Futureproof yourself with the Executive Master of Business Administration

We live in a world where rapid change and a need for greater sustainability are the only constants. This requires organizations to maintain a careful balance between agility, speed and steadfastness. What kind of leaders can do that successfully? Leaders with keen judgment, a clear vision and insight into every aspect of the business. Leaders who can weigh the interests of multiple stakeholders. Leaders who are aware of the vital importance of building coalitions in order to lead change. Leaders with the confidence to assume the lead in the transition to sustainability. The TIAS Executive MBA trains precisely this kind of leader and in a way that fits your career and ambitions. Thanks to its flexible, modular structure, the TIAS Executive MBA gives you more control over your learning journey than ever before.  

English-taught EMBA program leadership and transition

During the Executive MBA, you develop a sound understanding of business. You improve your technical and management skills and reinforce both your professional competencies and your personal skills. You expand your horizons and your awareness by applying your new skills, knowledge, and insights to real-world cases. Intensive attention to personal development and mission-driven leadership further strengthens your resolve, credibility and self-confidence. In this way, you become a leader capable of achieving a sustainability transition with more impact, more space and more satisfaction. For yourself, your organization and the world in which that organization operates.

How will the executive mba benefit you?

• Your perspective becomes more complete through deeper knowledge of and insights into your own field and broader knowledge of other fields.
• A transformative leadership program allows you to make valuable advances both personally and professionally. You let go of limiting beliefs about yourself, about others and about what is possible.
• You connect all the knowledge, thoughts, ideas and skills you have gained during Live Performance Challenge Weekends. During these weekends, you get to work for real clients.
• On your trip to Rwanda, you experience what it’s like to do business with local entrepreneurs under completely different conditions. This brings home the inseparability of business & society.
• You can create a social impact, as business and society are integral parts of the program rather than stand-alone modules.
• You enjoy a major boost in self-confidence. You are freed of doubt about your own abilities.
• You gain insight into your own drives, leadership styles and strengths and weaknesses, and discover the future you want to create for yourself and how to create it.
• 88% of graduates receive a promotion or new job offer during their studies or within a year of graduation.
• You expand your network, as the unique modular structure allows you to form a cohort with a fixed group of fellow participants and work together with larger, different groups.
• The TIAS Executive MBA trains leaders to help society by transforming their organizations.  

TIAS Executive MBA Program

The TIAS Executive MBA is a rigorous, English-taught program that combines academic depth with a transformative leadership journey. It integrates analytical thinking with self-awareness and confidence empowering you to create meaningful impact for yourself, your organization, and society at large. The program blends academic frameworks with hands-on tools, delivered through varied assignments and interactive learning methods. This approach encourages new ways of thinking and ensures that what you learn stays with you. Because you apply new insights directly in your daily work, the impact of the Executive MBA begins long before graduation.

Leadership within the EMBA

Leadership is a core component of the Executive MBA. TIAS’s distinctive, integrated approach combines skill-focused workshops, deep self-awareness, and experiential learning with peer coaching. Throughout the EMBA, the same peer coaching groups meet five times, guided by a coach, ensuring you achieve optimal personal growth. Our coaches work with you to develop and sharpen your core competencies, helping you progress toward the goals you set. This way, the Executive MBA fosters an environment for both professional and personal growth.

BizzTrek Rwanda: broaden your view, deepen your impact

BizzTrek Rwanda is a four-day international module that takes you far beyond the classroom. You’ll be immersed in Rwanda’s unique business and societal landscape, gaining first-hand insights into how entrepreneurship and social development go hand in hand in an emerging economy. This intense experience challenges you to reflect, adapt, and lead with greater awareness. By stepping into a radically different context, you sharpen your global mindset and return with new perspectives that enrich your leadership journey. A meaningful experience you’ll carry with you throughout your career.

Each track is a thematic building block of the EMBA.

