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MEXICO, A LEADING ECONOMY...

MEXICO, ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRIES FOR STUDENTS IN 2019

Ángel de la Independencia (Mexico City). IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 1

Mexico is the hub of Latin America, with one of the fastest growing GDPs over the past 6 years

IT´S A LEADER AMONG EMERGING MARKETS IN LATIN AMERICA, WITH MORE THAN 35 MULTILATERAL TRADE OPERATIONS.

WITH A GDP OF USD $1,152 BILLION, MEXICO IS THE 2ND LARGEST ECONOMY IN LATIN AMERICA, 4TH IN AMERICA AND 15TH IN THE WORLD.

MEXICO HAS NUMEROUS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, AND IT HAS SIGNED TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THIRD TRIMESTER OF 2018, 52 NATIONS WORLDWIDE. MEXICO HAD AN ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE MEXICO HAS SIGNED: POPULATION OF 55.9 • 32 reciprocal promotion and protection of investment MILLION PEOPLE, agreements with 33 countries WITH THE NUMBER OF WORKING-AGE • 10 free-trade agreements with 45 PEOPLE REPRESENTING 60.4% countries • 9 partial scope and economic OF THE TOTAL POPULATION complementation agreements within the ALADI framework

Mexican Stock Exchange.

MEXICO IS THE CAPITAL OF BUSINESS IN LATIN AMERICA IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 3

THE MOST IMPORTANT BANKS IN THE WORLD HAVE PRESENCE IN MEXICOCitibank (USA), HSBC (U.K.), BBVA (), Santander (Spain), Scotiabank (), Bank of America (USA), Credit Suisse (), Merrill Lynch (USA), UBS (Switzerland), American Express (USA), Bank of -Mitsubishi UFJ (Japan), J.P. Morgan (USA), Sabadell (Spain), Barclays (U.K.), Deutsche Bank (), VW Bank (Germany) and recently ICBC (). Source: CNBV Mexico, 2018

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INCREASED BY 4,135 USD MILLION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2018.

KEY GROWTH • Financial Services SECTORS IN • Energy MEXICO: • Retail and Consumer Source: PwC • Telecom

MEXICO IS PART OF THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC BLOC IN THE WORLD, THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA), LEADING EXPORTER which is worth almost $19.9 trillion USD. Mexico’s IN LATIN AMERICA: network of free trade agreements gives the • Mexico accounts for 34% of all country preferential access to 45 countries, 1.143 billion people, and makes the country trades in Latin America an ideal export platform to reach almost • Almost 83% of exports from two thirds of the world’s Gross Domestic Latin America come from Mexico Product (GDP). 4 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

IPADE was founded in 1967 by a group of important Mexican businessmen. Their goal was to develop future leaders with the ability to drive social and economic growth rooted in personal integrity, social responsibility, and a global vision.

Our educational model combines classroom learning and experience; it is designed to perfect management skills and, in turn, to lead to the good governance of companies in Mexico and abroad.

The IPADE’s Alumni Community has over 38,000 graduates, who are part of the biggest and most important business network in Mexico and Latin America.

IPADE Business School has promoted an international dialog by involving two of the most prestigious business schools in the world:

Monterrey campus

Mexico City campus Guadalajara campus

IPADE Costa Rica

IPADE Panama

Satellite Campuses IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 5

IT’S NOT ABOUT GIVING UP TODAY, IT’S ABOUT CONSTRUCTING TOMORROW 6 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

IT’S NOT ANOTHER ACADEMIC INTAKE, IT’S A HAND-PICKED COMMUNITY TO WHICH YOU BELONG

TIMELINE: SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

1976 The first IPADE 1967 1970 Management 1991 IPADE is IPADE launches Program The Executive founded the Full-Time MBA in Monterrey is MBA Program in Mexico City in Mexico City launched is launched

1968 1972 1978 1986 The International The Continuous The first The first Honorary Advisory Updating IPADE Doctorates Committee Management Management conferred by is founded Program for the Program in IPADE and the among Full-Time MBA Guadalajara is Universidad IPADE, IESE, and alumni launched Panamericana Harvard Business is launched School Ricardo Murcio Organizational Behavior Professor IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 7

2017 IPADE celebrates its 50th 2001 anniversary and works with IPADE debuts on the 2010 other business schools International Business IPADE opens the 2014 (including Harvard, IESE, Schools ranking Full-time MBA IPADE Columbia, Essex, Stanford, published by the Program at receives Darden, Ivey, among others) Financial Times and its Monterrey the AMBA to create study cases in the Wall Street Journal campus accreditation international collaboration.

