IMD Business School

IMD Business school's industrial heritage sets it apart from the other leading business schools, which are all university-affiliated. IMD is set up as a business school that solely provides executive education; it is determinedly not part of a university and there are no academic departments, but just one integrated multidisciplinary faculty.

IMD has a strong focus on training and developing general management and leadership skills. IIMD's approach to research is in line with its mission of Real World, Real Learning; focused on the strategic and practical issues that international executives face. The significant focus on customized education gives the faculty another way of learning from its customers. Furthermore IMD has several thought leaderships forums where executives from its network of partner companies do participate in. Finally IMD has a number of research centers set up for specific themes like for example China or Corporate Sustainability.