While the content of the EMBA is quite similar to full-time MBA programs, these courses are designed for more senior applicants. Executive MBAs are designed for experienced professionals (usually with more than ten years of work experience).
They are also designed to be taken alongside a job so that participants can further their careers and apply their knowledge and leadership skills during the program.
QS ranks EMBA programs by focusing primarily on employability—at the front of EMBA students' minds, considering the cost of top programs at Kellogg and Wharton are in excess of $200k.
The rankings also take into account executive networks, career outcomes and employer reputational sentiment as well as academic standards.
Six of this year's top ten EMBA programs ranked by QS are based in the US, while three programs from continental Europe also feature in the top ten....
Interestingly the top three EMBAs have kept their same spots as last year.
The global number one EMBA takes the top spot for the second year in a row and received full marks for QS’s Thought-Leadership and Career Outcomes indicators. The former is based on an international survey of academics in the field, while the latter measures average salary uplift one year after graduation and the percentage of students receiving promotions.
Here's the 10 best EMBA programs in the world, ranked by QS:
=9. INSEAD
Location: Fontainebleau, Abu Dhabi, Singapore
Duration: 15 months
Avg. Work Experience in years: 13
=9. Anderson School of Management, UCLA
Location: Los Angeles (CA)
Avg. Work Experience in years: 14
Duration: 22 months
8. Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
Location: Berkeley (CA)
Avg. Work Experience in years: 14
Duration: 19 months
7. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Location: Evanston (IL), Miami (FL)
Avg. Work Experience in years: 14
Duration: 22 months
=5. Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
Location: Chicago (IL), London, Hong Kong
Avg. Work Experience in years: 13
Duration: 21 months
=5. HEC Paris
Location: Paris, Doha
Avg. Work Experience in years: 15
Duration: 15 months
4. IESE Business School, University of Navarra
Location: Barcelona, New York (NY), Silicon Valley
Avg. Work Experience in years: 13
Duration: 19 months
3. London Business School
Location: London, Dubai
Avg. Work Experience in years: 13
Duration: 20 months
2. Sloan School of Management, MIT
Location: Cambridge (MA)
Avg. Work Experience in years: 17
Duration: 20 months
1. The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania
Location: Philadelphia (PA), San Francisco (CA)
Avg. Work Experience in years: 11
Duration: 24 months
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