1998 2003 2013 CEMEX International IPADE receives IPADE receives Management the AACSB the AACSB Program, the first ten-year re-accreditation international IPADE accreditation program, takes place in Miami, Florida 8 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

FACULTY & RESEARCH Academic Departments

The primary teaching method at IPADE is the Case Method, but professors also use a number of other teaching techniques, including simulations, workshops, negotiating exercises, and panels featuring key players from the cases reviewed in class.

To maintain cutting-edge knowledge of their academic areas, as well as of the business world, IPADE professors engage in a variety of activities, including:

TEACHING

ADVISING AND CONSULTING AS BOARD MEMBERS in their area of expertise

MANAGERIAL WORK within the institute

RESEARCH ONE OF IPADE´S VALUES IS THE PERSONALIZED ATTENTION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS THROUGH Silvia Cacho MENTORSHIP Marketing Management Professor

Research Centers

IPADE’s research centers promote knowledge development on subjects that are deeply connected to our humanistic approach to business.

Many of the challenges faced by today’s managers require insights achieved through fundamental, collaborative, and interdisciplinary research.

IPADE’s five research centers are: • RESEARCH CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIETY • RESEARCH CENTER FOR FAMILY BUSINESSES-BBVA BANCOMER • RESEARCH CENTER FOR WOMEN IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT • RESEARCH CENTER FOR BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVE-EY • RESEARCH CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY AND BUSINESS FULL-TIME MBA

Our Full-Time MBA Program has the main goal of developing managerial skills such as team working, leadership, decision making, global vision, and the ability to work under pressure. We work with the case methodology in order to analyze, discuss and come to a conclusion for more than 900 cases during the two years of the MBA.

IPADE’s Full-Time MBA Program is taught 100% in English and in two campuses: Mexico City and Monterrey.

IPADE is characterized by its personal attention and small groups (150 participants in both campuses). IT’S NOT JUST A DEGREE, IT’S A LIFELONG PROJECT

Networks and accreditations 12 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

LIVING THE FULL-TIME MBA Experience

A Typical Day Individual Study (60 min.)

Teamwork (100 min.) First 1st session Year Jan-Mar (80 min.) 2nd Quarter 2nd session (80 min.) Sep-Oct Lunch Time Introductory (70 min.) Course Apr-Jun 3rd session (80 min.) 3rd Quarter Oct-Dec

1st Quarter

Key Components

First 3 quarters 4th Quarter, on campus, focusing Summer Internship on hard skills

th 5 Quarter, 6th and 7th Quarter, International Exchange back to campus (all students must choose a business school from our network) to focus on soft skills IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 13

Students’ Clubs

Supply Chain Banking and Financial Services

Consulting

Consumer Products

Entrepreneurship Second Real Estate and Construction Jan-Mar Pharma Year Back to campus to focus Social Innovation on soft skills 6th Quarter Technology Jul-Sep Energy

Summer Internship th (4 Quarter) Apr-Jun Core and elective courses Students’ Activities 7th Quarter

Oct-Dec Conferences Meetings Forums International Exchange Program (5th Quarter) Panel discussions CEO Lectures

Outside the Classroom

International Case Competitions Social Responsibility Activities Simulations Hiking

Golf Soccer 14 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

ACADEMIC structure

First Year Courses

INTRODUCTORY st nd rd QUARTER 1 QUARTER 2 QUARTER 3 QUARTER

Financial Management Organizational Behavior I Decision Analysis Financial Management III

Quantitative Methods Financial Management I Financial Management II Economic Environment II

Introduction to Organizational Operations Management I Organizational Behavior II Managerial Control and Behavior Information II Managerial Control and Operations Management II Economic Environment I Information I Marketing Management III Human Resource Management II Introduction to the Case Method General Management II Human Resource Management I Marketing Management II Communication Tools Operations Management III Marketing Management I General Management I Organizational Behavior III Business Ethics Social and Political Communication Skills Environment I Workshop

Financial Mathematics

PDW Excel Work-life Balance PDW Business Forum Personal Development Workshop (PDW) International Week

MBA Administrative PERSONAL GUIDANCE Team

Tools for Management Ethics and Anthropology Fundamentals of Management Environment and International Experience Leadership, Human Behavior and Personal Growth Career Planning and Networking Skills IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 15

Second Year Courses

5th QUARTER 6th QUARTER

Financial Management IV Financial Management V

Managerial Control and Markstrat Information III (Marketing Simulation)

Business Simulation General Management IV

Social and Political Social Responsibility Environment II

QUARTER QUARTER Elective Course I* SUMMER

TH Career Planning INTERNSHIP 4 Elective Course II*

Exchange Quarter Exchange General Management III

Legal Framework

Sales Force Management

Negotiation Workshop

International Study Trip PDW

PDW Work-life Balance

Business Forum

Career Services Mentorship Office (CEDIC)

*SOME EXAMPLES OF ELECTIVE COURSES - Service Management - Derivatives - Branding Empresarial - Business Law in Mexico - Entrepreneurship - Family Business - Storytelling: Assertive - Creativity and Innovation - Game Theory - Digital Marketing Business Communications 16 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

METHODOLOGY

The Full-Time MBA Program helps participants develop their abilities to make appropriate decisions, to exercise flexibility, open-mindedness, and to build the strength of character required for managerial responsibilities.

Stages of the Case Method Experience acquired through the Case Method Personal experience with Personal situations outlined in a case to STUDY advice on issues and to create an action plan. 3 CASES A DAY

This is an opportunity to combine TEAM personal analysis with the Work strategies of other participants 15 CASES in the role of Board of Directors. PER WEEK

Analysis and synthesis of the case at hand with the input 900 CASES Plenary of the full class, under the ALONG SESSION guidance of a professor that is THE TWO an expert in the subject. YEARS 5 YEARS OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

“The open discussion in every class is great, you get opinions from different people and it helps develop your mindset.”

Lukas Von Ludingahuen Exchange Student from Germany IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 17

STUDENT’S PROFILE

The two-year Full-Time MBA program is designed for students that have at least three years of work experience. A typical class is 28 years old, the professional experience is 4 years 8 months.

FEMALE MALE 38% 62%

AVERAGE AGE 28

YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE more

than 4 DOMESTIC FOREIGN 74% 26% CLASS SIZE Mexico City 85 Monterrey 65 participants

Economics/Business 39% Humanities / Social Sciences 9% STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) 47.5% Others 4.5% 18 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

Where are they from?

AMERICA EUROPE ASIA AFRICA Cuba Nigeria Canada Ecuador Uruguay Germany Chile Guatemala USA Colombia Mexico Venezuela Spain China Costa Rica Nicaragua Switzerland

Academic areas

Administrative Engineering Humanistic Architecture Nutrition

Medicine Industrial Computer Energy & Design Science Environmental Sciences IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 19

Rankings

Internationally respected news organizations such as the Financial Times and Forbes have ranked IPADE’s MBA Program among the most outstanding programs in the world.

ANNUAL BEST • #1 Business School BUSINESS SCHOOLS in Latin America • The best place LATIN AMERICA to pursue an MBA Forbes México, 2016

THE BEST INTERNATIONAL MBAs Two-Year Programs Forbes, 2017

• IPADE’s MBA is a world class Program with an academic level of excellence compared to the best business schools in the world: • London Business School • IESE • HEC Paris • CEIBS • HKUST • BEST MBA • The best option to study an MBA IN MEXICO in Latin America CNN Expansión , 2019 • The only Business School in Mexico • For the 12th year in featured on the list a row, IPADE was ranked 1st place as the best option to study FINANCIAL TIMES an MBA

GLOBAL MBA TOP 25 AMERICAS Financial Times, 2017 BUSINESS SCHOOLS

• IPADE in the world’s Top 100 Financial Times, 2018

th • 6 place in “Career Progress” • IPADE was ranked 17th place. 20 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT EXPANDING YOUR NETWORK, IT’S ABOUT BUILDING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 21 INTERNATIONAL experience

Considering globalization trends in leading companies and business schools, IPADE´s Full-Time MBA Program pursues a higher understanding and more powerful experience of the global context for its students, structuring suitable opportuni ­ties of joining short programs/components with prestigious organiza- tions around the world such as: the Exchange Program, the International Week, an Academic Study trip, Case Competitions, among others.