• Optimizing Business Performance
• Strengthening Organizational Resilience
• Building Sustainable Business
• Leading Transformation
• Capstone Project (Final Project)

Tracks include:

• Interactive sessions an real-life business cases
• Immediate applicability in your own organization 

Modular and Flexible: Your EMBA, Your Way

The TIAS Executive MBA is now more flexible than ever. With a modular structure, you can personalize your EMBA experience to suit your career, lifestyle, and ambitions  without compromising on quality or impact. Whether you want to follow the entire program or start with one half-year track first, TIAS offers a path that works for you.

Why choose this flexible format?

• Modular entry: Join the EMBA by following one or more thematic tracks. Get a taste of the program before fully committing or focus on a topic that matters most to you.
• Start with one, grow as you go: Begin with a track, and if it’s the right fit, continue toward the full EMBA at your own pace.
• Smart investment: Spread out costs over time by choosing when and how to join additional tracks.
• Same academic standard: Each track meets the high standards of our internationally accredited EMBA.
• Career-compatible: The format is designed to fit around demanding schedules, giving you full control over your learning journey.
• Flexibility is key: the TIAS EMBA offers two different start dates to fit your timeline
• Move Beyond Technical Expertise: The EMBA focuses on executive-level leadership, strategic problem-solving, and driving sustainable business growth, equipping you with the tools to lead at a higher level. 

Your learning path

Whether you start with one track or decide to continue towards the full program, the Executive MBA at TIAS always offers the flexibility to adapt to your personal situation. The tracks can be taken individually, but also counts towards your full EMBA degree.

Curious how a single track could lead to a full EMBA or would you like to know more about the EMBA in general?

Get in touch with one of our Program Advisers to explore your options, plan your path , and discover how the TIAS EMBA can grow with you.

Costs Executive Master of Business Administration 

The program includes:

• Enrollment, registration and administration costs
• Required literature, textbooks and course materials
• Catering packages (lunch, coffee/tea and soft drinks) during lecture periods, meals during residential sessions
• Overnight accommodations including breakfast*
• The substantive program of the international study trip**
• Access to the online learning environment

* Accommodation during residential overnight sessions enables you focus all your attention on your studies. The Program Adviser can give you further information on the benefits of overnight accommodations as well as cost savings if you decide not to.

** Travel expenses for the international module are not included.

For more information about the costs and possibilities of participating in stage(s) of the EMBA. Please contact the Program Adviser.

Benefits of the Executive MBA for your organization

• With ample focus on personal leadership, participants develop into leaders who maintain control even in difficult situations.
• Well-prepared to take the lead and armed with knowledge of new business models and innovation management, participants help futureproof their organizations.
• Participants develop into valued and confident advisers and sparring partners for the C-suite.
• Participants can use their mission to forge convincing and motivational connections with teams and employees, allowing goals to be achieved more easily.
• They apply scientific concepts and models directly within the organization, through a combination of work and study.
• During the final Capstone Project, participants apply their new skills, knowledge and insights to a project in their own organization under the supervision of world-class lecturers. In doing so, they make a difference within their organization, and often a measurable impact on the operating result.

Scholarships

Financial support options for the Executive MBA

So you’ve found the right program for your learning objectives and ambitions. But how do you finance it? Several options are available. Your employer may play a role, but the law also offers attractive options that you can use yourself. TIAS explains these for you below.

Read about the options »

Admission Executive MBA

You will find all of the admissions requirements listed on the application portal and listed below.

The final stage of the application process will be an online interview with the EMBA Academic Director, Roemer Visser.

Executive MBA Admissions Requirements

• A Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience, at least 3 of which are in a leadership or management role.
• Successful completion of the TIAS Competency Test for applicants without a Master’s degree or PhD.

Please don’t hesitate to contact the Program Adviser with any questions you might have regarding the EMBA admission requirements and process.

Meet the Executive MBA lecturers

Our lecturers have extensive knowledge and wide experience in science and society. Because of this, they know better than anyone how to translate academic theories, models and principles into practical strategies to respond to current developments and issues.

Roemer Visser, Associate Professor and Academic Director: “TIAS creates opportunities for reflection and exploration to help you discover ‘What is most important to me? How can I make that happen and what are my next steps?’”