Weekend MBA
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 37,000
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Our faculty consists of academics, executives in multinationals and entrepreneurs. You will learn from and be challenged by professors who bring industry experience and academic expertise to the classroom. This balance of practical and theoretical knowledge delivers relevant learning to our MBA students.
The Weekend MBA is designed to offer maximum flexibility to full-time working professionals with all the benefits of a face-to-face MBA program. This combination results in a dynamic program that reinforces participants’ careers and develops their skills and competencies.
As an MBA student, you will be exposed to experienced professionals working in various industries in Luxembourg and the Greater Region. Through collaborative projects, you will gain insights and fresh perspectives from your classmates. This exposure will also forge bonds that will expand your professional network.
Work and study at the same time
Our schedule allows our MBA candidates to continue working while studying to enable them to promptly apply the new knowledge to their jobs.
Expand your business network
Students will connect with other executives, managers, and business leaders. They will collaborate and share experiences with peers from diverse backgrounds, which can lead to valuable opportunities.
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Scholarships and Funding
LSB Scholarships
International Entrepreneur Scholarship
The International Entrepreneur Scholarship targets candidates who have started their own companies and would like to gain relevant and practice-oriented knowledge and skills that will help them lead their venture to success. To be awarded the Luxembourg School of Business Entrepreneur Scholarship, candidates have to show how the Weekend MBA Program will help them individually and organizationally to develop their venture.
This scholarship may cover up to 75% of the total tuition
Who can apply?
- Candidates holding a bachelor's degree, with a minimum 2 years of professional experience,
- Entrepreneurs currently running their own business in Luxembourg or abroad. Please note if you own a business and you are NOT running it, you are not entitled to apply for this scholarship
How to apply?
- Step 1: Fill out the MBA Online application form with the supporting documentation
- Once you have completed step 1 you will get a direct link to fill out the scholarship form
- Step 2: Complete the online scholarship form by answering all the questions
- Pay the 100 EUR application fee
Merit-Based Scholarship
The Merit-Based Scholarship allows outstanding candidates to get financial support due to their excellent academic track record to acquire business knowledge and managerial skills to continue thriving in the business world.
This Scholarship may cover up to 50% of the tuition fee.
The maximum granted for Academic Excellence is 20% and for Professional Excellence 30%.
Who can apply?
- Candidates holding a Bachelor's degree, with a minimum 2 years of professional experience and
- Candidates who can provide proof of academic excellence (record of the grades/GDP, graduating with honours, among others) or
- Candidates who can prove they made a big impact in their organizations thanks to their leadership.
How to apply?
- Step 1: Fill out the MBA Online application form with the supporting documentation
- Once you have completed step 1 you will get a direct link to fill out the scholarship form
- Step 2: Complete the online scholarship form by answering all the questions
- Pay the 100 EUR application fee
Curriculum
The duration of the program is 24 months, with classes taking place two weekends per month* (Fridays from 6 pm to 9 pm, Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm).
The curriculum is divided into six modules. Throughout the program, students engage in a “leadership journey” which allows them to nurture their leadership styles. For this, each module opens with a different leadership course, providing students with various tools.
*On some occasions it is possible to have 3 weekends of class in a month.
Year 1
Pre-courses will take place before the start to support students with the onboarding to the program.
Module 1
- Corporate Strategy (3 ECTS)
- People & Organizations (3 ECTS)
- Performance Measurement (3 ECTS)
- Leadership (1 ECTS)
Module 2
- Operations & Supply Chain (3 ECTS)
- Marketing (3 ECTS)
- Behavioral Finance (3 ECTS)
- Leadership (1 ECTS)
Module 3
- Negotiation (3 ECTS)
- Data Analysis & Decision Making (3 ECTS)
- Macroeconomics & Financial Markets (3 ECTS)
- Leadership (1 ECTS)
Year 2
Module 4
- Business Law (3 ECTS)
- Digital Strategy (3 ECTS)
- Corporate Finance (3 ECTS)
- Leadership (1 ECTS)
Module 5
- Cross-Functional Management (3 ECTS)
- Customer Strategy in the Digital Age (3 ECTS)*
**Entrepreneurship (3 ECTS)
Finance Electives
The Weekend MBA program allows you to gain a deeper understanding of Finance with electives in M&A and Restructuring, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Risk Hedging & Investor Relations.
M&A and Restructuring (1.5 ECTS)
This course covers the relevance and importance of growing by acquiring and merging other companies. It explains how to translate Corporate Strategy into M&A strategy and how to identify targets for value propositions and synergies including the basics of M&A, target search, transaction process, and valuation techniques as well as the evaluation of factors for success and failures in the M&A business.
Private Equity and Venture Capital (1.5 ECTS)
The course is focused on the analysis of the private equity and venture capital industry from the perspective of financial intermediaries dedicated to scouting, advisory, arranging, and financing activities. Particular attention is dedicated to providing students with a deep understanding of the mechanism underpinning the management of a PE/VC firm and the financial and non-financial support coming from private investors. Students will understand the risks and rewards for a private equity investor, and learn how to assess a good investment.
Risk Hedging (1.5 ECTS)
The course deals with the importance of liquidity and treasury management in the context of a corporation covering the fundamentals of derivatives instruments. The course illustrates how the use and planning of derivatives serve as a lever in corporate risk management. Students will understand the valuation techniques of basic derivative contracts adopting a practical approach thanks to real-world case studies.
Investor Relations (1.5 ECTS)
This course will help students learn how to optimize the time and resources spent engaging and retaining investors. Understand the rules governing price-sensitive disclosure and utilize shareholder value-enhancing strategies, metrics, and messaging.
Program Outcome
- Learning goal 1: LSB learners will have internalized a value system where ethics and corporate social responsibility are important.
Objective: The students will be able to identify the problems of ethics and corporate social responsibility, as well as forecast costs and benefits of good ethical conduct related to a company’s business. - Learning goal 2: LSB learners will have the capacity of critical and analytical thinking.
Objective: The students will discover problems and offer possible solutions, as well as identify possible risks of a proposed solution. - Learning goal 3: LSB learners will have the capacity for adaptation which is necessary for doing business in the global environment.
Objective: The students will identify key global trends in their discipline and discuss the influence of those trends on the entire activity of a company. - Learning goal 4: LSB learners will communicate effectively in an appropriate way for management positions.
Objective: The students will develop communication skills needed in business, such as oral, written, and presentation skills together with the use of new technologies to communicate in an effective manner. - Learning goal 5: LSB learners will be able to understand how to motivate and influence others.
Objective: The students will identify an appropriate leadership approach to every context.