The Edinburgh Executive MBA

The Edinburgh EMBA for the Next Generation of Strategic Leaders

The flagship EMBA program at the University of Edinburgh Business School embodies a new approach to entrepreneurial and responsible leadership in business. The EMBA offers a flexible curriculum and schedule to suit both the needs of each candidate and their employer and supports career  progression into senior leadership roles via skill development in incisive analysis, innovation and strategic leadership.

The future of business will be characterized by intense competition, rapid technological development, economic turbulence and increasing resource insecurity. In order to succeed under these demanding circumstances, business leaders must acquire an acute capacity to think strategically, identify and exploit opportunity, explore new business models and most of all, do so ethically and responsibly.

The EMBA at University of Edinburgh Business School provides executives with the platform to refine their skills, learn from experts and build connections towards securing their futures as successful leaders. In a highly customizable and personalized program, the Edinburgh EMBA works with candidates to support their strengths and reform their weaknesses.

A Flexible, Convenient Approach to Study : Made for Executives

The Edinburgh EMBA has been designed to fulfill the needs of working executives and in doing so, reflects the specific scheduling and career requirements of real professionals. With the ultimate goal of helping executives achieve their long-term career goals, the EMBA offers a highly customizable and practical curriculum.

With a blended learning approach, candidates of the Edinburgh EMBA will meet approximately once monthly for a combination of face-to-face classroom sessions, online learning support and guest workshops, seminars and special events. Courses are either held over a two-day period (Friday-Saturday; 8:30am-6:00pm) or in week-long residency blocks. Between course periods and throughout the program, candidates will receive personal support in the form of leadership coaching, 

Benefits to An Employer and to Your Career

The Edinburgh Executive MBA is marked by its focus on new perspectices on business and leadership, faculty expertise, practical orientation and opportunity to program customization. 

• Enhanced knowledge and expertise which can be immediately transferred into your organization.
• Refined analytical, managerial and leadership skills, which lead to improved effectiveness at work.
• The opportunity to collaborate with first-rate classmates and expand your international network of contacts.
• The option to complete a range of project assignments, including projects based on your organization.
• Integrated consultancy projects (with non-competing organizations), allowing candidates to explore other industries and methods of thought

What Makes the Edinburgh EMBA Unique?

The Edinburgh EMBA works to deepen candidates' understanding of business and market operations, value-creation, strategy design and implementation, business financing, performance measurement, organizational governance and management through change. In this ambitious operation, the Edinburgh EMBA has been molded to produce graduates who are able to think strategically and beyond disciplinary silos.

• Strategic Leadership: A committed approach to leadership, with an emphasis on proactive, entrepreneurial and responsible thinking.
• Innovation: A mission to use innovation to challenge assumptions about business models and explore new business ideas. This includes an early assignment engaging with pioneering start-ups and spin-outs.
• Expertise: Access to world-renowned faculty, particularly from Centres of Excellence in Strategic Leadership, Finance, Innovation Marketing, Operations.
• Application: Ample opportunity to apply theory in practical and real-life exercises, either through project work based on your employing organisations or through consultancy projects with a company outside of a familiar sector. The latter allows candidates to broaden their perspective and to stimulate innovation in their own organisation.
• Influence: Strengthen candidates' influencing capability through training in higher-order skills: public speaking, negotiation, facilitation, consulting, crisis-communication and media management. Engagement in Boardroom debates on current and critical issues with Company Directors enhances candidates' powers of argument and persuasion.
• Network: Make connections and build relationships with colleagues from a wide range of industry sectors. Plus, gain contacts from the wider, international networks with the MBA and University community.
• Specialism: Each candidate has the possibility to customize their program according to their specific needs, from a range which includes strategy, finance, sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Business Insight: Candidates gain access to an impressive network of practitioner experts. In 2012/13, the Business School and the Entrepreneur Club (eClub) hosted talks by over 150 senior business practitioners.