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Degree program

Executive MBA Program

Develop the skills to excel as a senior global leader

Degree program

Executive MBA Program

Develop the skills to excel as a senior global leader

Start date

5 intakes per year

Duration

Flexible, from 18 months

Location

Lausanne, online and international locations

Part-time

Only 7-9 weeks out of office

IMD Executive MBA – your start of a profound transformational journey

The transformative core of the IMD Executive MBA is what makes it truly unique among EMBA programs offered by top business schools. You will go far beyond your current situation, discovering new dimensions of yourself as a reflective leader, powerfully effective, driving much greater impact at the personal, professional levels and beyond.

Supporting your growth as a leader, passionate faculty will share their knowledge, resources and contacts as they take you directly into global business environments to accelerate your real-world understanding of issues critical to your business success. These powerful experiences enable you to anchor your understanding and expand your perspectives of global business through fully immersive, action-based learning. And you will establish lifelong bonds of friendship and support with your peers, faculty and global connections. Welcome to the IMD Executive MBA.

Become a strategic leader

Learn how to transform your business with superior strategies and highly effective decisions. Master key management skills in highly diversified business, social and political environments, preparing you for confident strategic action.

Think like an entrepreneur

Foster your entrepreneurial mindset with a new start-up venture, or launch a new business within an existing company, or even transform the fortunes of an ailing enterprise. Deliver responsible solutions to global challenges that matter.

Supercharge your leadership

Your leadership development is integrated into every learning step and personalized with regular reflection, coaching, feedback and application to ensure your results are powerfully transformative for you, your team and beyond.

Harness disruptive technologies

Innovate with the latest AI & digital technologies, and business models to continuously improve your business, enabling you to stay relevant and valuable to your customers.

AI-powered

Experience personalized learning with IMD’s award-winning AI app, trained on program content, research, and thought leadership. You will have on-demand access to faculty expertise whenever you need it.

Is the EMBA right for you?

You are an ambitious, internationally experienced manager who thrives on challenges. You are at least 35 years old with 10 years of business experience, strong management experience, consistent career progression and outstanding leadership potential. Your class is composed of a diverse group of participants selected through a personalized admission process to ensure that you experience the most impactful learning journey with your global peers.

Nationalities and industries

60%

DIRECTOR AND POSTGRADUATE LEVEL

Average age

Average years of work experience

Is my profile a good match for the EMBA?

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“It’s truly transformative”

Participants share journey highlights, challenges and the life-changing rewards of developing their skills and strengths with IMD.

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One working mother describes the fantastic group of women who form part of the EMBA.

“You need preparation and discipline. And this makes it extremely rewarding!”

IMD EMBA studnet interview participant on campus

“You watch your class develop into future CEOs.”

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“You become a more self-aware, mindful leader day by day.”

Learn about IMD’s award-winning faculty

IMD’s award-winning faculty are experts in executive education. They fully dedicate their time to working with senior leaders – both in company and in the classroom – understanding their critical business issues and empowering them with the knowledge and capabilities to solve their real-world challenges and create sustainable, meaningful change. This combined expertise of IMD faculty is unique, which is why many of the world’s leading organizations choose IMD.

At the Executive MBA, you benefit from faculty’s unique expertise at every step of your journey with learning that is hyper-relevant and impactful, informed by real-world insights. You gain industry exposure through company visits, themed immersion weeks, cutting-edge case studies, personal introductions, in-company consulting opportunities and much more. Faculty’s mission is to share their deep business expertise and passion for topics that will inspire and transform you personally and professionally.

Harness the power of IMD’s generative AI

Enroll in the IMD Executive MBA program to access IMD AI+ and unlock the power of hyper-personalized learning.

Ask any question, anytime

Use IMD’s award-winning app, trained in real time on our program sessions, research, and thought leadership, for an interactive learning experience during and after the program.

Customize your learning

Go much deeper into specific areas of the program topics related to your industry, personal context, and organizational challenges.

Transform learning into action

Access IMD faculty expertise to guide you as you apply your learning back at work and continue to build on your knowledge far into the future.

Executive MBA information session

Join us on 28 November 2024

Join us to explore how the IMD Executive MBA could be the turning point you’re looking for in your career, equipping you with the leadership skills and strategic insight to excel in the global business arena. Don’t miss this opportunity and also get all your questions answered by our Program Advisors at 12:00 (CET).

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Executive MBA information session

Join us on 28 November 2024

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Alumni Stories

Beating the odds

Cultivating a resilient mindset that views challenges as growth opportunities has helped Jeanette Marais (EMBA 2015) to navigate crises and rise to the C-Suite in South Africa’s financial landscape.

7 June 2024