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What are the admissions requirements?
- Bachelor's degree
- GMAT
- Minimum 3 years full-time work experience
- Clear career progression
- Strong command of English
- 3 letters of
What is the minimum GMAT score?
There is no minimum requirement - a high score does not guarantee admission and a lower score does not necessarily eliminate an applicant. The average score is 670, with 80% being between 610 - 750.
Is it possible to have a job during the program?
No. The IMD MBA is a full-time, intense program. The average work day is 16 hours and there are classes on Saturday morning.
What type of visa is needed to study at IMD?
Nationals of all non-European Community countries need a 'Visa of Entry for Studies' in order to enter Switzerland. IMD will provide all necessary paperwork required by your country of origin for obtaining this visa. While you are responsible for obtaining the visa, IMD will liaise with government officials as required.
What is the emphasis of the IMD MBA program?
While the MBA program reinforces management skills cross functions, our emphasis is on Global leadership.
The MBA builds on IMD's strong executive development reputation, practical orientation and clear global focus. It prepares young, experienced executives with proven potential for leadership roles by teaching solid business fundamentals in parellel with teamwork and personal development.
How long is the program?
11 months, from January to December. Our program is ver intensive and the IMD MBA has as many class hours, if not more than, many two year MBA programs.
How many participants are in the MBA class?
Only 90 people a year can take our MBA because we believe that world-class business leaders cannot be mass-produced.
Who attends the program?
Highly motivated, international participants with significant achievements to their credit, excellent interpersonal skills, a global mindset and lots of energy to make things happen.
What are start-up projects?
During the Start-Up projects MBA teams work with a real life exsisting early stage business. The teams work closely with the entrepreneur behind the business to learn about the special challenges of entrepreneurship and gain hands-on experience in adding value to a company.
What are leadership experiences?
Off-campus exercises designed to force you to re-evaluate what kind of a leader you want to be and understand what it will take for you to become a more effective leader.
How do the consulting projects work?
Teams of MBA participants work with top management of international firms on strategic issues and synthesize their learning by tackling real business issues, under the supervision of IMD Faculty.
What career services activities take place?
Career services will help you define, prepare and execute your next career step through a variety of workshops, presentations, individual coaching, and on-campus recruiting.
Alumni surveys consistently rate IMD Career Services higher than similiar services in all other top ranked schools.
How do you promote your participants?
One important method of promoting our participants is the Class Profiles Brochure. A short biography of all participants available for employment is distributed to over 5,000 managers worldwide and 250 organizations recieve the IMD MBA résumé portfolio.
Do you help participants prepare for their job search?
Yes, we provide individual coaching and organize multiple workshops and presentations throughout the year to maximize the effectiveness of your résumé, strategy and your networking and interviewing skills.
What on-campus recruiting activities take place?
Each year over 60 companies visit IMD to present opportunities and participate in on-campus recruiting.
What companies typically recruit at IMD?
Each year a variety of companies from finance, consulting and industry recruit our MBA graduates for positions around the world.
Each year we compile our recruiting results, which gives an overview of MBA recruitment and shows specific examples of companies who recruit our MBAs:
How international is IMD?
The IMD MBA is highly international, we build our class based on diversity. No single nationality dominates IMD's mix of participants, Faculty or pedagogical material and on average we have 45 nationalities represented among our 90 participants.
IMD's Faculty, talented professionals with extensive business experience, represent more than 20 nationalities.
Does IMD have a Ph.D. program?
No. We do not offer any doctorate programs.
Does IMD organize any information sessions on campus?
Yes. We arrange frequent campus visits.
How can I receive a confirmation of my IMD MBA degree?
While we do not provide performance transcripts for MBA graduates, a letter of confirmation can be requested through MBAInfo@imd.ch. These letters are sent out by email or regular postal mail and the service is free of charge.
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