IT’S NOT A CULTURAL MELTING POT, IT’S A CHALLENGING INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 22 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

IPADE IS THE ONLY BUSINESS SCHOOL IN THE WORLD WITH A MANDATORY EXCHANGE PROGRAM

EXCHANGE PROGRAM IPADE partners with more than 70 different business schools and universities in 34 countries. NORTH AMERICA • A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University / USA • Berkeley Haas School of Business/USA • Coggin UNF/USA • Darden of Business Administration/ USA • Darden School of Business, University of Virginia/USA • Endicott College / USA • Goizueta Business School, Emory University / USA • Goodman School of Business, Brock University/Canada • Kellogg School of Management / USA • Levene GBS, University of Regina/Canada • Marshall School of Business / USA • Mays Business School, Texas A&M / USA • Michael Foster School of Business, University of Washington/USA • Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University/USA • Purdue University / USA • Queen’s University / Canada • Rice University, Jones School MBA / USA • Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School / USA • Schulich School of Business/ Canada • Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester / USA • , Queen´s University/Canada • SMU COX School of Business / USA • Stern School of Business, NYU/USA • The George Washington University School of Business / USA • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth / USA • UMass Boston / USA • UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School / USA • Université Laval / Canada • Van Loan School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Endicott College/USA

LATIN AMERICA • Barna Business School / Dominican Republic • FIA - Fundação Instituto de Administração / Brazil • IAE Business School / • Instituto COPPEAD de Administração / UFRJ / Brazil • PAD, Escuela de Dirección / Peru • Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile / Chile • Universidad de Chile, Escuela de Negocios / Chile • Universidad Diego Portales / Chile

Note: This list is subject to change IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 23

EUROPE • Aalto University Executive Education / • /France • Brussels School of Economics and Management/ • Central European University / • EDHEC Business School /France • EMLYON Business School/France • Essec France / France • European Business School / Germany • IESE Business School / Spain • Kühne Logistics University/ The KLU/ Germany • London Business School / • Luiss Business School / Italy • Montpellier Business School / France • NHH Morwegian School of Economics/ • Nyenrode Business School/ Solvay • Politecnico di Milano MIP-School of Management / Italy • Poznán University of Economics/ • Private Universität Witten/Herdecke / Germany • Rotterdam School of Management / Netherlands ASIA, AFRICA & OCEANIA • St. Gallen University Department of Management/Switzerland • Asian Institute of Management / • Tallinn University of Technology/ • CEIBS, China Europe International Business S. / China • The ESLSCA Graduate School of Business / France • CKGSB / China • UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School / Ireland • ESCA Ecole de Management/ • UMEA School of Business and Economics / • Guanghua School of Management / China • Universitá Commerciale Luigi Bocconi / Italy • HKUST Business School/Hong Kong • University of Birmingham/ United Kingdom • Indian Institute of Management Raipur/ India • University of Edinburgh Business School / United Kingdom • Institute of Management Technology / India • University of Mannheim Business School / Germany • LBS, Pan-Atlantic University / Nigeria • Warwick Business School / United Kingdom • MGSM/ • Zagreb School of Economics and Management/ • Nagoya University of Commerce & Business / Japan • School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University / Hong Kong • The University of South Australia / Australia • UOW Faculty of Business/Australia • Yonsei School of Business / South Korea 24 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

Study Trips Each year, IPADE offers up to 5 study trip destinations. Participants select the option that best fits their needs and interests. Structure: 3-4 ACADEMIC SESSIONS

10-12 COMPANY VISITS

2-4 CULTURAL VISITS

Some study trip destinations: • China: Beijing, Shanghai, and Suzhou • Vietnam and Singapore: Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore • Dubai and Qatar • Israel IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 25

INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS

As part of IPADE´s reciprocal Exchange Program, the MBA receives students -for one or two quarters- from prestigious partner schools from all over the world; thus, exchange students get to share a Mexican and academic business model while interacting with their local peers, achieving a much wider perspective of the global environment.

