NA
      • 50th Percentile (median) NA
      • 75th Percentile NA
      • 90th Percentile NA
      • Is proficiency in English required? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • Other
        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • First certificate in English; TOEIC; Preliminary English Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 22 %
      • International students: 0 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 51
      • Median: 48
      • From: 48
      • To: 60
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $47,100.00
      • Median: $45,500.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $35,900.00
      • To: $60,160.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 8 %
      • General Management: 12 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 37 %
      • Management Information Systems: 17 %
      • Operations/Production: 12 %
      • Other: 3 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Government: 2 %
      • Manufacturing: 25 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 7 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 10 %
      • Other: 15 %

    • Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:

      • ENI SPA 6
      • Agusta Westland 4
      • Zurich Insurance 3
      • Finmeccanica 3
      • H3G 3
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 30

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 23 %

    • Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year, percentage receiving:

      • Institutional Scholarships: 50 %
      • Assistantships: 0 %
      • Mean financial aid package: $2,430.00
      • Median financial aid package: $2,062.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
      • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Part of the admissions application
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
      • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $0.00

  • 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

    • Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Other
        • Environmental
        • Consulting

    • Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

        • Other
      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 22
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 58
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 34
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 34 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 40 %
      • Average core class size: 30
      • Average elective class size: 15
      • Electives available: 19

    • Recently added electives:

      • Financial Risk management
      • Energy management
      • Last curriculum revision: 2010
      • Recent curriculum changes: Ther core curriculum has been restructured both in content and number of hours; Elective courses structure has been redesigned to be offered to the Full-time and Part-time cohorts together (in english)

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

        • Finance
        • Other
        • Entrepreneurship
        • International Business

    • Additional concentrations offered:

      • Design and Luxury management
      • Energy Management
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

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

    • Graduation requirements:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
      • Credits required to graduate: 79

  • 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 offer career services for alumni? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.alumnimip.it
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
        • Yes
      • If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
        • At any time
      • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? No
      • Are part-time students included in resume drops? No

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