Thunderbird Executive MBA - Geneva

Thunderbird's Executive MBA in Geneva prepares mid-career managers for global leadership and delivers a platform of learning engagements for global exposure.

Our reputation as the world's premier institution for International Business (Financial Times 6th consecutive year and US News & World Report for 14 consecutive years) drives talent from around the globe to Thunderbird's various MBA programs. Your classmates in the EMBA will come from across Europe and the Middle East, and even draws some participants from the Americas and Central Asia.

GLOBAL LEARNING
Our curriculum will expose you to best global practices, as well as frameworks for critical thinking and analytical tools for strategic decision-making. The EMBA features Thunderbird's most experienced professors, who often teach in our global executive education programs for corporations like LG (Korea), Novartis (Basel), and Exxon Mobil (Brussels & Singapore), as well as NGOs and Public sector organizations like the African Development Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. The Thunderbird curriculum is designed for 80% traditional business acumen that you'll expect from any top-ranked b-school, but also includes 20% of course work focused on the environment and context for managing global business, from Political Economy to Cross-Cultural Negotiations to field experience in emering markets.

GLOBAL EXPERIENCE
The program will introduce you to influential thought leaders in a series of modules that rotate around the globe, building competencies for managing the complexity of global business challenges. Field Seminars are offered in Brazil, Russia, India and China, and include corporate speakers, site visits and project-driven assignments. The EMBA will help you refine your global mindset as you engage leaders from a variety of industries and roles.

GLOBAL NETWORKING
The EMBA cohort in Geneva is part of a larger learning network, where 25% of modules are shared with EMBA students in the US-based program. The Executive MBA prepares you for lifetime participation in Thunderbird's global alumni community of over 40,000 graduates, living and working in over 100 nations. Modules in the EMBA--whether in Geneva or abroad--include networking events, alumni panels and social activities with alumni.