“In every class, we have to figure out how to manage the company itself and it gives a broad idea of the business world.”

Jagoda Dudarewicz Exchange student from Poland

Participants of the International Week at Teotihuacán Pyramids. 26 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

INTERNATIONAL WEEK: Doing Business in Mexico

The Doing Business in Mexico seminar is a weeklong program that gives participants the opportunity to learn about Mexico as an emerging market while interacting with colleagues from Mexico and other visiting countries.

Some Participating Schools The event is attended by nearly 250 national and internationalparticipants from 15 business schools from around the world, including CKGSB, George Washington University School of Business, Goizueta Business School, Guanghua School of Management, IESA Business School, Jones Graduate School of Business, Kellogg School of Management, MIP Politecnico di Milano, NUCB Business School, RMIT University Vietnam, Solvay Ponts Business School, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNIS Business School and Warwick Business School. IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 27

Visits to leading companies in Mexico The Program includes visits to successful companies so students can become familiar with daily operations of enterprises in Mexico.

Among the activities that took place in previous editions of the International Week, there was a series of lectures given by Eduardo Osuna (CEO of BBVA Bancomer), Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal (former Secretary of Economy), and José Manuel Arana Escobar (CEO of Grupo Industrial Saltillo). Additionally, participants visited Kidzania, Aeroméxico and Casa de Toño Restaurant. 28 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA CAREER Services Office

The Career Services Office (CEDIC) seeks to link companies and participants in the IPADE’s Full-Time MBA Program through its main objectives: to offer participants personal support with the necessary tools to effectively search for summer internships and permanent employment; to give advice on job-search techniques, providing outreach to companies by assisting Full-Time MBA participants throughout the recruiting and employment process and, to support companies in their strategic recruitment.

Throughout the two years of the MBA Program, it helps you to:

• Define, in the long and short term, what career plan you want to follow according to your abilities, skills, and goals. • Gain the technical knowledge and necessary tools to carry out the career plan you have developed. • Get oriented in order to find the most effective personal strategy for your job search.

“It´s very heartwarming to be able to work with IPADE. I always obtain a positive, useful and professional answer. The collaboration that I have received from IPADE has been the key to meet the demand of talent from the different business of Citibanamex”.

María Andrea Salazar Benavides Campus Talent Acquisition Mexico Citibanamex IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 29

“We have chosen IPADE Business School to select the summer internship from PA Consulting México over the last 3 years and it has been a very good decision. We have enjoyed working with highly prepared interns, who are proactive and have an amazing ease to adapt to our philosophy in a limited period of time. The Career Services Office has brought us unconditional support and we are convinced that the relationship will continue to consolidate in the upcoming years.”

Alina Juganaru Senior Consultant PA Consulting

“Our company is diverse, and IPADE helps facilitate our recruiting process by having students from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, IPADE imparts upon its students a certain professional clarity that is very powerful. The networking opportunities that students have during their time at IPADE closely mirror the real world, and are applicable to our company.”

Ruth Adell Account Manager for Mexico and LATAM New Markets Microsoft 30 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

YOUR OFF-CAMPUS EXPOSURE

Sectors

15% Consulting 3% Education 14% Technology 3% Energy 12% Banking / Financial Services 3% Logistics & Distribution 10% Pharmaceutical 3% NGO’s 9% Real Estate Development 3% Telecommunications 6% Industrial Products & Services 2% Health Products & Services 5% Consumer Products 2% Chemical 4% Food & Beverage 2% Transportation 4% Services

Functional Areas

Commercial

Strategic Operations Planning & Logistics Finance Marketing Other* Design & Administration Construction Sales Human Resources

25% 15% 12% 11% 10% 9% 6% 5% 3% 2%

*Purchasing, E-commerce, Legal, Maintenance, Production, Risk Management

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Enterprises with headquarters in Mexico from top hiring sectors:

Consulting Accenture, Boston Consulting Group, BTS Consulting & Training, Deloitte, EY, IDOM Consulting, Integration, KPMG, Llorente y Cuenca, McKinsey, Owens Corning, PA Consulting, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Promored Group, and Strategic Impact Solutions.

Technology Amazon, Cisco, Google, IBM, Linio, Microsoft, Uber, US Technologies, Value Sight, and XPS Mexico.

