AN Out of The Ordinary: International Mba
AN Out of The Ordinary: International Mba
AN Out of The Ordinary: International Mba
MBA
OUT OF THE
ORDINARY
INTERNATIONAL MBA
INTERNATIONAL MBA
#ieIMBA
Delphine
Stoeckel
French
QUICK
FACTS
Format: Full-time
Length: 1 year
Intakes: Apr-15, Sep-15, Jan-16
Languages of Instruction: English
and Spanish
Campus: Madrid
Student Profile:
Unconventional thinkers with
an average of 5 years of work
experience:
90% international students with
more than 70 nationalities
60% have non-Business or
Economics
related degrees
Average Age: 29
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Program Features:
40% customizable
Comprehensive Professional Fitness program
Business Impact & Start-up Labs
Beyond-Business Courses
Leadership Development program, Dual Degree options,
Consulting Projects, 150 Electives, International Exchanges,
Venture Lab, language classes and other options
Careers:
90% of students employed within 3 months after graduation
50+ Company presentations on campus per year
Application Deadline:
Rolling admissions process
Financial Aid:
40%+ of Master Degree candidates receive financial
assistance
URL: www.ie.edu/international-mba
Blog: news.imba.ie.edu
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THE IE
STORY
In 1973, three visionary entrepreneurs found
Instituto de Empresa in Madrid. The MBA and
Executive MBA are born.
70s
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80s
90s
2000s
TODAY
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3rd
1st
5th
13th
5th
INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION
IE has undergone four decades of rapid growth and is
now recognized by the international press as one of the
worlds leading business schools.
2nd
5th
3rd
December 2014
in Europe
Worldwide
March 2014
MBAs
January 2014
in Europe
Worldwide
Worldwide
Master in Finance
June 2014
Worldwide
Worldwide
MBAs
Business Schools
May 2013
September 2011
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TOP 10:
WHY CHOOSE
THE INTERNATIONAL MBA AT
IE BUSINESS SCHOOL
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INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION
A top-ranked MBA program at one of the
best European Business Schools
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Live Madrid
Enjoy a cultural experience in the capital of
Spain, and learn Spanish, the third most
common business language in the world
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Barnaby
Ferrero
Italian/British
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. Whats 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.
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Program
Diversity 3.0
3
Faculty
4
5
Entrepreneurial
Thinking
Careers
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STEP
OUTSIDE
YOUR
COMFORT ZONE
1. THE PROGRAM
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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. IEs
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.
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2
1
core
period
Lab
period
Elective
period
Personali
zation
choice
4 PRofessional fitness
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1. THE PROGRAM
IMBA CORE
PERIOD
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Professor
Daniel
Blake
NOT YOUR
AVERAGE CORE
IEs streamlined Core Period is founded on business fundamentals, but
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. THE PROGRAM
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IMBA
LABS
After the Core Period, you will choose one of two accelerated
Labs directly matching your own professional goal: do you
want to create maximum impact within an existing company or
do you want to start your own business? The highly innovative
Lab Period marks a disruptive approach to business education
by fostering integrative thinking and experiential, challengebased learning. The idea is to enrich the core curriculum with
uniquely packaged, relevant and hands-on input that you
would otherwise not get in an MBA program.
In the Business Impact Lab, you focus on developing
your integrative skills and cross-disciplinary management
perspectives to be ready to create real impact from day one in
any organization you will join post-MBA. You acquire the tools
to question the status quo and to implement transformational
ideas in a corporate setting. There are real challenges by real
companies, but your solutions may be anything but ordinary.
Critical knowledge areas include
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Corporate Business Model Innovation
Mastering the Big Data Challenge
Strategy Implementation
Change Management
Corporate Governance and Board Dynamics
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In the Start-up Lab, you will be immersed in an incubatorlike atmosphere together with other peers who want to start
their own venture. Real entrepreneurs know that a start-up
consists of a series of experiments with painful trial-and-error
iterations. In this Lab, we prepare you for this challenge in a
uniquely hands-on, inspiring and safe learning environment. It
is the catalyst that will help you excel later in the Venture Lab
during the Elective Period. Critical knowledge areas include
Navigating the Start-up Ecosystem
Mastering the Entrepreneurs Toolbox
Start-up Mechanics & Entrepreneurial Readiness
From Zero to Product: Towards a MVP
Growth Hacking & Generating Market Traction
From Bootstrapping to Series A Funding
For students interested in social responsibility and social
enterprise, there is also a Social Impact Lab option available.
