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Research Calendar: May 2013

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What's New

This month we released the 2013 Global Management Education Graduate Survey and Corporate Recruiters Survey report sets. These reports provide the latest on corporate hiring needs for the year and the success of graduates looking to enter the job market with their new master-level credentials.

 By Date  

Second Quarter 2013

  • May 2013
    • Global Graduate Survey reports released (May 21).
    • Corporate Recruiters Survey reports released (May 21).
  • June 2013
    • Application Trends Survey launches (early June).
    • North American Geographic Trend Report released.
    • GMAT testing year 2012 closes June 30.

Third Quarter 2013

  • July 2013
    • GMAT testing year 2013 begins July 1.  
  • September 2013
    • Application Trends Survey reports released to participants (early September).
    • Application Trends Survey reports released to the public (mid-September).
    • Alumni Perspectives Survey September edition launches.

Fourth Quarter 2013

  • October 2013
    • Alumni Perspectives Survey closes (mid-October).
  • November 2013
    • Profile of GMAT Candidates, TY2009 to TY2013 released to the public (mid-November).
    • 2013 Year-End Poll of Employers in the field.
  • December 2013
    • Corporate Recruiters Survey school signup begins.
    • Global Graduate Survey school signup begins.
    • Year-End Poll of Employers Summary Report released (mid-December). 

First Quarter 2014

  • January 2014
    • School signup is open for Corporate Recruiters and Global Graduates surveys.
    • Alumni Perspectives Survey results available at the end of the month.
  • February 2014
    • Corporate Recruiters Survey launches.
    • Global Graduate Survey school signup closes.
    • Preliminary Application Trends Survey in the field.
    • Global Graduate Survey launches.
    • Asian, European, and World Geographic Trend Reports released.
  • March 2014
    • Preliminary Application Trends Survey Report is released to participants.

Second Quarter 2014

  • April 2013
    • mba.com Prospective Students Survey reports released.

By Project Title

Alumni Perspectives Survey

  • February: Survey Report and Data Reports released.
  • September: Survey in the field.

Application Trends Survey

  • February: Preliminary Survey in the field.
  • March: Preliminary Survey Report released to participants.
  • June-July: Application Trends Survey in the field.
  • August: Survey Report & Data Report released to participants (late August).
  • September: Survey Report released to the public.

Corporate Recruiters Survey

  • December-January: Schools sign up and submit their employer lists.
  • February-March: Survey open to employers (mid-February to mid-March).
  • April: Survey Report & Data Report released to participants (late April).
  • May: Survey Report released to the public.

Global Management Education Graduate Survey

  • December-January: Schools sign up and submit their student lists.
  • February-March: Survey open to students (mid-February to mid-March).
  • April: Survey Report & Data Report(s) released to participants (late April).
  • May: Survey Report released to the public.

mba.com Prospective Students Survey

  • Monthly: Survey launched to individuals who registered on mba.com three months prior.
  • February: Survey Report and Data Report released.
  • March: Prospective Student Views, Issue 1 released.
  • June: Prospective Student Views, Issue 2 released.
  • September: Prospective Student Views, Issue 3 released.
  • December: Prospective Student Views, Issue 4 released.

Profile of GMAT Candidates

  • June 30: Current GMAT Testing Year (TY) closes.
  • July 1: New GMAT Testing Year begins.
  • November: Updated Profile document released to the public.

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