Wisconsin is the partner of choice of innovative companies.
Executive Education
The success of our Executive Education program is critical to the financial strength of the School of Business.
We continue to offer the largest number of executive education programs among top-ranked business schools in the United States, serving more than 1,400 companies annually. In fiscal year 2005, Executive Education units combined to serve more than 8,500 attendees (this includes nearly 6,000 people who attended 208 core public and custom programs). As several studies have shown, our Executive Education program offers excellent price/value compared with other leading executive education providers.
Executive Education programs include 10 certificate programs and more than 80 business topics, including leadership, strategy, project management, finance and accounting, general management, marketing, operations and transportation.
Executive Education highlights in 2004-2005 included:
- The Financial Times ranked Executive Education 15th in the United States and 26th in the world, and ranked the Fluno Center 1st in the world for the second consecutive year in food and accommodations.
- The Center for Leadership and Applied Business (LAB) debuted with almost two-dozen companies subscribing to its customized training programs for high-potential executives.
- To answer increasing demand for higher-level skills in project management, Executive Education developed a Masters Certificate in Business Project Leadership.
| EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CORE PROGRAMS | 2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of open programs | 234 |
230 |
231 |
| Number of attendees of open programs | 6,115 |
5,444 |
5,687 |
| Approximate number of companies served by open programs (rounded to nearest 100) | 1,700 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
| Open enrollment revenue (in millions) | $5.1 |
$5.26 |
$5.53 |
| Number of custom programs | 96 |
100 |
120 |
| Number of companies served by custom programs | 35 |
40 |
38 |
| Custom revenue (in millions) | $2.34 |
$2.52 |
$3.15 |
| FINANCIAL TIMES RANKINGS | 2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall ranking among U.S. programs | 17th |
17th |
15th |
| Overall in the world | 34th |
32nd |
26th |
Looking Ahead
Executive Education will continue to work to expand the scale and scope of its programs and to partner with innovative companies. Specific initiatives include a Technical Leadership Certificate program and the launch of a new program area in Technology and Innovation.