Full-Time MBA

Let purpose power your future

Full-Time MBA

Let purpose power your future

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Application deadline

April 15
June 15
August 15
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Location

Lausanne, Switzerland

Length

1 year full time

Next start

January 2025

Unleash your true potential and evolve into a reflective and responsible leader

Recognized as one of the world’s leading MBA programs, IMD’s one-year full-time Master of Business Administration in Lausanne, Switzerland offers you the chance to develop reflective and responsible leadership skills in an innovative, entrepreneurial, and global business environment.

You’ll have the opportunity to join a life-changing journey in your career, with incredible networking opportunities, and the potential to make a real difference in a complex and rapidly changing world.

On your learning journey, you will gain knowledge from a wide range of teaching experts with diverse backgrounds, talents, and cultures. Our MBA program is constantly evolving to ensure it offers you the best of the latest research, trends, and business insights.

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Experiential learning

Gain practical experience with over 40% of learning outside the classroom. Collaborate with multinational executives on critical issues, engage with selected startups, and acquire new skills through hands-on labs.

Reflective and responsible leadership

Enhance your leadership through our focused stream and personal coaching. Develop self-awareness, make informed decisions, and create impactful change in organizations and society.

Individualized attention

Benefit from a personalized educational experience, with individual coaching and career counseling designed to optimize your professional development. Our small class size ensures attention from the application stage forward.

Sustainable impact

Equip yourself with the tools to enact responsible, long-lasting change. Acquire key skills for sustainable impact in your organization and career. Develop critical thinking and ethical decision-making throughout the program.

Shape your future with the IMD MBA program

Join a diverse group of ambitious professionals from around the globe, all ready to make an impact. Like you, your classmates are experienced, visionary individuals who want to accelerate their career and improve the world around them. You make a diverse group, each with your unique goals, strengths and contributions.

100-120

students

NATIONALITIES

Average years of work experience

37%

female

29.9

average age

680

AVERAGE GMAT

“You get amazing access to senior level executives”

Over 40% of the program is experiential, ensuring hands-on experience in applying new skills. The IMD MBA includes two one-week “discovery expeditions”; engage where the future is being shaped, visit innovative tech hubs and develop your global awareness.

Where can the IMD MBA take you?

IMD MBA class of 2022 career progression shows:

90%

Employed within 3 month

72%

Salary percentage increase

40%

Transitioned to consulting roles

10%

Transitioned to general management roles

A personal growth journey

The biggest take-away for me from the MBA was the personal growth journey it took me on. It was an opportunity for me to really understand who I am as a person and what value I bring to a team.

The IMD MBA equips future leaders to make a difference

IMD offers an eminent focus on leadership, digital competencies, entrepreneurship, and a strong global outlook to equip future leaders who want to make a difference for the world’s challenges.

I chose not to apply to any other school

Unlike any other program, IMD’s leadership stream builds awareness of self and others through continuous feedback. Having found what I was looking for, I chose not to apply to any other school.

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Full-Time MBA

“You get amazing access to senior level executives”

Where can the IMD MBA take you?

IMD MBA – let purpose power your future