The two-year and European partnership options are for people whose organisation will support them through an MBA – at minimum, support with time away from work and access to real assignments and a project, and in most cases a substantial contribution to the costs of the programme. These people have been identified as having high potential, and the MBA is a vehicle for accelerating their development. This option enables participants to stay in their existing role (and many even manage to cope with promotion or relocation during the programme) and to increase their visibility and contribution within the organisation while studying for their MBA.
Central and eastern Europe
11%South East Asia: 11%
Latin America: 5%
Africa: 6%
Australia/New Zealand: 3%
India/Pakistan: 2%
Middle East: 3%
Scandinavia: 1%
North America: 1%
Executive part-time students
UK: 86%
Other EC: 7%
Other international: 7%
Executive modular students
UK: 69%
Other EC: 24%
Other international: 7%
University of Edinburgh Management School
Edinburgh Business School
7 Bristo Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9AL
Tel: +44 131 6508066
Fax: +44 131 6508077
E-mail: edinburgh.mba@ed.ac.uk
Website: www.ems.ed.ac.uk
Course contacts
Trish Fraser (administrator admissions)
E-mail: trish.fraser@ed.ac.uk
Description of course
The Edinburgh MBA is a general management course that covers all the main management disciplines and allows specialisation across a wide range of specialist areas. The school offers three types of MBA: a full-time MBA, a part-time MBA in International Business, which involves a work placement and study abroad, and a part-time MBA which is taught in the evening.
Length of courses and starting dates
Full-time MBA: 12 months, starts in October
Part-time MBA in International Business: 15 months, starts in October
Part-time MBA (evening course): 30 months, starts in January
Size of intake
80-100 full-time
15-20 part-time (MBA in International Business)
60-70 part-time (evening course
Percentage of applicants accepted on to course
17%
Average work experience of executives entering course
Seven years
Student profile
Students come from 37 countries.
London Business School
Regents Park
London NW1 4SA
Tel: 020 7262 5050
Fax: 020 7724 4291
Website: www.london.edu
Course contacts
NanDee Sugerman, marketing manager
E-mail: nsugerman@london.edu
Judi Saunders, admissions manager
E-mail: jsaunders@london.edu
Description of course
The executive MBA programme is designed on a day-release basis for people in full-time employment and their learning thus benefits their sponsoring organisation right from the beginning. The core courses are taught on alternate Friday/Saturdays plus six-block weeks.
Electives are taken in the second year and EMBA students choose a
maximum of eight from a portfolio of over 80. Students also participate in two overseas field trips and complete a management report based on their sponsoring organisation.
Length of course and starting date
Two years; starts twice a year in January and September.
Size of intake
The January intake has 64 students, the September intake has two streams of between 50-60 students each.
Percentage of applicants who get on to course
33%
Average work experience of executives entering the course
9-10 years
Student profile
UK: 52%
Europe: 31%
Asia/Australia/New Zealand: 8%
North/South America: 6%
Africa: 3%
Manchester Business School
Booth Street West
Manchester M15 6PB
Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 7139
Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 6556
Website: www.mbs.ac.uk/
Course contacts
Helen Dowd, manager of MBA admissions
e-mail: manchester_mba@mbs.ac.uk
Description of course
The executive MBA is offered jointly by MBS and Manchester School of Management at Umist and can be taken in 2.5 to 5 years. The benefit for a practising manager and the company sponsor is that the participant can gain credits at a rate that suits his or her working circumstances.
The MBA can be achieved either full-time or part-time in two distinct stages: the diploma and MBA. Participants must successfully complete 18 credits. A typical student takes two credits per term, completing the degree in just under three years. During the diploma, each course lasts for 10 weeks, with a weekly three-hour teaching session either on Tuesday or Thursday evening, or during the day on Friday. During the MBA, participants accumulate credits by undertaking specialist electives, projects, a dissertation or international programmes.
Length of course and start date
30-60 months; January, April and September
Size of intake
50-70
Admission percentage
20%
Average work experience
10 years
Student profile
75% of students come from overseas (35 nationalities in all)
Saïd Business School
University of Oxford
The Radcliffe Infirmary
Woodstock Road
Oxford OX2 6HE
Tel: +44 1865 224371
Fax: +44 1865 228471
Website: www.sbs.ox.ac.uk
Course contact
Alison Mills (MBA manager)
E-mail: alison.mills@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Description of course
The Oxford MBA programme consists of three 10-week terms. In general, mornings are devoted to lectures on managerial subjects and the key issues affecting business. Afternoons consist of support classes, seminars, case discussions and private study.
