Executive MBA
DURATION
1 up to 5 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
10 Jan 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 6,000
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
The Executive MBA Programme is being offered by the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics of the University Center of International Programmes of Studies of the International Hellenic University. The program is designed to provide a postgraduate (master’s) level education in Business Administration and is offered to executives who desire to further their specialization in Business Administration. The flexible teaching timetable aims to enable students from miscellaneous backgrounds to attend classes. Furthermore, a variety of teaching methods are employed to facilitate learning, such as workshops, soft skills development sessions, and business seminars. The courses are taught exclusively in English.
Why choose the IHU Executive MBA
- Learn from top-class, internationally renowned academics and professionals
- Collaborate with experienced colleagues from other countries and/or industries.
- Experience a ‘hands-on’ environment focused on a practical approach to learning.
- Establish a valuable network of life-long contacts.
Ideal Students
To be considered for the EMBA, candidates are required to have:
- an undergraduate degree from a recognized University
- a minimum of three years of full-time work experience gained after graduation
- proof of English competence [a recognized certificate of proficiency of C1 level, recently acquired IELTS (academic 6.5 and above), or TOEFL (IBT, 95 and above) or TOEIC (745 and above) score]
Curriculum
The Executive MBA core courses offer a thorough understanding of the key functional areas within a company and an appreciation of their critical interactions and their impact on the organization as a whole. Core courses enable students to understand key concepts and apply practical skills directly relevant to their careers.
- Management of Organisations
- Quantitative Methods and Decision Analysis
- Human Resource Management and Leadership
- Operations Management
- Cost Management
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Entrepreneurship and Business Plan
- Digital and Strategic Marketing
- Corporate Finance
- Business Strategy
The elective courses
The program offers a rich choice of electives in diverse areas. Participants can come across, relevant to their current and future career orientation.
- Advanced Company Valuation
- Business Analytics
- Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
- Business Legal Environment
- Corporate Governance
- Energy Markets
- Project Management
- Product and Service Innovation
- Social Media and Consumer Behavior
- Supply Chain Management
The electives list is continuously updated to reflect contemporary business issues and student interests. Some of the elective courses may not be offered in a particular year, depending entirely on student demand.
The Business Consultancy Project
As a part of the IHU EMBA program, students submit an individual 10,000-word business project on a subject relating to their study and career.
The objective of the EMBA project is to provide insights, analysis, and conclusions grounded in academic discipline but also relevant to management. Projects are undertaken within an organization under the supervision of a member of the academic faculty.
The Field Trip
The EMBA field trip provides participants with the opportunity to explore first-hand the business practices in different South Eastern European countries. Groups of four students visit an organization in Greece and/or the region. The exercise not only helps to integrate the theory with practical application, but also places an important emphasis on the international aspects of politics, economics, and business in the region.
Professional Skills Development
The IHU provides Executive MBA students with the opportunity to develop a range of professional soft skills to enhance performance and manage complexity.
Managers are often concerned with individual or group responsibility for career development. The IHU EMBA offers a range of training sessions covering the exploration of work-related issues, development of new perspectives, negotiating skills, effective management of change, planning implementation, and personal development. These are all skills that are considered important in high-pressure and rapidly changing work environments.
The Professional Skills Development program has obligatory attendance and consists of two all-day seminars, during the scheduled weekends of the EMBA program.
Schedule
The postgraduate studies for the Executive MBA program, which lead to the acquisition of a master’s degree, is a 1,5-year full-time program taught over a long weekend (Fri-Sun) once a month, in Distance Learning mode. The program curriculum requires the attendance of taught courses for two academic semesters and the implementation and submission of a master’s dissertation for one academic semester.
Teaching takes place in distance learning mode, once a month, except in April, August, and December.
The program starts every January and operates on the following schedule:
- Friday 13.00 – 20.00
- Saturday 9.00 – 17.00
- Sunday 9.00 -15:00
Examinations take place during these weekend periods.
Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
- To be eligible for the Academic excellence scholarship, candidates need to provide evidence of academic excellence such as a first-class bachelor's degree or an official document from the School that they have been among the top 5% of the graduates of their class.
- The Tuition fee exemption in accordance with Law 4957/2022 concerns only Greek citizens.
- The additional funding is for IHU graduates of the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics, or of other Schools of the University Center of International Programmes of Studies (UCIPS) who decide to attend a second postgraduate programme of the School, and for IHU students who are studying at the same time and are second-degree relatives (siblings).
The previous year there were also tuition fee discounts based on specific criteria for specific programmes, announced on the programme’s page (tab: Fees and Financing). For the upcoming intakes, there is no such announcement yet, for any update we will keep you informed.
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.