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IE University Executive MBA
IE University

Executive MBA

20 Months

English

Part time

EUR 75,000 **

Blended, Distance Learning

* rolling admissions process

** april 2023 intake; EUR 80,000 - september 2023 intake; to become an IE University student, all IE Community members should make a one-off contribution to the IE Foundation; this is a single payment of €1,200 to be made during the enrollment process

Introduction

IE Business School’s Executive MBA empowers you to transform yourself so that you can stay ahead of the curve and be the leader a changing world needs. You will acquire competencies elected by a C-level leader and prepare for your future in today’s rapidly evolving business world.

Over the course of 20 months, alongside a diverse group of international executives and in the hands of our expert faculty, you’ll gain the skills you need to make a positive impact in today’s competitive business landscape.

Our Executive MBA is a highly personalized program, focused on your professional and personal development. It’s a transformational journey, designed to help you achieve—or even exceed—your goals. Together with your personal executive coach, you will develop your own personal development plan, based on your unique career and life objectives. And your executive coach will be there for you throughout the program, to support your learning journey and help you put your plan into action.

Your career success is important to us, which is why we ensure that you’ll be ready to put your learning into practice from day one. You’ll practice in real-time contextual business scenarios where you’ll apply the concepts, tools, and methodologies from your academic knowledge and turn them into tangible deliverables. Working on proposals that you will deliver to a number of critical stakeholders from the CEO ecosystem will prepare you to actively engage at the highest levels in the professional arena.

You’ve already built a solid career and demonstrated your industry expertise. Now is the time to take another step on your lifelong learning journey; push your boundaries, scale up your professional footprint, prepare to drive excellence, and lead with purpose with the Executive MBA.

5 Reasons to study the Executive MBA

Get the leadership skills to stay relevant in the digital era

The Executive MBA is designed to create the next generation of business leaders, ready to make a positive impact in the fast-changing, global business world. We provide a truly experiential, skills-based, integrated learning environment that will put you in real business scenarios where you can convert the concepts, tools, and methodologies you have learned into tangible deliverables and present them to internal and external stakeholders. You’ll gain the technical and interpersonal skills to become an inspirational and purposeful leader.

Get ready for the C-suite

We’ll help you to get C-suite ready, giving you the cutting-edge insight, global strategic vision, and practical experience you need for today’s business world. Our Executive MBA teaches you how to take your skills to the next level and demonstrate them effectively, leaving you ready to make an impact in the boardroom and beyond.

Personalized Career Transformation

Whether you’re already on a growth path in your current environment or thinking about changing industries, you’ll have access to a personal executive coach throughout the program. Together you’ll work on your individual executive career transformation plan, and you’ll also have customized activities to help you expand your executive professional footprint. To help you achieve this goal, students will also be guided by a mentor throughout the program, whose years of experience and expertise will give them valuable insight into their future careers.

Network with experienced sector leaders - for life

At IE Business School, you’ll be immersed in a diverse community of leaders from different industries, enabling you to grow your top-tier network and expand your professional footprint. You’ll gain exposure to top executives from different industries, as well as benefit from exceptional networking opportunities with fellow executives and our expert faculty. Additionally, you’ll have lifelong access to our unparalleled global network of over 60,000 alumni.

A future-proofed learning methodology

Our unique methodology combines online and face-to-face learning in an environment that reflects today’s reality; there’s no need to put your career on hold in order to benefit from a world-class academic experience. Through a project-based, hands-on approach, you’ll cultivate your leadership skills in a risk-free yet challenging learning environment as you collaborate with fellow executives and faculty from across the globe, gaining the skills and knowledge you’ll need today and well into the future.

Bootcamps

The blended nature of the Executive MBA features optional face-to-face periods that are a critical element of the learning experience.

The blended nature of the Executive MBA features optional face-to-face periods that are a critical element of the learning experience. These periods offer a unique opportunity to live the IE experience to its fullest. You will be able to meet and collaborate with your fellow classmates, network in person and learn from the different professional backgrounds of your colleagues. They are highly recommended and offer you the chance to elevate your learning experience and gain a global vision of business through long-lasting professional contacts. In addition, these periods feature our unique Bootcamps—four short, intensive, and highly focused modules that will center on impact skills and boosting your career.

You’ll address cognitive and behavioral skills, learn how to network at the very highest levels, discover business “speed dating” and more. All while networking face-to-face not just with the professors—each of them leading industry practitioners in their own right—but also your fellow professionals, drawn from a broad range of industries, backgrounds, and geographies.

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