Banking/Financial Services American Express, Banorte, BBVA Bancomer, Citibank, HSBC, ICBC, Santander, and Scotiabank.

Pharmaceutical Abbot, Elanco Animal Health, Eli Lilly, GE Health, J&J, Janssen, Laboratorios Pisa, Medicus, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, and Pfizer.

Consumer Products/Retail Amazon, Best Buy, Coca-Cola, Costco, H-E-B, José Cuervo, Kellogg´s, L’Oréal, Nestlé, P&G, PepsiCo, Pernod Ricard, The Home Depot, Unilever, and Walmart. IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 33 34 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA STUDENT’S LIFE

International Case Competitions

The Full-Time MBA encourages students to participate in international competitions which are usually linked to each of the students’ clubs in the program. IPADE participants take part in annual competitions at schools like:

• THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS • USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BOSTON, UMASS BOSTON Consulting Case Competition Digital Health Challenge • NATIONAL INVESTMENT • KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, BANKING COMPETITION NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY & CONFERENCE (NIBC) Annual Biotech and Healthcare National Investment Banking Competition • MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT • MIT SLOAN SCHOOL Operations Simulation OF MANAGEMENT MIT Sloan Latin American • CARTIER Start Up Competition Cartier Watch Challenge • CREDIT SUISSE • NESPRESSO HOLT Valuation Challenge The Nespresso Sustainability MBA Challenge • SDA BOCCONI Finance Club

BBVA Challenge. PiSA Challenge.

IPADE’s Case Competition It is a case study contest that provides the Full-Time MBA participants with an opportunity to improve and refine their strategic, analytical and synthesis skills. Additionally, the challenge demands adaptability from participants. IPADE has two case competitions, each of them in collaboration with BBVA Bancomer and Laboratorios PISA. The Case Competitions addresses two different sectors in Mexico: Banking and Finance and Healthcare & Pharma. The competition takes place at IPADE Monterrey and Mexico City campuses and it helps to identify, attract, hire, and develop the best talent in Mexico for their strategic positions. 36 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

Students’ Clubs

IPADE encourages Full-Time MBA participants to form and participate in different student clubs with the purpose of:

• Getting closer to and gaining detailed knowledge of the industries that interest them. • Generating contacts for networking, business opportunities, and future hiring. • Preparing them for a job interview in a particular industry.

Students’ Clubs are made of and for the Full-Time MBA participants. They are the result of participants’ initiatives that promote the activities of the club’s sponsors.

Supply Chain Energy

Banking Technology Real State and financial and Innovation services

Healthcare Social & Pharma innovation Consulting

Consumer Entrepreneurship Products “IPADE changed my life on a personal and professional way. The Full-Time MBA is an unforgettable experience.”

Eduardo Osuna CEO of BBVA Bancomer Full-Time MBA alumni, class of 1994

Eduardo Osuna BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FORUM 38 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

Social Responsibility

Every year, the Full-Time MBA students take part in the “Social Responsibility Day”, a social activity carried out at El Peñón (for boys) and Montefalco (for girls) rural schools. The Full-Time MBA Social Innovation Students’ Club is in charge of making a project for such schools and help their students.

During the Social Responsibility Day, the Full-Time MBA participants organize activities such as design thinking workshops, speed and trust games or the creation of a business for the boys and girls of El Peñón and Montefalco. These activities reinforce IPADE’s commitment to inspire leaders with a social sense.

The MBA World Cup

It’s the world’s oldest soccer tournament among leading MBA Programs. Founded by Peter Grieve, it has been held annually at the Tuck School of Business in Hanover, New Hampshire since 1984.

“One of the distinctive aspects of IPADE is the humanistic approach. There is no doubt that IPADE is one of the best schools in Latin America.”

Abhishek Ghosh Indian alumni Class of 2017 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 39

Soccer Tournament at IPADE 40 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA IT’S TIME to apply!

Admission Entry Requirements • Bachelor’s Degree • 3 years of work experience • Proficiency in English: -TOEIC (at least 850 points) -TOEFL IBT (at least 100 points) -TOEFL PBT (at least 600 points) -IELTS (at least 6.5 points) • IPADE’s Management Skills Test, GMAT (at least 600 points), or GRE.

