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Executive-Level Learning

Where Experience Becomes Executive Influence

The people who surround you can change what you see as possible. The right development can change how you lead. And at this stage of your career, the experience you choose should match the level you've already reached.

Goizueta's Executive MBA brings these elements together for rising and current executives. Learn alongside accomplished leaders who expand your perspective and your reach. Receive personalized executive coaching that helps you evolve from functional leader to enterprise leader. And experience a premium Executive MBA designed around the demands of senior leadership. Because when you're ready to lead at a greater level, you need more than an MBA. You need an experience that can take you there.

  • Months to Completion

    Fall and spring start dates

  • EMBA Elective Coursework

    Personalize your academics

  • EMBA Program Formats

    On-campus, hybrid, or online

    The Emory EMBA Advantage

    • Pathway to the C-Suite

      Goizueta’s signature EMBA event brings students and alumni together with accomplished C-suite leaders for candid conversations about the journeys, decisions, and lessons that shaped their careers. Gain new perspectives on executive leadership—and expand your view of what’s possible.
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    • Executive Skills Immersion

      An immersive leadership experience designed to help you maximize your impact as an executive. Through executive coaching, self-reflection, and practical development, strengthen the presence, confidence, emotional intelligence, and influence needed to lead at a greater scale.
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    • Leadership Development

      Put your leadership to the test through immersive, team-based challenges that mirror the complexity of executive leadership. With coaching, feedback, and reflection, develop the confidence, adaptability, decision-making, and communication skills to lead more effectively and make a greater impact.
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      Executive MBA Calendar

      Spanning 18 months, the EMBA degree requires nine core classes, two immersions, and eight electives to graduate. You may start your EMBA journey in the fall or spring. Download a sample EMBA program calendar to understand the timing and flow of the Executive MBA courses and immersions.
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      One Executive MBA. Three Delivery Formats.

      • On-Campus EMBA

        Minimize your time away from the office while still enjoying the on-campus learning experience. 100% in-person delivery with Friday (evenings) and Saturday (full day) classes every other weekend.
        On-Campus Format

      • Hybrid EMBA

        Enjoy 50% online learning with six hours of online courses each week and 50% on-campus learning when you join on-campus EMBA students in the classroom three weekends per semester.
        Hybrid Format

      • Online EMBA

        Don't let geography or travel commitments get in the way of earning a top-ranked EMBA. Enjoy 100% online learning with six hours of online courses each week and optional on-campus immersion experiences.
        Online Format

        Voices of Goizueta

          Goizueta IMPACT

          Client-Based Projects

          The nature of work is changing. Business problems don’t sit cleanly in functional boundaries. The IMPACT experience teaches you to deal with ambiguity, respond to any situation with intention, and apply a structured approach to solving the messiest business problems. Your team will address a strategic issue for an organization, giving you the opportunity to step outside your current area of expertise and put into practice what you are learning.
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          Learning in Action

          Global Immersion

          Designed to broaden your perspective and give you intense exposure to business issues on a global, national, and individual level, our immersion offerings give you executive-level understanding in areas most valuable to your success. A week-long global study trip led by our expert faculty gives you firsthand knowledge about global business opportunities, challenges, and risks, including economic, political, social, and cultural issues of multinational businesses. Our Executive Insights Immersion, helps you maximize your impact as an executive through a series of sessions focusing on executive presence, sphere of influence, and persuasive communication.
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          Continued Leadership Development

          Course Benefits After Graduation

          Your relationship with Goizueta doesn’t end at graduation. As your career evolves and new leadership challenges emerge, we remain a long-term partner in your development—giving you opportunities to return to the classroom, deepen your capabilities, and stay connected to the community that helped shape your leadership journey. As an EMBA alum, you can take up to three additional Goizueta courses within three years of graduation, at no additional tuition cost.
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          Goizueta Experts

          • Studying the Systems

            Sedatole’s research focuses on the design and effectiveness of performance measurement and reward systems, the role of forecasting and budgetary systems within organizations, and control in interorganizational collaborations.
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          • Controlling for Quality

            Easton’s research interests include quality management and statistical methodology. He is the editor of the Quality Management Journal published by the American Society for Quality Control. Professor Easton has worked extensively with industry in both quality management and statistics.
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          • Following Corporate Finance

            Mian’s research focuses on choice of financial reporting methods, examination of corporate trade credit policy, market for corporate control, and corporate use of derivatives. His work has been published in myriad academic finance journals.
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