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Ivey has always been among my top choice schools. To be honest, I was clearly obsessed with the case method and I found many characteristics to match with my future aspirations. In particular, the following made it obvious that Ivey is the school for me.

• In Class
• Experimental learning
• Professor is a facilitator
• Each class is a debate
• Focus is always on decision-making and action
• Case Method
• Dress rehearsal show for Real Life
• Analyze data, develop alternatives, make and defend recommendations and experience the outcomes
• Three levels of learning: Individual preparation, Diverse learning team and classroom debate guided by professor
• Perfectly aligned with Management Consulting perspectives (case interview, for example)
• 400+ case studies in one year
• Second largest producer of cases, only next to Harvard and largest producer of Asian cases
• Involuntary leadership development
• Cross Enterprise Leadership
• Broad based, Cross-functional and innovative curriculum
• Team teaching for cross enterprise cases
• Ivey Cross-Enterprise Field Project/ Ivey Consulting Project/ New venture projects
• Cross Enterprise Leadership has more to do with entrepreneurial thinking
• Students
• Diverse backgrounds: lawyers, engineers, consultants, accountants, communicators, health care professionals, teachers, international students, and more...
• Astounding faculty
• 1 year MBA
• Small class size (around 70 per intake)
• Career Management
• Great prospects in Management Consulting
• Career management integrated with curriculum, right from day one
• For credit courses on career management: expect to see case studies on career management
• Wonderful career management team
• Relationship Managers for 1x1 guidance
• Career Leader – career development tool
• Classes, clinics, in-class workshops, one-on-one coaching, etc
• Networking events
• Alumni
• 20,000+ Alumni; 70+ Alumni clubs; 37+ countries
• Alumni partnership program – students are strategically matched with Ivey graduates, helping students develop career plans
• 1 in 4 hold the title of Chair, President, CEO, Vice-President or Managing Director/Partner in his or her company
• Alumni assist in conducting preliminary off-campus student interviews, as part of international recruitment campaign
• International opportunities
• International study trip
• Leader program
• China teaching project
• Incredible reputation in Canada; Six decades of management education
• Ranking
• Financial Times Global MBA ranking : 53^rd overall
• Financial Times Global MBA ranking: 6^th in General management
• Wall street Journal: #12 among the top 25 internationally focused business schools
• Business Week: #2 among the schools outside US
• Extra Professional/Curricular Activities
• Case competitions
• IBK Capital Ivey Business Plan Competition
• AT Kearney
• Mercury Venture Challenge
• Thunderbird Global Innovation Challenge
• Ivey Connects
• Ivey Builds
• The Ivey Green
• Ivey Clubs
• Consulting Club, Finance Club, Industry & Marketing Club, Entrepreneur Club, Alternative Energy Club, Golf Club, Hockey Club, Ivey Rugby, MBA Association, Student Ambassadors, Wine Tasting Club, Global Village, Women in Management and more
• Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship