Executive MBA
Maximise your leadership potential without taking time away from your career.
Designed for leaders in a technology-driven world
The UK’s first blended Executive MBA programme
Maximise your leadership potential without taking time away from your career
Course key facts
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Qualification
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MBA
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Duration
23 months
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Start date
January 2025
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Study mode
Part-time
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Fees
£76,500 Home
£76,500 Overseas
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Delivered by
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Location
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Blended (online and on-campus)
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Minimum entry standard
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2:2 degree or an approved professional qualification, and 10 years' relevant full-time work experience.
Course overview
Our Executive MBA is a 23-month part-time programme designed for senior executives wishing to accelerate their career. The EMBA's unique blend of on-campus learning – you'll attend three sessions on campus every four weeks - and online study tools will give you a thorough knowledge of essential business disciplines, opportunities to specialise in your areas of expertise and experiences to develop your global perspective on business.
Your journey will start with pre-study and core modules to build your foundation in business, followed by opportunities to specialise in your areas of interest with electives. Two international residencies will expose you to two of the most important economies in the world, outside of our base in London.
Alongside your modules and international experiences, you will embark on your own Executive Leadership Journey where you will be exposed to different tools, coaching and experiential learning situations. You will get to know yourself better, gain in confidence and ultimately change your behaviour to make the step from manager to leader.
The Executive will prepare you for the next level of your career as an innovative and inspiring leader.
Structure
This page is updated regularly to reflect the latest version of the curriculum. However, this information is subject to change.
Find out more about potential course changes.
Please note: it may not always be possible to take specific combinations of modules due to timetabling conflicts. For confirmation, please check with the relevant department.
These interactive modules focus on key concepts and their application to real-world problems. Delivered through The Hub, Imperial College Business School’s online learning platform, each module will take approximately ten hours to complete.
As part of your Executive MBA programme, you will complete core modules that cover the general functions of management, explore essential business topics and equip you with the skills to be an effective and inspiring leader in your field.
- Accounting and Corporate Reporting Analysis
- Managerial Economics
- Marketing Management
- Organisational Behaviour
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship
- Responsible Leadership and Corporate Success
- Strategy
The Imperial Executive MBA electives allow you to specialise in areas of particular interest, developing your expertise with your future career objectives in mind. Our elective options also feature many modules that are offered online, ideal if you have a less flexible work schedule or commute long distances.
You can choose five electives. Electives run in the spring and summer terms of your second year.
Electives are offered in four formats to fit into your schedule:
- Online modules – perfect if you want to minimise your visits to campus, our award-winning highly interactive online modules allow you to study at your convenience.
- Two-week – Monday and Tuesday (week 1), Thursday and Friday (week 2)
- Weekend – Thursday afternoon, Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning
- IB Glocal Electives – Intensive study abroad programmes led by the Business School faculty to teach students how to explore contemporary global business problems with a local perspective
Elective modules
- Big Data, AI & Machine Learning (On-campus)
- Business Analytics (On-campus)
- Data Analytics and Visualisation for Business
- Economics for Business
- Game-changing Technologies and Grand Challenges
- Operations Management (Online)
- Project Management (On-campus)
- AI Ventures (On-campus)
- Digital Business Model Design (On-campus)
- Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
- Entrepreneurial SMARTCamp
- Leading Social Innovation (On-campus)
- Mastering Foundational Entrepreneurial Skills
- Responsible Digital Innovation: Ethics at Work
- The Entrepreneurial Journey
- Venture Capital Finance (Online)
- Asset Management
- Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
- Finance for Net Zero
- Finance in Cleantech
- Mergers and Acquisitions (On-campus)
- Pricing Strategy (On-campus)
- Private Equity (On-campus)
- The Fintech Revolution: New Markets, Models and Opportunities (On-campus)
- Venture Capital Finance (Online)
- Decision Making for Leaders
- Family Business (On-campus)
- Leadership (On-campus)
- Leading and Executing Strategic Change (On-campus)
- Leading Social Innovation (On-campus)
- Managing Negotiations (On-campus)
- Strategy and Leadership in a Digital World (On-campus)
- Brand Management (On-campus)
- Consumer Behaviour (On-campus)
- Marketing Analytics (On-campus)
- Pricing Strategy (On-campus)
- Sustainable Marketing & Consumption
- Technologies in Marketing
- Advanced Strategy in a Stakeholder Economy
- Breakout Strategy (On-campus)
- Business Problem Solving
- Climate Change and Business Strategy (On-campus)
- Digital Business (Online)
- Design for Business Transformation (On-campus)
- Executive Leadership Journey
- Energy Business (On-campus)
- Global Strategy
- Strategic Networking (On-campus)
- Strategy and Leadership in a Digital World (On-campus)
- Sustainability and Competitive Advantage (On-campus)
- Sustainable Transformation Made in Italy (IB Glocal Elective)
In order to make an impact on a global scale, you must understand the global environment in which you are working. As an MBA student, you will have opportunities to travel to international destinations to study at partner schools and work with local businesses.