After the Labs Period, you will have the chance to participate
in international discovery trips, such as IE Venture Days, or
a social impact initiative in Ethiopia or Brazil as part of the
Global Immersion Experience.
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1. THE PROGRAM
THE ELECTIVE
PERIOD
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1. THE PROGRAM
PROFESSIONAL
FITNESS
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Salvador
Santana
American/Dominican
GET
INSPIRED
PERSONAL
BRANDING
SOCIAL
MEDIA
hr and
headhunters
career
targeting
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To focus on your individual career aspirations, you will be enrolled
in a Professional Fitness program once a week, in parallel to
the required core components of the International MBA at IE.
Professional Fitness contains two unique elements: Career Fitness
and Behavioral Fitness.
These two elements are vital to work on your post IMBA plans
from all angles, as besides an effective career strategy, adequate
behaviors and soft skills will need to be developed to further
increase your competitiveness in the business world.
CAREER FITNESS
To equip you with the necessary toolkit and career strategy to
succeed in an increasingly complex and competitive job market,
IE has developed a unique Career Fitness stream. It focuses on
5 milestones. Some of the corresponding activities include:
1. Get Inspired:
IMBA Alumni Panels: get insight and success stories from IMBA Alumni
Leading career speakers
2. Personal Branding:
3. Social Media:
Networking on LinkedIn
MBA Development Programs workshop
4. HR and Headhunters:
5. career TARGETING:
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1. THE PROGRAM
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BEHAVIORAL FITNESS
Leading yourself and others is fundamentally about behavior;
and behaviors happen moment by moment across every
workday. Well-trained behaviors are what will drive your own
performance, the performance of your teams, and ultimately
your career.
Ask any senior manager, entrepreneur, or recruiter about
professional success and theyll say that beyond being good
at your specific area of work, success is driven by the quality
of the behaviors and attitudes that you bring to your work.
Behavioral Fitness is an integrated leadership training
program designed to help you develop a foundation of
the critical behaviors necessary to support your longterm professional success. No one becomes physically fit
by going to the gym for a few days, and no professional
should expect to be behaviorally fit by spending a few
hours learning about skills like listening, teamwork, or
decision making. It takes focus and practice day after
day, moment by moment.
COMMUNICATING
FOR SUCCESS
BUILDING HIGH
PERFORMANCE TEAMS
MAKING CRITICAL
DECISIONS
Effectively communicate
your ideas, proposals and
plans to win over any
audience.
HACKING
HABITS
Implement a neuroscience-based
framework to make sustainable
improvements in your
professional behaviors.
MANAGING &
LEADING MINDFULLY
ASSESSING &
DEVELOPING PEOPLE
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INFLUENCING
& PERSUADING
Fine-tune your ability to
construct convincing stories
and arguments to drive
action and change.
LEADING THROUGH
TRANSFORMATION
Develop skills for leading
people through inspiration,
emotion and energy.
CREATING A
LEADERSHIP VISION
Envision the leader you
want to be, and develop
a trajectory to realize
your vision.
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150 DIFFERENT
ELECTIVES
COURSES
CONSULTING
PROJECTS
LAB PERIOD
CORE PERIOD
Business Acumen
5 Weeks
20 weeks
PRE
PROGRAM
BUSINESS
IMPACT
LAB
DEVELOPING AN
ENTREPRENEURIAL
MINDSET
MASTERING
BUSINESS
FUNDAMENTALS
INTEGRATING
GENERAL
MANAGEMENT
PERSPECTIVES
THINKING
BEYOND
BUSINESS
13 Weeks
SOCIAL
IMPACT
PROJECT
START-UP
LAB
VENTURE
LAB
Feb - Mar
Jun - Jul
ELECTIVE PERIOD
BUSINESS-IMPACT
ELECTIVES
* Calendar for the April 2015 intake- Core Period: May-Oct; Lab Period: Nov-Dec; Elective Period: Jan-Apr.