During the first term there is a series of sessions on group and leadership processes, data analysis and computing. In the second term, students begin work on the new business development project and attend sessions on business communication and presentations. In the third term students select three advanced electives in which to specialise.
In July and August, students spend eight weeks on their summer business projects, many of which take place overseas. Students return to Oxford in September for a final two-week session in which they complete written reports, make presentations on their summer business projects, and take their final exam.
Length of course and start date
One year (full-time): October-September
Size of intake
96 students
Admission percentage
20%
Average work experience
Five years
Student profile
Participants come from 29 countries:.
Africa/Middle East: 5%
North America: 31%
Asia/Australasia: 30%
Europe: 25%
Other: 9%
Warwick Business School
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL
Tel: +44 24 7652 4488
Fax: +44 24 7652 4969
Website: www.wbs.ac.uk/students/mba/
Course contacts
Francesca Coles, course director
Jon Lees, course manager
E-mail: exmba@wbs.warwick.ac.uk
Description of course
The executive MBA at Warwick Business School is designed to meet the needs of experienced working managers who value face-to-face participation and a delivery format that enables them to integrate work and course commitments.
There are two delivery formats.
- Modular: this focuses on a single subject area in intensive five-day (Monday-Friday) teaching blocks
- Evening: two evenings a week for three 10-week terms that are spread over the year. Both formats take around three years to complete (though more time can be given), and include an in-house project and dissertation after the taught coursework.
Length of course and starting date
Modular: three years, starts late November
Evening: three years, starts April
Size of intake
Modular: 50-60
Evening: 40-50
Percentage of applicants accepted on to course
Applicants are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year and early applications are recommended.
Average work experience of executives entering the course
12 years
Student profile
Participants are predominantly from the UK, but around 10% fly in from continental Europe and some from further afield, such as US and South Africa. Evening-study participants are required to live within a 50-mile radius of the Warwick campus.
Belgium
Solvay Business School
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Avenue F.D. Roosevelt
21 CP 145/1 B-1050
Brussels
Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 650 41 83
Fax: +32 2 650 41 99
E-mail: mba@ulb.ac.be
Website: www.ulb.ac.be/soco/solvay/mba
Course contact
Claudie Leclercq, programme co-ordinator
E-mail: mba@ulb.ac.be
Description of course
The MBA covers the following subjects in a series of 10 core courses and 10 electives:
- finance
- financial accounting
- introduction to the European Union
- leadership
- communication and teamwork
- management of information systems
- managerial accounting
- managerial economics
- marketing
- organisational behaviour
- strategic management.
The academic year consists of five periods of courses and seminars. Each period lasts for about six weeks and ends with exams and a short break.
Length of course and starting date
Nine months; September to June
Size of intake
46
Percentage of applicants accepted on to the course
25%
Average work experience of students
more than five years: 26%
three to five years: 28%
up to two years: 46%
Where do students come from?
Belgium: 30%
Middle East: 4%
Asia: 13%
North and South America: 7%
Rest of Europe: 17%
Other EU countries: 29%
Language of instruction
: English
Finland
Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
Runeberginkatu 14-16
00100 Helsinki
Finland
Tel: +(358 9) 43138 642
Fax: +(358 9) 43138 613
Website: www.hkkk.fi/mbafi
Course contacts
Assistant director MBA programme: Anna Gasiorowska
E-mail: Anna.Gasiorwska@hkkk.fi
PR & marketing: Marita Gronvall-Jansson
E-mail: gronvall@hkkk.fi
Description of course
Half of the MBA is devoted to four core courses, including: external and organisational environment of the firm, functional management, business communication, ethics and quantitative analysis.
Part of the programme is devoted to advanced electives in international business, finance and interactive telecommunications management. In addition, students are expected to do one or two individual projects. Each consists of a business project (possibly tailored to your company needs), writing a teaching case, or taking a seminar abroad.