Admission Documents MEXICAN FOREIGN CITIZENS CITIZENS APPLICATION FORM BACHELOR’S DIPLOMA* FULL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT PROFESSIONAL PERMIT (CÉDULA) BIRTH CERTIFICATE* CURP* ID CARD* PASSPORT* TWO RECOMMENDATION LETTERS * Document copies

ADMISSION PROCESS

SCHOLARSHIPS APPOINTMENT EXAM INTERVIEWS COMMITTEE ENROLLMENT AND FINANCING

Your first For the exam, Interviews with The Admissions Once you are You can start contact with you can prepare directors of Committee will accepted, you applying to IPADE: an event, with our online the Program decide if you have to pay scholarships an appointment, course. Ask the (don’t forget are accepted or the enrollment and financing. a breakfast or Admissions Team to bring your not and you will fee in order Ask for a Skype call for details (don’t documentation). receive a letter to have your information to (for foreign forget to fill in to let you know place ensured de Admissions applicants). the “Electronic the results. and to apply for team. Application”). scholarships and financial aid. IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 41

IT’S NOT ABOUT GIVING UP TODAY, IT’S ABOUT BUILDING TOMORROW

Financing and Scholarships Candidates can apply for external funds based on their nationality:

Financing Options

IPADE financing Banco de México (FIDERH) FUNED Santander FUNED (For Mexican and (For Mexican candidates) (For Mexican (For Mexican candidates) international candidates) candidates)

Scholarships International Candidates Both Domestic Candidates

IPADE Beca Jóvenes Empresarios International COPARMEX

Beca BECA SEP TALENTIA

Beca INSTITUTO UNIS JALISCIENSE DE LA JUVENTUD

OAS (Organization of Gobierno de American States) TAMAULIPAS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP IDE Gobierno de Navarra / IDEM

Fullbright García Robles

U. LETHBRIDGE

IPFE 42 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

LIVING IN MEXICO

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. MEXICO CITY IS THE LARGEST URBAN AREA IN THE COUNTRY, IT IS A COSMOPOLITAN METROPOLIS WITH LOTS OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.

Reforma Avenue, Mexico City.

IPADE campus Monterrey.

MONTERREY IS MEXICO’S THIRD-LARGEST CITY, SECOND-LARGEST INDUSTRIAL CENTER AND NUMBER ONE IN PER-CAPITA INCOME 44 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA Traveling within Mexico

Colonial cities The Spanish heritage left in Mexico; several cities with amazing colonial buildings, churches and streets. These cities are a living mix of tradition and modernity.

Magic Towns The Pueblos Mágicos (Magic Towns) are villages that have been selected by the government because of their cultural, architectural, and natural value. These towns offer visitors a magical experience.

Mexican delights Mexico is the first Global exporter of Tomato, Avocado, Guayaba and Mango. In addition to its natural beauty, the magic of Mexico lies in its markets, its cuisine, and in the ingredients that make our celebrated culinary tradition possible.

Indigenous cultures Mexico has 1,134 Traditional Festivities back from our Native and Colonial Heritage. In Mexico 119,530,753 habitants speak 71 different Native Languages.

Beaches From Los Cabos to Cancun, and from Acapulco to Puerto Vallarta, there are 6,000 miles of coastline in Mexico.

Archeological zones Mexico has more than 42,000 archeological sites and 31 sites that have been declared World Heritage by UNESCO.

Outdoors Mexican territory has 9 out of the 11 Ecosystems in the World. Mexico has 12% of all Species in the Planet, it’s the 4th largest biodiverse country. IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA 03

“Mexico is a great country, people are great, the food is really good, it has all the climates, there is so much to see.”

Arabella Eleonor Grandel Exchange Student from Germany 04 IPADE-FULL-TIME MBA

IPADE has earned accreditation from two of the largest international accreditation organs for business schools:

Association of MBAs (AMBA) Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International)

IPADE INSPIRING PEOPLE, DEVELOPING LEADERS.

ipadebusinessschool.com

MBA IPADE IPADE Business School

@mbaipade MBAIPADE

MEXICO CITY CAMPUS MONTERREY CAMPUS María Fernanda Sotelo Erika Gaehd [email protected] [email protected]