AN MBA OUT OF THE ORDINARY INTERNATIONAL MBA ENG TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE TABLE OF QUICK FACTS 4 CONTENTS THE IE STORY 6 INTERNatioNAL RECOGNITION 8 WHY CHOOSE THE IE INTERNatioNAL MBA? 10 A HOTHOUSE for UNCONVENTIONAL THINKING 12 THE IMBA PROGRAM STRUCTURE 16 DIVERSITY 3.0 32 THE IE IMBA FACULTY 40 ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING 46 CAREERS 52 ADMISSION 64 FINANCIAL AID 66 QUICK FACTS Format: Full-time Length: 1 year Intakes: September, January Languages of Instruction: English and Spanish Campus: Madrid Application Deadline: Rolling admission Student Profile: Unconventional thinkers that dare to be different and embrace change as a form of growth and innovation. 90% 50% 29 5 INTERNATIONAL NEITHER HAVE AVERAGE AGE YEARS OF STUDENTS WITH BUSINESS NOR AVERAGE MORE THAN 70 ecONOMICS WORK NATIONALITIES RELATED degREES EXPERIENCE 4/ Program Features: · 40% customizable · Comprehensive Professional Fitness program · Business Impact, Start-up, & Social Impact Labs · Streamlined Core Period with mandatory beyond- business and entrepreneurial management courses · Dual Degree programs, consulting projects, 150 electives, international exchanges, IE Venture Lab, and language classes among other options Careers: · 90% of students employed within 3 months after graduation · 50+ Company presentations on campus per year · Career advising with industry specific advisors Financial Aid: · €4million available for IE scholarship and fellowship awards · 40% of applicants receive financial assistance URL: www.ie.edu/international-mba Blog: news.imba.ie.edu Facebook: www.facebook.com/ieIMBA /5 THE IE STORY In 1973, three visionary entrepreneurs found Ten years later, IE inaugurates its By the end of the 1990s, IE has Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. The MBA and International MBA with 5% international entered the top 25 business Executive MBA are born. students, and the Entrepreneurship schools in the world and has Department is founded to build partnerships, such as the entrepreneurial thinking among all students. Sumaq Alliance, with nearly 100 prestigious business The school creates the IE Foundation schools on five continents. and Alumni Association with the aim of fostering relationships among alumni and promoting research on management topics. 70s 80s 90s 6/ By the end of the 1990s, IE has In the early 2000s the IE is now a top-ranked hub for entered the top 25 business International MBA increases its international business students schools in the world and has international student population and features 31 different Master partnerships, such as the to 35%, and IE builds one of the programs. More than 500 Sumaq Alliance, with nearly world’s first MBA programs with international faculty members teach 100 prestigious business online and offline learning. 6,500 students from 90 different countries in IE’s undergraduate, Master, schools on five continents. In 2006 IE University opens to Doctoral, and Executive Education serve undergraduates from around courses. IE’s urban campus comprises the world, and the IE Law School 20 buildings in central Madrid, and there opens a year later. are 28 IE country offices around the world. More than 50,000 alumni hold management positions in more than 100 countries. 90s 2000s TODAY /7 INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION IE has undergone four decades of rapid growth and is now recognized by the international press as one of the world’s leading business schools. 8/ 1st in Europe MBAs for Entrepreneurship June 2016 8th Worldwide th 5 in Europe European Business Schools December 2015 st 1 Worldwide Online MBA Programs March 2016 th 4 in Europe MBAs January 2016 12th Worldwide 3rd Worldwide Master in Finance June 2016 4th Worldwide Full-time MBA (Non-US category) October 2015 3rd Worldwide MBAs May 2016 4th Worldwide Executive Education November 2015 st in Europe 1 Business Schools September 2011 3rd Worldwide IE Business School is fully accredited by the three most highly regarded international accreditation bodies in the realm of higher business education in the world: /9 TOP 10: WHY CHOOSE THE INTERNATIONAL MBA AT IE BUSINESS SCHOOL 10/ INTERNATIONAL SEE PAST YOUR OWN RECOGNITION PERSPECTIVE 1 A top-ranked MBA program at one of the 6 Empower your lateral thinking and challenge best European Business Schools the status quo BOOST YOUR CAREER LEAD THE RIGHT WAY Become your own strategic career manager Enhance your Behavioral Fitness by 2 through our Professional Fitness Program 7 strengthening your leadership, interpersonal and critical thinking skills CUSTOMIZE YOUR MBA LEARN SOLID BUSINESS Personalize your education by selecting Reinforce your business acumen and build a 3 the optimal courses for you 8 unique set of competencies in both traditional and more visionary courses GO BEYOND YOUR BOUNDARIES TAP INTO