Length of course and starting date
Full-time MBA (one year): September and January
Part-time MBA (two years): January
Size of intake
43 full-time, 50 part-time
Percentage of applicants accepted on to course
40-50%
Average work experience of students
9.5 years (part-time), seven years (full-time)
Where do students come from?
Finland: 90%
Estonia: 2.5%
Poland: 2.5%
Russia: 2.5%
India: 2.5%
Language of instruction
English
France
HEC Paris Graduate Business School
1 rue de la Liberation
78351 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex
France
Tel: +33 1 3967 7374
Fax: +33 1 3967 7465
Website: www.mba.hec.fr
Course contacts
Pantéa Denoyelle, director of marketing and development
E-mail: denoyellep@hec.fr
Joshua Kobb, development manager
E-mail: kobb@hec.fr
Description of course
The first part of the programme covers the core business disciplines, during which time students work in small teams. In the second part students choose from more than 80 electives in either advanced management or leadership and managerial efficiency. They can spend the last four months on an exchange programme, or they can carry out a project in a special field of interest or in company consulting.
Length of course and starting date
16 months full-time, January or September
Size of intake
250
Percentage of applicants accepted on to course
not available
Average work experience of students
not available
Where do students come from?
France: 30%
Western Europe: 19%
Asia: 18%
Latin America: 12%
Eastern Europe: 8%
North America: 7%
Middle East: 5%
Africa: 2%
Language of instruction
English or bilingual (English and French)
ESCP-EAP Graduate School of Management
6 Avenue de la Porte de Champerret
75838 Paris Cedex 17
France
Tel: +33 1 4409 3331
Fax: +33 1 4409 3335
E-mail: mba@escp-eap.net
Website: www.escp-eap.net
Course contacts
International MBA
E-mail: mba@escp-eap.net
Executive MBA (Paris): Anne Gazengel, scientific director of the executive MBA in Paris
E-mail: emba.fr@escp-eap.net
Executive MBA (Madrid): Natalia Andia
E-mail: emba.es@escp-eap.net
Multinational MBA: Gabriele Zimmer
E-mail: gzimmer@escp-eap.net
Description of MBA courses
The International MBA is composed of the following:
- Core courses covering all major management fields, which are delivered early in the programme before the participants start specialising
- Elective courses enabling each participant to build and personalise his or her own curriculum, either on a weekly basis or as workshops
- International seminars addressing specific managerial issues in a global context
- An international consultancy project.
The executive MBA (Paris) is part-time and compatible with a full-time job. It is composed of the following:
-
Six core courses (one evening a week) covering essential contemporary theories in strategy, financial management, marketing, technology and production, human resources management, and managerial action
- 18 workshops (one week-end per month), including in-depth studies of cross-disciplinary themes and focus on real-life corporate problems
- Six one-week residential seminars in Paris and abroad: managerial action (Paris), project development in emerging countries (Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America), global finance (London), high-tech management (San Francisco), European law and business environment (Brussels), programme synthesis (Europe).
- A consultancy or a start-up project, carried out in teams.
The Multinational MBA in Central Europe and Berlin is designed for experienced managers operating in Central European markets. The first year is part-time and compatible with full-time employment. They are given in the evenings, at weekends and during blocked periods. There are programmes in Poznan (Poland), Bratislava (Slovakia), Prague (Czech Republic), Budapest (Hungary) and Tartu (Estonia). The second year takes place in Berlin and is for participants who can study full-time: the first five months are spent on a paid company internship in Germany; the next five months are a taught programme in Berlin.
Length of courses and starting dates
International MBA: 12 months, January
Executive MBA (Paris): 18 months; January
Executive MBA (Madrid): 12 months; January
Multinational MBA: two years: between September and November
Size of intake
International MBA: 50
Executive MBA (Paris): 70
Executive MBA (Madrid): 30
Multinational MBA: 100
Average work experience of students
International MBA: seven years
Executive MBA (Paris): 12 years
Executive MBA (Madrid): not available
Multinational MBA: not available
Where do students come from?
