Seán Meehan, Dean of the MBA Program at IMD, discusses what makes the IMD MBA unique, the school's admissions process, career opportunities and more.

Program Highlights (5:33) | Admissions (22:41) | Scholarships (41:30) | Careers (45:10)

About Our Guest

Dr. Seán Meehan is the Martin Hilti Professor of Marketing & Change Management and the Dean of the MBA program. He joined IMD in 1997 after working for Arthur Anderson and Deloitte, where he was Director of Marketing. Seán got his PhD in Marketing from London Business School.

What is relatively unique about the IMD MBA? What are its key advantages?

• Industry-focused general management MBA from a school that is consistently top-ranked in Europe and worldwide for ROI; over 70% of graduates go into industry
• 1-year MBA that starts in January
• Only 90 students are admitted each year from ~40 countries,
• More experienced class: the average work experience is 7 years
• There’s a 2:1 student to faculty ratio
• Strong focus on personal leadership development through a combination of classroom interactions, experiential learning and psychoanalytical coaching
• Also emphasizes entrepreneurship, globalization and digitalization
• Instead of an interview, IMD applicants participate in an assessment day which includes a 1-1 interview with admissions, individual presentation and group activities, lunch with IMD participants or alumni, and depending on the time of the year, a possibility to attend a class. The assessment days take place on campus in Lausanne or abroad.
• IMD is looking for candidates with strong analytical and communication skills and team-oriented leaders who want to shape the future
• IMD has 9,000 executive education participants each year, and MBAs have increasing opportunities to connect with these senior executives
• IMD is based in Lausanne, Switzerland and has over 350 MNCs
• A global meeting place situated in the center of Europe in one of the world’s fastest growing science and technology hubs
• The IMD MBA in a Tweet: “We develop leaders who have a desire to make a positive impact in the world”

Episode summary, show notes and more at: http://touchmba.com/imd-mba-program-admissions-interview-sean-meehan-be-on-companies-leadership-radars