A GLOBAL NETWORK Be part of a classroom made up of 300 on-campus events per year, 86 student 4 unconventional thinkers like yourself and 9 clubs, more than 50,000 alumni, 80 alumni explore in a truly diverse environment chapters and more than 200 annual events around the world IMPLEMENT YOUR IDEAS LIVE MADRID Develop your entrepreneurial thinking Enjoy a cultural experience in the capital of 5 in order to transform and create 10 Spain and learn Spanish, the third most common business language in the world /11 THE IE INTERNATIONAL MBA A HOTHOUSE FOR UNCONVENTIONAL THINKING The last decade has seen countless new opportunities and challenges in the business world. Expanded connectivity, smart technologies, and increasing lifespans are changing how we think about work. What’s more, companies are becoming more global than ever before, and demographic changes are shifting economic power. More than ever, business leaders must be adaptable problem solvers with a high degree of cultural intelligence. To effectively prepare students for this world, the IE International MBA works like a hothouse: an environment tailored to the needs of individuals to accelerate their personal growth. IMBAs discover their shared values and collective strengths as a global community by embracing unconventional thinking. They know that cultural differences are something to be celebrated. In addition, professors who are experts in their fields, plus a streamlined core curriculum in business fundamentals, give students a foundation in entrepreneurial thinking that will be indispensable in their future careers. 12/ Barnaby Ferrero Italian/British Founder of Kehko 1 Program 2 Diversity 3.0 3 Faculty 4 Entrepreneurial Thinking 5 Careers /13/13 STEP OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE 1. THE PROGRAM 16/ THE IMBA PROGRAM Not A ONE-SIZE-fits-ALL APPROACH The IE International MBA is designed for those who can think outside the box and challenge conventional thinking. To increase your competitiveness, in just one year the program helps you act upon your ideas and offers ongoing feedback that focuses on you and your individual career aspirations. IE’s innovative pedagogy pushes traditional classroom boundaries in order to be most effective and relevant to you and your career in an evolving world of business. To help you develop faster, 40% of the program can be tailored to your individual personal and professional goals. Furthermore, the program emphasizes important universal skills, such as critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. The IE International MBA encourages all students to develop their entrepreneurial thinking so that they can be competitive in any industry or new venture. 3 2 Elective PERIOD 1 LAB PERIOD core CHOICE PERIOD PERSONALIZation 4 PROFESSIONAL FITNESS /17/17 1. THE PROGRAM IMBA CORE PERIOD 1 NOT YOUR AVERAGE CORE IE’s streamlined Core Period is founded on business fundamentals. To give IE students an edge over other MBA graduates, the curriculum also includes courses in Innovation and Design, Critical Management Thinking, and Entrepreneurship. 1. DEVELOPING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET · Entrepreneurial Mindset · Entrepreneurial Venturing 2. MASTERING BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS · Financial Accounting · Managerial Economics · Managerial Decision Making · Managerial Accounting · Corporate Finance 3. IntegRATING GENERAL MANAGEMENT PERSpectiVES · Marketing Management · Leading People & Teams · Strategy · Operations Management 4. THINKING BEYOND BUSINESS · Innovation in a Digital World · Critical Management Thinking · Business, Government & Society 18/ Professor Daniel Blake /19 1. THE PROGRAM IMBA 2 LABS After the Core Period, you will choose one of four options during the Lab Period that will allow you to focus on your own professional goals: do you want to create maximum impact within an existing company, do you desire to start your own business, do you wish to create social impact or do you hope to gain work experience that can help spark a career change? The highly innovative Lab Period marks a disruptive approach to business education by fostering integrative thinking and experiential, project- based learning. The idea is to enrich the core curriculum with uniquely packaged, relevant and hands-on material not commonly found in an MBA curriculum. In the Business Impact Lab, you focus on developing your integrative skills and cross-disciplinary management perspective to be ready to create real impact from day one in any organization you will join post-MBA. You will acquire the tools needed to question the status quo and to implement transformational ideas in a corporate setting via the modules within the following knowledge streams: · Corporate Innovation · Digital Transformation · Effective Execution · Critical Management Competencies · Corporate