Global Executive MBA

Your first term begins with an opening ceremony in Madrid and the first residential period at IE Business School, where you'll begin to think about leadership and gain key skills that you will apply during the program. You'll then complete an online Business Fundamentals module to lay a strong foundation in a range of topics crucial to business leaders.

The Global Executive MBA continues with a module featuring the foundation of key aspects of business for leaders in a variety of roles. Within this, you'll complete courses such as Leading People in Global Organizations; Economic Environment and Country Analysis; Financial Accounting; Competitive and Corporate Strategy; Managing Communities of Work; Marketing Management; and Teambuilding workshops.

Your second term will broaden your global understanding of business, taking you to Singapore for your residential period. You'll also complete additional business classes during your online period to further enhance your understanding in key areas of management, strategy and entrepreneurship.

The second term will include a deeper dive into management and strategy best practices. This will cover subjects including Global Operations & Supply Chain Management; Financial Management; Strategy Implementation; Managerial Accounting; Marketing Strategy and Plan; and Entrepreneurial Management for Executives.

Being a business leader in the 21st century poses more challenges than ever before. But how do you overcome these challenges to drive success in your organization? The third term will equip you with the skills and knowledge to elevate your management and entrepreneurial spirit. You'll spend a week learning and networking at the world-renowned University of Oxford. Additionally, you will master storytelling, build resilience, and lead diversity and well-being.

For this term's face-to-face sessions, you'll visit the University of Oxford for a week to expand your professional network and take a deep dive into topics such as the digital world, data and innovation. You'll also complete further online advanced classes to expand your business leadership skill set and propel your career even further.

During your fourth and final term, you'll spend a week in Los Angeles, gaining regional insights and learning about the latest business trends. What's more, as the final term, you'll have the opportunity to combine all your learnings to complete the CEO Challenge, a highly immersive experience where you'll solve a real-world business problem as part of a team before presenting your strategy to your client. This term also offers the chance for you to complete the Board Leadership module and prepare for your Final Board Presentation.

The Board Leadership Module equips senior executives to tackle the realities of modern corporate governance. Equal parts academically rigorous and hands-on, the module imparts advanced competences through a comprehensive core curriculum, practical application and an experiential Board Simulation. This well-rounded blend shapes visionary, dynamic leaders with the capacity to drive organizational success in the C-suite, boardroom and beyond.

The Global Executive MBA’s CEO Challenge provides a comprehensive, integrated and highly immersive experience where you will resolve an executive-level business challenge of a real company. The challenge will address critical aspects of business and the organizational transformation of a global company. You will work in teams and be guided by an assigned coach toward developing top-quality business proposals before presenting them to a client's executive stakeholder.