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September 26, 2019

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Forbes 2019 Best Business Schools: Booth Tops the List

Forbes Releases 2019 Best Business Schools Rankings

Forbes has released its 2019 rankings of full-time MBA programs in the U.S. and one-year programs internationally. These rankings are based on responses from more than 100 schools and 17,500 alumni around the world. Graduates’ earnings in their first five years after graduation from business school were compared to their opportunity cost, which gave Forbes… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, ESADE, Forbes, Harvard, IESE, IMD, Indian School of Business, INSEAD, MBA Rankings, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Oxford Said, Stanford, Wharton

June 13, 2018

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IMD MBA Essay Tips and Deadlines

IMD, the International Institute for Management Development, in Lausanne, Switzerland, offers a 1-year MBA program focused on global general management and leadership, with a growing emphasis on digital innovation and entrepreneurship. While there are only 90 students in each class, the diversity among that class is wide: students hail from 44 countries: 41% from throughout… 

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Article by Jennifer Bloom / MBA Admissions / 2019 MBA Applications, IMD, international student, MBA essay

November 28, 2017

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Forbes Releases 2017 Ranking of Best Business Schools

Is it worth it to pursue an MBA, especially when the cost of tuition and lost wages can be more than $300,000? Most prospective MBAs apply to school planning to make a career change and/or obtain a higher salary. Forbes’ tenth biennial rankings of the best U.S. and international business schools are based exclusively on… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / CEIBS, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, ESADE, Forbes, Harvard, HEC, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, MBA Rankings, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NUS, Oxford Said, Rankings, Stanford, UC Berkeley Haas, Wharton

December 21, 2016

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Bloomberg Businessweek Announces the Best International Business Schools of 2016

MBA seekers frequently go abroad in search of the best MBA programs. Having an international MBA often gives a head start to those seeking jobs in the global business world. However, determining which is the right MBA for you outside your home country can be even more daunting than choosing a domestic MBA program. Bloomberg… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, ESADE, HEC, IE, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, Rankings

May 10, 2016

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IMD Announces New President

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Jean-François Manzoni will assume the role of IMD president starting January 1, 2017 for a five-year term. Manzoni is a French and Canadian citizen with a PhD from Harvard Business School. He was the Professor of Leadership and Organizational Development at IMD from 2004 to 2011, and currently holds the Shell Chair for Human Resources… 

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January 31, 2016

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2016 Financial Times Global MBA Rankings

Here are some highlights from the Financial Times‘ top 20 global MBA programs (with a few points on women in business school): • This is the first time that a one-year MBA program (INSEAD) has taken the #1 spot. The other 4 schools in the top 5 remain the same as last year, each pushed… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Financial Times, Harvard Business School, HEC, HKUST, IE, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Rankings, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, Wharton, Yale SOM

December 15, 2015

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Forbes Top 10 International MBA Programs

Top 1-Year International MBA Programs: Top 2-Year International MBA Programs: 1. London Business School – London, UK 2. IESE – Barcelona, Spain 3. HEC Paris – Paris, France 4. CEIBS – Shanghai, China 5. Hong Kong UST – Hong Kong, China 6. Manchester – Manchester, UK 7. NUS Business School – Singapore 8. IPADE – Mexico… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, ESADE, HEC, HKUST, IE, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, NUS, Oxford Said, Rankings

December 6, 2015

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2015 Financial Time Best Global MBA Programs

Let’s see how our favorite global MBA programs fared in the 2015 Financial Times rankings. (See the full chart on the FT site here.) Last year, there were some very dramatic leaps and falls. This year there are fewer. Here are some highlights: • UC Berkeley Haas is the only newcomer to the top 10,… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, ESADE, Financial Times, Harvard Business School, HEC, HKUST, IE, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Rankings, UC Berkeley Haas, Yale SOM

November 4, 2015

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2015 Bloomberg Business MBA Rankings

Out with the old, in with the new. Let’s take a look at Bloomberg’s 2015 top 20 U.S. MBA programs: • There wasn’t a single overlap between this year’s rankings and last year’s. And there was some very significant shuffling around. These dramatic ups and downs, explains John A. Byrne, rankings expert from Poets &… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, Chicago Booth, CMU Tepper, Cornell Johnson, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Emory Goizueta, ESADE, Harvard Business School, HEC, IE, IMD, London Business School, Michigan Ross, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, Oxford Said, Rankings, Rotman, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UNC Kenan Flagler, Wharton, Yale SOM

December 5, 2018

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Tips for Applying to European B-Schools

Applying to a European MBA program isn’t quite the same as applying to an American program. The programs themselves often have a different focus than U.S. schools, and adcoms therefore look out for different skills and qualifications. I’d like to direct you to the following resources on our website – blog posts that focus specifically… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / ESADE, European B-Schools, HEC, HKUST, IMD, INSEAD, international student, London Business School, NUS, Oxford Said

September 9, 2015

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More BW Rankings: Best International B-Schools 2014

I hope you didn’t think we were done with this year’s Businessweek rankings! Next up…the top 20 international MBA programs. Here are some highlights: • There are 2 new schools to the top 10 this year, both of which were unranked in 2012: ESMT (3rd place) and Cambridge Judge (6th place). • ESADE fell dramatically from… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, ESMT, HEC, HKUST, IE, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, Oxford Said, Rankings, Rotman

July 31, 2015

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5 Key IMD Officials Resign

In a letter last week, Ralf Boscheck, the Program Director of the IMD MBA Program, announced that the school has “decided to realign the MBA Office with our new MBA program starting in January 2015.” He goes on to bid farewell to five long-time officials of the program, Claire Lecoq, Lisa Piguet, Janet Shaner, Marine… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / IMD

May 4, 2014

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Business and Science Meet: Insights of an IMD Grad and Former Medical Doctor

Listen to our podcast interview with Lisa Piguet, Associate Director of MBA Admissions and Marketing at IMD!

This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now, introducing Marije van Weelden-Cuche, an alumna of IMD… Accepted: We’d like to get to know you! Where are you from? Where and what did you study as an undergrad?… 

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May 1, 2014

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Leadership is King: Interview with IMD’s Lisa Piguet

If you are considering pursuing an MBA at IMD then you are in luck. This week’s guest on Admissions Straight Talk is Lisa Piguet, Associate Director of MBA Admissions and Marketing at IMD. Listen to the interview to get the details about IMD’s unique program, the admissions process, and some excellent advice for applicants. 00:02:05… 

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July 16, 2014

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FT’s Best Global MBA Programs in 2014

The Financial Times released its 2014 global MBA rankings! Read on for the list, the facts, the analysis, and the sources. The List: 2014 Rank 3 Year (Avg)  School Country  1 1 Harvard Business School USA 2 2 Stanford Graduate School of Business USA 3 4 London Business School UK 4 3 U Penn Wharton USA… 

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Article by Linda Abraham / MBA Admissions / Cambridge Judge, CEIBS, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth Tuck, Duke Fuqua, Financial Times, Harvard Business School, IE, IESE, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, NYU Stern, Rankings, Rotman, Stanford GSB, UC Berkeley Haas, UNC Kenan Flagler, USC Marshall, Wharton, Yale SOM

January 9, 2014

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Aiming for IMD? An Admitted Student Shares His Story and Advice

We’d like to introduce you to our next blogger, Marcelo, who begins his one-year MBA program at IMD in just a few months. You can read about Marcelo’s MBA journey in our interview below, as well as at his blog, Marshmallow’s IMD MBA Experience. Best of luck to you Marcelo – we look forward to… 

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December 2, 2013

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European MBA Admissions: GMAT or GRE?

Thinking of a European MBA? Find Out if You Should Take the GMAT or GRE! The question of whether applicants to European b-schools should take the GMAT or GRE was addressed in our most recent Q&A – 2014 Virtual Panel: Exploring European B-Schools with IMD, London Business School and INSEAD – as well as many… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / GMAT, IMD, INSEAD, London Business School

April 10, 2019

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The MBA Admissions Directors’ Recipe for Rejection

Rejected. What's Next?

We asked 14 admissions directors, “What behavior or information would cause you to reject an MBA applicant who otherwise is a strong candidate?” While the recipe for instant rejection may vary slightly from school to school, the common ingredients are ethical lapses and poor behavior. These are broad categories that each admissions director elaborates on… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / Duke Fuqua, Georgetown McDonough, HEC, IE, IMD, London Business School, Notre Dame Mendoza, rejection, UCLA Anderson, UNC Kenan Flagler, UVA Darden, Vanderbilt Business School, Wharton, Wharton-Lauder

November 25, 2013

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Exploring European Business Schools: A Virtual Panel

Are you thinking about applying to a top European business school? Are you interested in discovering some of the benefits of attending an international b-school? Please join us tomorrow,  Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM GMT / 6:00 PM CEST, for an interactive virtual panel with… 

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Article by Accepted / MBA Admissions / IMD, INSEAD, London Business School

December 13, 2016

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IMD MBA Interview with Student Vikas Menon

Vikas Menon

Here’s a talk with Vikas Menon, a soon-to-be graduate of IMD Switzerland. Vikas talks about his b-school experience, and offers some serious insight into the IMD MBA program. If you’re thinking about applying to IMD, then you’ll definitely want to read on! Thank you Vikas for sharing with us! This interview is the latest in… 

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