The Executive MBA programme
The Executive MBA (EMBA) is a 22-month part-time programme designed for leaders in a technology-driven world. The EMBA's unique blend of on-campus learning and online study tools will give you a thorough knowledge of essential business disciplines, opportunities to specialise in your areas of expertise and experiences to develop your global perspective on business.
How will I be learning on the Executive MBA?
You will take part in three sessions on campus every four weeks on Fridays and Saturdays. Programme content includes:
- Pre-study modules
- Core modules - campus-based modules have been designed to work seamlessly with our online learning platform, The Hub
- Choice of elective modules to specialise your programme and connect with the other MBA cohorts
- Two specialist international core modules, which will expose you to global business practices outside of our London base
For all of our modules, there is an emphasis on applied learning, giving you a chance to test your understanding through case studies and simulations.
How much time do I need to dedicate to studying?
You will be expected to work through around 16 hours of material for each module online, with a large amount of work and study taking place in your own time. By creating the programme in this format, it gives our students the immediate ability to apply all knowledge and skills gained during the Executive MBA back in the workplace, fast-tracking the learning process.
Programme overview
Modules covering mathematics, accounting and data analysis methods will be available to you prior to the start of the programme, ensuring that all students have the required knowledge and skills.
These interactive modules focus on key concepts and their application to real-world problems. Delivered through The Hub, Imperial College Business School’s online learning platform, each module will take approximately 10 hours to complete.
A teaching assistant will work in tandem with programme faculty to support you, providing guidance and monitoring progress and performance.
- Accounting
- Data Analysis
- Finance
- Introduction to Corporate Sustainability, Social Innovation and Ethics
- Mathematics
- Plagarism Awareness
Your Executive MBA induction will be spent at our South Kensington Campus in London, where you will meet with the rest of your cohort, faculty and programme staff.
This two-day induction will lay the foundations of your Executive MBA experience. As well as a programme introduction, you will partake in several lectures and activities to give you a taste for the programme, as well as attending a special welcome dinner.
As part of your Executive MBA programme, you will complete core modules that cover the general functions of management, explore essential business topics and equip you with the skills to be an effective and inspiring leader in your field. Each module provides you with a solid grounding in business theory and practice. The emphasis is on applied learning, giving you a chance to test your understanding through case studies and simulations. You will be placed in diverse syndicate groups. These groups consist of students from a variety of cultural and industry backgrounds to ensure that you gain the widest possible perspective from the MBA experience.
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Accounting and Corporate Reporting Analysis
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Managerial Economics
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Marketing Management
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Organisational Behaviour
The Executive Leadership journey will run throughout your studies during the two years of the Executive MBA. You will be exposed to different tools, coaching and experiential learning situations, which all contribute towards getting to know yourself better, gaining in confidence and ultimately changing behaviour to make the step from manager to leader.
We will draw on themes from core teaching of Organisational Behaviour and Responsible Leadership and Corporate Success, and provide you with the opportunity to practice the behaviours that you will need for success.
Exams enable students to demonstrate the extent to which they have attained and exceeded the intended learning outcomes. Students must attain a minimum of the Pass mark which represents the minimum threshold standards which students must meet in order to pass a module, progress through their programme and be awarded a degree.
Each module provides you with a solid grounding in business theory and practice. The emphasis is on applied learning, giving you a chance to test your understanding through case studies and simulations. You will be placed in diverse syndicate groups. These groups consist of students from a variety of cultural and industry backgrounds to ensure that you gain the widest possible perspective from the MBA experience.
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Corporate Finance
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Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship
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Responsible Leadership and Corporate Success
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Strategy
Exams enable students to demonstrate the extent to which they have attained and exceeded the intended learning outcomes. Students must attain a minimum of the Pass mark which represents the minimum threshold standards which students must meet in order to pass a module, progress through their programme and be awarded a degree.
The Imperial Executive MBA electives allow you to specialise in areas of particular interest, developing your expertise with your future career objectives in mind. You can choose five electives. These run in the spring and summer terms of your second year and are offered in three formats to fit into your schedule.
Our elective options also feature many modules that are offered online, ideal if you have a less flexible work schedule or commute long distances. Supported by our own experienced faculty, many of the electives include guest lecturers from industry and other academic institutions who impart their insights and real-world experience to the class.
- Online modules – perfect if you want to minimise your visits to campus, our award-winning highly interactive online modules allow you to study at your convenience.
- Two-week – Monday and Tuesday (week 1), Thursday and Friday (week 2)
- Weekend – Thursday afternoon, Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning
You can also apply to sit in on an additional two electives for which you will not be assessed.
Businesses often operate at an international level and competition is certainly on a global scale. During your time with Imperial College Business School, you will complete two residencies in Hong Kong and the USA.
The individual Final Project is an opportunity to create value for your employer at the highest strategic level in a tangible and measurable way as a culmination of your learning experience. It requires you to approach a real problem or opportunity, analyse it and develop a recommended strategy and implementation plan, while applying some relevant concepts and frameworks from the Executive MBA programme. Ideally, a superior from your organisation will sponsor the project, in recognition of your potential to add value to your organisation.
Timetable
Interested in how your time on the Executive MBA will be spent? See what the timetable looks like for the programme below.
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Timetables and course outlines are subject to change. Imperial College Business School reserves the right to alter the timetable when required.
"A part of the Executive MBA which is particularly successful is the chance for students to think about the experiences that they’ve had in a structured way, to process and share these experiences. They are also able to work with their colleagues to find opportunities that lie in difference. Thus we provide our Executive MBA students with the academic framework to organise these experiences for subsequent implementation."
