Executive MBA
Fact sheet
Graduation
Executive MBA
Taught language
Englisch
Specialization
Business Management
Program Emphasis
Business, General Management, Innovation, Leadership
Course options
Part-time study
Locations
Berlin
The impact of the Executive MBA at ESMT Berlin
The Executive MBA from ESMT Berlin is a comprehensive learning experience designed to deliver impact at every level: personal, professional, and organizational.
What makes our Executive MBA different?
With ESMT, your leadership growth is not abstract: it is applied, coached, and lived. Over the course of the Executive MBA, you will:
- Develop the leader within through deep coaching, reflective modules, and peer dialogue. Emerge with the confidence to lead with authenticity and purpose.
- Apply learning in real time with a modular program designed for ambitious professionals who don't want to hit pause. Build tangible leadership skills you can start to apply while you are still studying.
- Accelerate your career and your organization by opening new possibilities for progress. Sharpen your strategic thinking, expand your global perspectives, and deliver results.
- Thrive in Europe's innovation capital: with six in-person modules based on our campus in the heart of the city, Berlin becomes a part of your education. Grow in a city known for reinvention, diversity, and entrepreneurial energy.
We deliver on our promise of impact by connecting personal insight with global influence. The result is a program that prepares you to take on the challenges of executive leadership by imparting knowledge that can be applied at work the very next day.
Through 8 modules spread over 18 months, the program shapes you into a global leader and gives you the tools to thrive at the highest levels of complex international business.
Accreditation
Requirements / Application
- Seven or more years of professional experience, including three years of managerial experience with an emphasis on leadership qualities and achievements (managing people, process, or budgets)
- An undergraduate degree of at least 3 years duration (minimum 180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification
- Strong score in an admission test
- English proficiency test score (if applicable)
Important Dates
Tuition / Fees
Tuition: €64,800Early bird tuition discount: All applications from self-financing candidates received in the first admissions round are eligible for an early bird discount.
Value: 17% of EMBA tuition (€10,000)
Financial Aid
For self-funded candidates, ESMT offers partial-tuition, merit-based scholarships. ESMT awards scholarships based on academic excellence, personal and professional achievement, particularly strong leadership experience, and outstanding growth potential. Scholarships for the Executive MBA are applied directly to the applicant’s tuition.
To receive a scholarship, Executive MBA applicants first complete an online application to the Executive MBA program. In the relevant section of the application, candidates can submit their motivation for applying for any number of the following scholarships. Self-funded EMBA applicants are automatically considered for any available scholarships.
Executive MBA scholarships
Duration of study
Study method: 100% in-person over 10 modules (lasting six days each)














