Executive MBA
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English, French
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Executive MBA program at emlyon business school is triple accredited (AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB) and offers participants a unique opportunity to work in an international environment, develop hard and soft skills, gain a global overview of business and steer their profiles in a strategic way to obtain their career goals.
Finantial Times 2023 ranking:
✔️ 14th worldwide carbon footprint
✔️ 36th worldwide MBA
A 10 to 20-month program delivered to high potential managers and senior executives who want to:
- Realign their professional direction
- Advance their skills to keep up with their changing environment
- See direct professional and personal benefits
Key elements of the program:
- Core courses to help you develop your ability to lead in this rapidly evolving world. You will be exposed to the full breadth of business topics and disruptive trends you will need to know about to stay successful
- Dedicated Leadership and Development track where you will be supported by specialized experts with a strong track record for coaching executives
- In company projects
- In the second half of the program you will choose a "Makers Bridge" specialization which will either help you go further in your current career or change direction all together. You will choose between Corporate Executive, Small and Medium Enterprise Management, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship
The program is available on our campus in Paris or Lyon in either English or French!
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the school website for more information.
Curriculum
Business Transformation
Businesses are confronted by challenges due to today’s complex international environment. There exist a number of technological, political and economic ruptures that are influencing business activity and companies have to be prepared with strategies on how to deal with this.
You will gain a vision of these challenges and learn how to position a company, its strategy and organisation.
Business Techniques
There are many specific cross-functional skills that a manager needs to be effective and to make informed decisions. You will not only learn these skills, but also learn how to integrate them into your daily tasks in your professional setting.
Team Makers Projects
You will learn through practical experiences and be immersed in real-world assignments from various industries to immediately put the concepts and tools that you learn from the courses into practice.
Makers Bridge Spécilisations
In the second part of the programme you will have the choice of four Maker Bridge specialisations, to tailor the programme to your professional objectives. You may choose to further develop and confirm your current position, or to choose a new direction all together.
The four Makers Bridge options are:
- Corporate Executive: participants wanting to evolve in their position as senior manager or executive in large corporations
- Small Medium Enterprise Manager: SME executives to reinforce their position as CEO or to create a pathway to becoming the CEO and learn how grow their company further
- Corporate Entrepreneurship: participants wanting to excel at innovating within a larger organisation
- Entrepreneurship : participants wanting to start or develop their business.
Program Outcome
Choose your intake, language, track and location of study with our Executive MBA.
Our Part-time track has intakes in both October (in Paris & Lyon) as well as in January (in Lyon) where you can finish your Executive MBA within 17-20 months.
Our Fast-track option is also delivered in Lyon & Paris, but enables you to complete your studies in just 10 months!
Both tracks include our signature Makers Bridge project which is one of the defining characteristics of the program and truly sets it apart from competitors. This project enables you to customize your education to your professional aspirations and focus on a specific area of study in order to achieve your personal, professional goals.
Other benefits of the Executive Master of Business Administration at emlyon business school include:
- Realign your professional direction - Redefine the meaning and purpose of your professional goals
- Advance your skills to keep up with your changing environment - Develop the skills needed to integrate the technological, economic and social disruptions
- Create your own MBA - Take advantages of the choices that you have to make the program work for your individual goals
- See direct professional and personal benefits - Directly implement the knowledge that you are gaining into your professional setting
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
An integral part of the curriculum, the Executive MBA’s dedicated Leadership and Development track comprises a full range of services specifically designed to help participants establish a roadmap to successfully manage their future career developments.
Whether you want to develop in your current company, change careers or launch an entrepreneurial project, the program is designed to give you individual coaching and support to ensure your success.
Program Admission Requirements
Demonstrate your commitment and readiness to succeed in business school by taking the GMAT exam – the most widely used exam for admissions that measures your critical thinking and reasoning skills.
Download the GMAT mini quiz to get a flavour of the questions you’ll find in the exam.