Executive MBA high in demand
GMAT — an MBA entrance test used by B-schools across the world — there’s been a steep rise in the popularity of the executive MBA for mid-career professionals, as well as an increase in part-time MBAs for those juggling jobs, families and other responsibilities. Simultaneously, there’s been a decline in the applications received for the plain vanilla full-time MBA. The GMAC survey reflects data from 665 graduate management programmes in 39 countries.
Executive MBA programmes saw the most remarkable increase at 59 per cent in the number of applications reversing a three-year decline. This was one of the highest proportions of programmes reporting increases in volume among all MBA programmes according to the latest Application Trends Survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) which owns the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). The survey saw participation 327 graduate business schools and faculties who submitted data for 665 graduate management programmes.
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