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Executive MBA

Discover your learning journey

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NEW FORMAT

Executive MBA

Discover your learning journey

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Your Executive MBA learning journey

The IMD Executive MBA is designed to help you navigate a complex world of business challenges and succeed in today’s volatile environment. You want an EMBA that’s relevant to you and adapts to your context, so you can balance professional and personal commitments while pursuing your career goals.

The IMD Executive MBA meets this need by offering a blended learning approach and a part-time, modular structure. With a convenient mix of online learning, intensive on-campus sessions, global immersion experiences, and hands-on projects, you’ll apply what you learn as you progress, for immediate impact. A large portfolio of elective options allow you to tailor your learning journey to match your specific career goals and interests.

Along the way, you’ll benefit from the unique IMD executive ecosystem, providing access to a powerful, close-knit global community of senior leaders, faculty, and industry experts. You’ll build trusted relationships that span industries and continents, and continuous opportunities to exchange ideas, test thinking, and accelerate your personal and organizational impact.

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Your EMBA program journey at a glance

Begin your EMBA together with your cohort, developing core business skills that set a strong foundation for your leadership journey. This stage consists of two 1-week modules on the Lausanne campus and 3 online modules. The autumn intake runs from September to February; the spring intake runs from April to September.

(earn 26 ECTS credits)

This stage consists of two face-to-face modules, one at the IMD campus in Lausanne, the other at the IMD campus in Singapore, each followed by a period of online assignments so you can apply your learning directly to your own business challenges.

For those starting with the autumn intake, this stage runs from March to July; for those starting in the spring intake it runs from October to February.

(earn 20 ECTS credits)

Focus on what matters most to you: multiple options exist to personalize the content, format, and location of the program, to make it most relevant to your needs. Choose up to 5 electives from among Global Immersion weeks, international courses with GNAM partner schools, Crisis Management simulation with the Swiss Armed Forces, and a vast selection of courses within IMD’s renowned Executive Education portfolio. You’ll finish this stage with a 1-week on campus module focused on future readiness.

You will have approximately 8 months to complete your chosen electives. For those starting in the autumn this runs from August to March; for those starting in the spring, from March to October.
(earn 14 ECTS credits)

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“You grow not only as a professional, but really as an individual.”

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Core elements that shape your EMBA experience

Designed to provide impactful experiences that shape your growth as a leader, these highlights form the backbone of your learning journey, ensuring that every aspect of the program contributes to your development and prepares you for real-world challenges.

Leadership development

Build the skills and insight needed to lead effectively, with a focus on building self-awareness, resilience, and the ability to inspire and manage others.

Elective options

Tailor your learning by selecting electives that align with your goals and interests, while connecting with executives from across IMD’s programs and beyond.

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Global Immersion Weeks

Experience international business environments firsthand, broaden your perspective and develop the adaptability needed to lead across cultures.

AI-augmented learning

Advanced tools and technologies offer personalized guidance and hands-on business simulations.

Expert
faculty

Learn directly from faculty who offer you real-world insights and practical guidance throughout your studies.

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Become a leader who drives sustainable impact

Leadership is at the heart of your ability to drive positive change, and is therefore a cornerstone of the IMD Executive MBA experience.

You’ll build self-awareness, resilience, and the skills to inspire and lead others. One-on-one leadership coaching will expand your understanding of your own behavior and others, plus the exercise of leadership in different contexts.

The program focuses on three core areas of leadership:

Leading self

Analyze your effectiveness as a leader and explore your own leadership style. Focusing on reflective leadership, wellness, and resilience, learn how to create impact and stay grounded in high-pressure situations.

Leading others

Fully understand your strengths and weaknesses. You will come away with the tools to coach and lead high-performing teams, building your ability to motivate and manage diverse groups toward shared goals.

Leading change

Master change management skills that prepare you to navigate uncertainty and lead through organizational shifts.