Availability and timing of customization options during the program are subject to change and can depend on specific intakes.
Apr - Jul
Sep - Dec
EXCHANGE
(WORLD
UNPLUGGED)
IMBA
IN
PRACTICE
INTEGRATIVE
EXERCISE &
GRADUATION
GLOBAL
NETWORK
WEEK
IMBA
UNPLUGGED
(OPTIONAL)
PROFESSIONAL FITNESS
LANGUAGES CLASSES
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1 YEAR
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EXPAND
YOUR CULTURAL
INTELLIGENCE
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2. DIVERSITY 3.0
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IMBA STUDENTS...
IMBA students...
QUESTION THE STATUS-QUO
AND EMBRACE DIFFERENT
POINTS OF VIEW
DIVERSITY 3.0
The Most Potent Fertilizer for
Unconventional Thinkers
IE recruits students that embrace unconventional
thinking and have unique talents. At IE Business School,
we believe that unconventional thinking should be
embraced as sticking to the same old patterns will only
lead to the same old results.
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
AND FOCUS ON AN INNER
TRANSFORMATION
BELIEVE IN EVERYDAY
HEROES AND WANT TO SEE
OTHER PEOPLE SUCCEED
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2. DIVERSITY 3.0
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Celine Salman
28, American/Lebanese
She is an architect with design and project
management experience in the hospitality and
food & beverage industries. She has lived in
DC, NYC, Dubai and Beirut and is a trained
dancer and fitness instructor. She is looking to
grow in corporate hospitality or to shift into
real estate development.
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Nir Hindi
34, Israeli
Entrepreneurs are the artists of the
business world is his favorite quote. He
started his first company during his bachelor
degreeand continued doing so during the
years. Entrepreneurship, Technology, Art and
Business are the subjects he likes to mix. After
the MBA, equipped with more tools, he plans
to be involved in the global start-up ecosystem.
Sarah North
25, American
She has professional experience
in production and an educational
background in economics and
accounting. She was a professional
dancer for several years and
travelled through South America
while teaching dance. She is looking
for a career change.
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2. DIVERSITY 3.0
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YOUR CLASS
PROFILE
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
AGE
GENDER RATIO
30%
WORK
EXPERIENCE
NATIONALITIES
70-75
AVERAGE
29
Average
70%
YEARS
15% North
America
25% Latin
America
35% Europe
15% Asia
&
10% Africa
Middle East
80%
Age range
26-33
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS
90-92%
20%
20%
Industry, Energy
And Construction
Business +
Economics
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Engineering, Sciences,
Information Technology,
Social Sciences, Law,
Others
15%
Consumer
Goods
INDUSTRY
SECTORS
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES
60%
15%
Consulting
2%
Other
40%
Financial
Services
4%
10%
Law, Auditing
and Tax
4%
Media
Entertainment
5%
Pharma, Biotech,
Health
5%
Technology,
Telecom
Government,
NGOS
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Share
Experiences,
Gain
Knowledge
3. FACULTY
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GAYLE
ALLARD
PARIZ DE
LETRAZ
President, Amazing Lab AG, Madrid,
Zurich
THE IE IMBA
FACULTY
A VITAL
INGREDIENT
IEs international faculty are experts in their fields. They come from
diverse professional and academic backgrounds and will help you
grow and maximize your potential.
To learn more about your future faculty, please visit
www.ie.edu/business-school/faculty-research
http://theotherside.blogs.ie.edu/
93% PhD
47% International
33% Women
Economist, JP Morgan
Ph.D. in Economics, University of
California at Davis, USA
Appearances on TV networks such as
Aljazeera, Bloomberg, CNTV (China),
Russia Today, reviewing topics on
Spains economy
ROLF
STROM-OLSEN
Fulbright scholar and SSRC fellow in
Spain
PhD in History from Northwestern
University
Obtained a masters degree in
advanced composition in classical
music at the Royal College of Music
JOSEPH
PISTRUI
Marketing management career in the
consumer products industry, mostly
with Bristol-Myers Squibb
Ph.D. in Strategic Management and
Entrepreneurship from Universidad
Autonoma de Barcelona
Member of the Duke Corporate
Education Global Learning Resource
Network
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3. FACULTY
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ERIK
SCHLIE
Senior Manager, PwC
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ph.D. in Management Studies,
University of Cambridge, UK
Associate Dean of the International MBA
Savors the finest of food and wine from
all countries represented in the IMBA
CRISTINA
CRUZ
PhD in Business Economics and
Quantitative Methods, Carlos III
University (Madrid)
Head of the Entrepreneurship
Department, IE Business School
Member of the research team of the
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, the
largest single study of entrepreneurial
activity in the world
MAX
OLIVA
DANIEL
BLAKE
Fellow, Niehaus Center for
Globalization and Governance,
Princeton University, 2010-2011
Ph.D. Political Science, Ohio State
University, 2010
Senior Fellow, Program in Statistics
and Methodology, Dept. of Political
Science, Ohio State University
LEE
NEWMAN
CATERINA
MOSCHIERI
Your
Mindset
determines
what is
possible
Yoav
Shachar
Israeli
4. ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING
ENTREPRENEURIAL
THINKING
Thrive in any
conditions
Entrepreneurial Thinking is the combination of action, passion, and
visionvalues that are necessary for dynamic leaders whether they
are creating a company or creating change in an existing one.
IMBAs know how to connect these principles and how to find the
right balance in any scenario.
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WHAT ARE
ENTREPRENEURIAL
MINDS LIKE?
They...
VISION:
imagine possibilities
see business as a fluid and adaptable process
want to expand their world
ACTION:
seize opportunities
sacrifice in order to solve problems
manage risks with discipline
PASSION
PASSION:
love what they do
strive for self-actualization
desire to make a difference
VALUE
GENERATION
VISION
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ACTION
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4. ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING
In addition to
entrepreneurial
thinking, IMBAs
possess the skills,
and a business
acumen that
allows them to
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SPEAK LANGUAGES
OF MULTIPLE
DISCIPLINES,
CONNECTED WITH
DEEP UNDERSTANDING
OF AT LEAST ONE
FIELD
LEAD CONVERSATIONS
BY ASKING THE RIGHT
QUESTIONS
COMMUNICATE
INFORMATION AND
CONVICTIONS WITH
SKILL
THINK CRITICALLY IN
ALL CIRCUMSTANCES
APPRECIATE AND
ACCOMMODATE
DIVERSE CULTURAL
NORMS
CONNECT TO OTHERS
WITH EMPATHY
BUILD EFFECTIVE
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL
AND CULTURAL TEAMS
Punardeep
Chopra
Indian/Spanish
Marta
Herrero
Spanish
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CHALLENGE
YOURSELF
5. CAREERS
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Careers
You bring the talent, we
help you put it to work
When you leave the IE International MBA, you will be proficient
in the fundamentals of business. You will also have the interpersonal skills and cultural intelligence to navigate the increasingly
complex world of international business. Whats more, you will
have a foundation in entrepreneurial thinking that you can use to
bring meaningful change to existing companies or to create new
ventures.
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5. CAREERS
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Judy
Wairimu
Kenyan
THE CORPORATE
WORLD
IEs Career Management Center provides the resources
to pursue your individual career goals towards the
corporate world.
The Careers Management Center has achieved the
following results for all IE schools:
90%
3,500+
OF STUDENTS
SECURE A JOB
3 MONTHS
AFTER
GRADUATION
Companies
worldwide
recruited
IE students
50+
Company
presentations
on campus
per year
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6,000+
Job positions
managed
during a
year
1,300+
Company
interviews
PER YEAR
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5. CAREERS
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Sebastiao
Clara
Portuguese
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5. CAREERS
Muhamed Suhail
Ahmed
Indian
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THE START-UP
WORLD:
With respect to your career as an entrepreneur, IEs Entrepreneurship &
Innovation Center will place you one step closer towards the right idea
through its mentoring, resources, and initiatives.
