IMD

International Institute for Management Development

Classes begin on: 5th of January 2009

School based in: Switzerland

Status: Private

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Association of MBAs (AMBA)
European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)
EQUIS

Enrollment

Total graduate business school: 150

Full-time MBA: 90

PhD program: N/A 

Program Length

Full-time program (months): 11

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

Resident : $  72,598

Nonresident : $  72,598 

Recommended annual budget (Resident): $   32,874 

Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $   32,874

Profile
Full-time students in newest entering class (2007-08) that are:

Female: 24 %

International: 97 %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 10 %

Asia: 22 %

Eastern and Central Eurpoe and Central Asia 7%

Latin America and the Caribbean: 7 %

Middle East: 5 %

North America: 10 %

Western Europe: 37 %

Oceania: 2%

 

Middle 80% range GMAT score: from 620  to 720

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 87 

Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 84

Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months: from 60 to 120

New entrants with one year or less of work experience: 0 %

Mean age of entering class: 31 

Median age of entering class: 31

Applicants

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 425

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 26 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 82 %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %  

Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

Financial Aid

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at school

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 31 %

Institutional Scholarships: 21 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: 37,988

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: 30,897

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

academic merit

a combination of need and merit

Faculty

Full-time faculty employed by the school: 48

Permanent/tenured professors: 48

Tenured faculty who are women: 8 %

Class offerings

Average students in a full-time MBA core class: 90

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class: 45

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students in the 2006-07 academic year: 9

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum: 2002

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Entrepreneurship, General Management, Leadership

The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:
Entrepreneurship, International Business, General Management, Leadership

Career Services

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 87 %

Graduates not seeking employment: 13 %

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

1: Shell

2: Schindler

3: BCG

4: Medtronic

5: McKinsey

6: Johnson & Johnson

7: GE

8: Firmenich

9: Dupont

10: Donaher

11: UCB

12: Baiu

13: Pepsico

14: Philips

15: Citigroup 

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  130,000

Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  125,000

Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  29,000

Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  27,000

Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  35,000

Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  21,000

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 74 %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 24 %

Finance/Accounting: 11 %

General Management: 22 %

Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 35 %

Management Information Systems (MIS): 1 %

Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 3 %