Europe: 48%
Asia: 21%
North America: 14%
South America: 12%
Other: 5%
Language of instruction
International MBA: English
Executive and multinational MBAs: English and local language
Ireland
University of Dublin
Trinity College
School of Business Studies
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: +353 16081024
Fax: +35316799503
E-mail: TrinityMBA@tcd.ie
Website: www.tcd.ie/Business-Studies/Mba/
Course contacts
Catherine Williams
E-mail: TrinityMBA@tcd.ie
Description of the course
The Trinity MBA programme is divided into 10 core areas: business policy, general management, impact of the environment, marketing, accounting, management of IS, organisational theory, financing of business enterprises, change management, quantitative methods.
During the year students are assigned to work in teams of five or six on a company project. This gives them the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned, and exposes them to a range of contexts (family businesses, new ventures, large firms, co-operatives, multinationals and semi-state bodies).
As part of the project, students assess the company's strengths and weaknesses in the context of the market. They also carry out an in-depth analysis of a particular strategic issue and recommend how that issue might be tackled. Members of each group are required to present their findings to faculty and management of the company, with written reports at each stage. Students also complete a business culture project and a personal research essay.
Length of course and starting date
One-year general management MBA (full-time), end of September
Size of intake
35-40
Admission percentage
not available
Average work experience
seven years
Where do students come from?
Ireland, UK, US, Canada, France, Italy, South Africa, Australia
Language of instruction
English
Italy
SDA Bocconi
Via Balilla 16/18
20136 Milan, Italy
Tel: +39 258363281
Fax: +39 2 58363725
E-mail: MD@sda.uni-bocconi.it
Website: www.sda.uni-bocconi.it
Course contacts
Customer service: cs@sdabocconi.it
Master's division: MD@sda.uni-bocconi.it
Description of course
The first eight months of the MBA are spent in the classroom working on a core curriculum that includes functional and general management. The rest of the course is dedicated to individual elective routes chosen by the participants, based on an analysis of their aptitudes and results achieved in the first stage of the MBA.
Length of course and starting date
13 months, starting November
Size of intake
65-70
Percentage of applicants accepted on to course
not available
Average work experience of students
four years
Where do students come from?
39 nationalities are represented of which:
Italy: 55%
Rest of Europe: 23%
Rest of world: 22%
Language of instruction
English/Italian
Netherlands
Rotterdam School of Management
Erasmus Graduate School of Business
PO Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31-(0)10-408-2222
Fax: +31-(0)-452-9509
E-mail: info@rsm.nl
Website: http://www.rsm.nl
Course contacts
Connie Tai, MBA, Director of recruiting and admissions
E-mail: ctai@rsm.nl
Description of course
The curriculum of the International MBA programme in general management covers all major aspects of general management. The International MBA/MBI programme (Master of Business Administration/Master of Business Informatics) is designed for students who wish to receive theoretical and practical training in the managerial aspects of information technology.
Length of course and starting date
18 months, starting in September
Size of intake
140 students (full-time)
Percentage of applicants accepted on to course
17%
Average work experience of students
5.5 years
Where do students come from?
Almost 50 nationalities are represented of which:
Netherlands: 8%
Europe (non-Dutch): 43%
North America: 9%
South America: 11%
Asia: 23%
Other: 6%
Language of instruction
English
Switzerland
International Institute for Management Development
Chemin de Bellerive 23
PO Box 915
CH-1001 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel: + 41 (21) 618 03 42
Website: www.imd.ch/emba
Course contacts
John Walsh, programme director
Marianne Vandenbosch, programme manager
Sonia Dutoit and Lila Rousta, programme administrators
Email: info@imd.ch
Description of course
The executive MBA is structured around specific themes crucial for business and management. The focus is on learning that is immediately applicable in participant's companies. Its aim is to broaden participants' perspective to give a more integrated view of the overall business system, looking at countries and cultures. The programme includes discovery expeditions to Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and a location in Europe as well as continuous distance learning.
Length of course
17.5 weeks spread over five modules, which can be spread out over several years.
Starting dates
2006 graduation…4 April or 1 August, 2005
Size of intake
60-70
Percentage of applicants accepted on to the course
not available
Average work experience of executives entering course
15 years (10 years' minimum)
Which countries do students come from?
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Guatemala
India
Japan
Mexico
Norway
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Netherlands
New Zealand
People's Republic of China
Russian Federation
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sultanate of Oman
Sweden
Switzerland
UK
US
What language is the course conducted in?
English
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