Global experiences
Businesses often operate at an international level and competition is certainly on a global scale. Studying the Executive MBA allows you to immerse yourself in this global business environment. You will study two core modules that will see you visiting top business schools worldwide.
The IB Glocal Electives, which are shared across the MBA portfolio, teach students how to explore contemporary global business problems with a local perspective.
The individual Final Project is an opportunity to create value for your employer at the highest strategic level in a tangible and measurable way as a culmination of your learning experience.
Professional accreditation
We are among a handful of business schools worldwide to achieve triple accreditation:
- Association of MBAs (AMBA)
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
- European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
We have also been recognised for our work in tackling gender inequality in higher education with a Bronze Athena SWAN award.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching and learning methods
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Lectures
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Practical classes and fieldwork
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Equipment/technique demonstrations (e.g. Bloomberg, Datastream)
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Presentations and seminars
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Workshops
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Case studies
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Group work
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Virtual learning environment
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Lecture recordings
Assessment methods
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Continuous assessments
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Essays
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Written exams
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Multiple choice tests
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Formal presentations
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Reports
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Case studies
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Participation
Entry requirements
We consider all applicants on an individual basis, welcoming students from all over the world.
How to apply
We are still accepting late applications for January 2025 entry
Application deadlines - Applications will close on Friday 15 November 2024.
We operate a staged admissions process with several application rounds throughout the year.
Apply by midnight (UK time) on the relevant application round deadline to ensure that you receive the outcome of your application by the decision date.
We accept applications on a rolling basis, although we do advise early application as priority is given to those who apply by our official application deadlines.
Application rounds
- 22 April 2024 – First deadline
- 17 June 2024 – Second deadline
- 12 August 2024 – Scholarship deadline
- 21 October 2024 – Final deadline
References
If you have submitted your application to meet an application round, it is not necessary for us to receive your references by the closing date, although we would expect to receive them shortly afterwards. Please note that the selection committee reserves the right to assess your application on the basis of the documents that have been received at the time of the assessment.
Visit our Admissions website for details on the application process.
If you are applying for a taught Master’s course, you will need to pay an application fee before submitting your application.
The fee applies per application and not per course:
- £100 for all MSc applications to Imperial College Business School
- £150 for MBA applications to Imperial College Business School
There is no application fee for MRes courses, Postgraduate Certificates, Postgraduate Diplomas or research courses, such as PhDs and EngDs.
If you are facing financial hardship and are unable to pay the application fee, we encourage you to apply for our application fee waiver.
An ATAS certificate is not required for students applying for this course.
Tuition fees
Tuition fee
Jan 2025 start
£76,500
The fee for this course is fixed based on the year you enter the university, not your year of study.
The fee for this course is not linked to inflation.
Find out more about our tuition fees payment terms.
If you're a UK national, or EU national with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Master’s Loan from the UK government, if you meet certain criteria.
For courses starting on or after 1 August 2024, the maximum amount is £12,471. The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
How will studying at Imperial help my career?
Designed specifically for future leaders, Imperial's Executive MBA program offers the first blended MBA in the UK.
MBA graduates at Imperial are highly sought after in a variety of employment sectors.
Alumni can be found working across sectors as varied as transportation, banking, education and finance.
Other potential career paths include communications, social media, design, and defence.
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- Telephone: +44 (0)20 7589 5111
- Email: business.school@imperial.ac.uk
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There are some important pieces of information you should be aware of when applying to Imperial. These include key information about your tuition fees, funding, visas, accommodation and more.
You can find further information about your course, including degree classifications, regulations, progression and awards in the programme specification for your course.
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