Since its founding in 1973, the passion for entrepreneurship has always
been at the core of IE Business School. Today, more than 1,500 IE students
receive training each year in Entrepreneurial Management. Moreover, we
are an opinion leader in entrepreneurship research and have founded a
number of ongoing innovative initiatives, such as Pasion>ie, Spain Start-up
co-investment Fund, Comprometi2.0, and the Wayra Madrid Boot-Camp
and the Spain Start-up & Investor Summit.
IEs entrepreneurial spirit has materialized in Area 31, the schools private
in-house incubation space. Depending on the nature of the project itself, IE
offers a number of options and services to its students and alumni:
Venture Lab
Knowledge Incubator
Venture Network
IEs Alumni Incubator
Venture Days
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Venture Days
Our entrepreneurs all have a chance to compete in our regular
Venture Days in Madrid, Shanghai, Sao Paolo, Mexico, Providence,
Berlin, Tokyo, Lisbon, and many others around the world.
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15%
OF IE BUSINESS SCHOOL
STUDENTS SET UP THEIR
OWN COMPANIES
IE IS THE FIRST
BUSINESS
SCHOOL
IN THE WORLD
TO INTEGRATE AN
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MODULE AS A REQUIRED
COURSE FOR MBA
STUDENTS
IE WORKS TOGETHER
WITH THE
40 MILLION
SPAIN START-UP
CO-INVESTMENT
FUND
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VENTURE
LAB TRIPS
TO SILICON VALLEY,
ISRAEL AND NYC
AREA 31
ACCOMMODATES
UP TO 100 START-UPS
ANNUALLY
VENTURE
NETWORK
A series of events
connecting start-ups
and investors in Madrid,
Barcelona, Bogota,
Helsinki, and Tel Aviv
IE VENTURE DAY
START-UPS HAVE RAISED
OVER 12 MILLION AND
HIRED OVER 120 FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES BETWEEN 2010
AND 2013
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SUCCESS
STORIES
Some of our IMBA Heroes
around the world include:
Sara Beneroso
Spain
International CRM
Manager
Paul Shanley
United Kingdom
Chlo
Associated Press
Business Development
Manager
Ugo Ogwo
Nigeria
Head of Demand
Forecasting, West Africa
Marino Giocondi,
Suzanne OBrien,
Henry Okafor &
Fabio Pisi Vitagliano
Italy, USA, Nigeria, Italy
www.busuu.com
RUCHITA VORA
India
TATA Consultancy
Virgil Fernandez
Philipines
Emerging Markets
Strategist
www.tractis.com
GlaxoSmithKline
Johannes Hinsch
Germany
www.albfoundation.org
DRURY ELIZABETH
MCKENZIE
USA
www.renewen.com
TATIANA PEREIRA
Brazil
Associate
HR Business Partner
Manager
Samsung
Gonzalo
Castellano &
Philipp Hasskamp
Spain, Germany
Olga Slavkina
Latvia
www.schmoozyfox.com
www.groupon.es
Corporate
WORLD
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REQUIREMENTS
ADMISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL
MBA
An MBA Out of the Ordinary requires that we recruit candidates
who have demonstrated great success in their careers and who
are comfortable with unconventional thinking, regardless of their
professional backgrounds.
Different careers require different skills, and we choose candidates
we think will complement one another. We take a holistic approach
when evaluating each candidate in order to bring in the most
talented, most interesting candidates with a range of competencies.
THE PROCESS
online
application
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supporting
documents
the
interview
final
decision
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FINANCIAL
AID
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Isabella Namodi
Gaha
Kenyan
Jacob
Huber
Swiss/American
IE SCHOLARSHIPS
The IE Foundation grants around 4million in IE
scholarship and fellowship awards.
REMEMBER
You can start applying for loans or scholarships as soon
as you submit your online application form
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IE LOANS
Free application
Low interest rates
Full time students can benefit from grace periods
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Kohei
Hattori
Japanese
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LATIN AMERICA
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ARGENTINA &
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& NEW ZEALAND - SYDNEY
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NORTH AMERICA
usa & canada
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MIAMI
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