Elective options

Shape your learning around what matters most to you.
The IMD EMBA gives you the freedom to choose elective topics from amongst IMD’s vast portfolio of executive programs. Chose the format and location that works best for you. You can delve deeper in a specific subject or explore new territory, whatever aligns with your personal goals, interests, and career needs. Explore some possible electives:

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Leading Digital and AI Transformation

Location: Lausanne Duration: 5 days

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Negotiating for Value Creation

Location: Lausanne Duration: 3 days

Integrating Sustainability into Strategy

Location: Blended Duration: 2.5 days on campus (Lausanne) + 15 hours online

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Driving Innovative Finance for Impact

Location: Blended Duration: 8 weeks LiVe virtual, 2 days on campus, opening at WEF

Online

Marketing Strategy in the Digital Age

Location: Online Starting date: 27 April 2026 Duration: 8 weeks

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AI Strategy and Implementation

Location: Lausanne Duration: 5 days

Online

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Leading Behavioral Change

Location: Online Starting date: 4 May 2026 Duration: 8 weeks

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Digital and AI Accelerator Singapore

Location: Singapore Duration: 5 days

Strategy for Future Readiness

Location: Lausanne Starting date: 11 May 2026 Duration: 3.5 days

Online

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Crisis Management

Location: Online Duration: 5 weeks

Online

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Winning Sustainability Strategies

Location: Online Starting date: 18 May 2026 Duration: 5 weeks

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Building Digital Ecosystems

Location: Lausanne Duration: 5 days

Online

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Business Finance

Location: Online Starting date: 27 April 2026 Duration: 5 weeks

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Advanced Leadership

Location: Online Duration: 5 weeks

Global Immersion Weeks in action

Choose at least one Global Immersion Week and take your learning far beyond the classroom. Each week is designed to embed you in the places, markets, and cultures where global business challenges and opportunities are unfolding in real time.

You’ll engage directly with local leaders, startups, corporations, and social enterprises to understand how innovation, resilience, and impact come to life across different ecosystems.

These experiences are carefully curated by faculty to ensure you gain real-world understanding around critical themes, such as:

Digital transformation and AI in some of the world’s most tech-forward economies
Social innovation and impact investing in emerging markets
Startup ecosystems and venture design in global innovation hubs
Family business leadership in markets where legacy and entrepreneurship intersect
Sustainability and climate innovation through business models driving positive change
Future readiness and resilience in volatile, uncertain environments
Geopolitics and global economic shifts shaping business strategy today

Destinations have recently included:
China, India, Kenya, Peru, Estonia , and others selected for their strategic importance and learning potential.

Whether you’re exchanging with founders in Lima or exploring AI adoption in Southeast Asia, these weeks are a chance to build perspective, grow your global intelligence, and apply learning directly to your work.

“It’s about understanding context, culture, and complexity by being there.”
– Vanina Farber, Professor of Social Innovation

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Crisis management: cope with uncertainty, manage risks

IMD is the only school partnered with the Swiss Armed Forces to provide EMBA participants with an opportunity to take part in a realistic crisis simulation. Choose this elective option to take part in practical exercises that escalate in intensity. You learn when and how to switch from business as usual to managing a crisis situation.

“No one tells you when the crisis starts”

Leading through a crisis requires a very different leadership skillset. IMD’s Executive MBA gives you specific crisis leadership training with unique methodologies.

Crisis Simulation: EMBA Leadership Skills Training

AI-augmented learning & adaptive technologies

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The IMD Executive MBA integrates advanced technologies to enhance your learning experience. IMD AI+ is a tool designed to support your learning. Powered by IMD’s own knowledge base, including research, lectures, and expertise from faculty, you can ask it any question at any time to dive deeper into complex topics, get personalized feedback, and guide you through your studies. You’ll also take part in interactive AR/VR simulations, where you can practice solving real-world business challenges in a hands-on way. Plus, with data analytics, you’ll get real-time insights into your progress, allowing you to adjust your learning and stay on track throughout the program.

IMD’s faculty: where theory meets practice

Our faculty work daily with global companies, bringing fresh insights and real challenges into the classroom. This direct connection to business means your learning is immediately relevant to today’s leadership demands.

Throughout your EMBA, you’ll learn from faculty who understand the complexities of leading organizations. They’ll guide you through company visits, immersion weeks, and hands-on projects that put theory into practice. Beyond sharing knowledge, they’re committed to helping you grow as a leader.

What makes our faculty different: