Executive MBA

• You are a high-potential manager facing complex managerial problems in an international environment.
• You're looking for a broader knowledge of management to enhance your professional growth.
• You need a career boost and hope to expand your personal and professional networks to create new professional opportunities.
• You're looking for an Executive MBA with a focus on human leadership and innovation.
• You're looking for an original program offered by a renowned business school, recognized in its field.
• You're looking for a solid, diversified and professional learning environment: experienced colleagues, an international faculty and a hands-on approach to business issues.

• Earn both an internationally recognized EMBA degree and a French Master's degree taught entirely in English.
• Discover a solid, proven program that will develop your management, leadership and consulting skills.
• Increase your self-confidence while building your professional networks and creating new opportunities for yourself.
• Focus on innovative activities that deliver profitable, sustainable growth.
• Benefit from a shared investment between organizations looking to develop and retain talented people and individuals looking to boost their careers.
• Design a strategic consulting project that represents a significant return on investment (ROI) for you and your company.

Starting in September, based on 12 residential weeks over a 21-month period - In accelerated mode*, it can be completed in 10 months.

• Our Executive MBA combines an exciting range of management courses with a special focus on leadership and international issues. It also offers unique opportunities for company visits, lectures and business simulation games.
• The program regularly includes intensive small-group projects guided by faculty mentors and expert professionals, such as the E²P entrepreneurial project.
• Each Executive MBA participant is expected to engage in a strategic consulting project on their own and with companies.

Optional: 3-week intensive English seminar (Monday August 16 to Friday September 3).

*Please note: between the 12 residential weeks, your time is devoted to group work and projects. The accelerated mode is a full-time course and does not allow simultaneous professional activity. If a fast-track participant starts a job during the program, he or she will be advised to switch to part-time training.

Adding value to a company and preparing its future

The consulting project is an essential part of the Executive MBA experience. It embodies the program's "win-win" strategy. Participants are asked to work with a company, assisted by an academic mentor, to design and deliver a business consulting project focused on a specific area of growth or improvement. Through this consulting project, Executive MBA participants develop consulting and project management skills while using new knowledge frameworks.

Our world-class faculty combines all the ingredients to deliver a unique, participant-centered EMBA. When they're not teaching, our professors are leading researchers in their fields and consultants to major corporations. Our faculty/participant ratio is high. In addition to our full-time faculty, we welcome eminent professors from prestigious international universities.

A great business school is defined by the nature, strength and diversity of its community. At Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management-IAE, our world-class community includes a wide range of members. The school and its partner institutions each bring a well-established and internationally significant reputation in management education. Research-oriented faculty, carefully selected students with diverse backgrounds, top-level academic partners, dedicated administrators and corporate sponsors share a unique and symbiotic relationship that continually drives our Graduate School of Management forward. As an Executive MBA participant, we welcome you to this special and thriving community.

The key to success in the business world is to develop and build personal and professional networks. As a participant in the Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management-IAE Executive MBA program, you'll be part of a group of individuals with strong, lasting ties, as well as an international alumni network that can be invaluable assets in your next professional steps.

Among the leading companies and organizations that have sponsored Executive MBA participants in recent years are: Airbus Group, Foselev, Iter, Areva, BNP Paribas, Bourbon, CMA/CGM, CNIM, DCNS, ENGIE, Electrolux, GYMA, McCormick, Michelin, SNCF, ST Microelectronics, Total Group, Veolia, Vinci, Clark Energy,...

The next session starts in September and ends in June for accelerated program participants.

The following criteria are taken into account: the quality of your application, including a motivational essay, two letters of recommendation, an up-to-date CV, transcripts of your most recent diploma and proof of your most recent degree, professional experience and plans, English language results [TOEIC > 900], interview with the selection committee.

Yes, thanks to our EQUIS accreditation. What's more, Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management-IAE is the only French public institution to be represented in the Financial Times rankings.

EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) is an international strategic audit and accreditation system for the evaluation of institutions. It was launched in 1997 by EFMD, which brought together leading European operators in a joint initiative. As the largest European network association in the field of management development, with 400 members from academia, business, public service and consultancy in 40 countries across Europe and the world, EFMD plays a central role in defining the European approach to management education.

EQUIS was conceived through a process of close cooperation between existing national accreditation bodies in the field of management education, brought together in an association called EQUAL. EQUAL's role was to define the criteria and procedures for a future European accreditation system. Now that EQUIS is up and running, EQUAL is helping to monitor the system and provide qualified assessors for the audit teams. EQUIS can only be obtained by an academic institution, not by an educational program. Only 64 educational establishments in Europe have obtained EQUIS accreditation. For more information, visit the EQUIS website. AMGSM-IAE received its EQUIS accreditation for the first time in 1999. It has been renewed ever since.

Participants in the Executive MBA program will earn two Master's-level degrees: an international Executive MBA diploma (EQUIS accredited - see above) and a French national Master en Management Général diploma. As an MBA participant, you'll enjoy a life-changing experience that will enable you to move forward as a business leader, finding the right life-work balance while developing your knowledge. You'll enjoy an international, multicultural experience.

The Executive MBA provides a solid foundation in all aspects that are relevant in today's business environment (finance, marketing, strategy, economics, etc.). But we go a step further by focusing on responsible leadership and innovation, less tangible aspects that are nonetheless essential for success in an ever-changing global business environment. We offer multiple opportunities (through business simulation games, consulting assignments, case studies, the consulting experience of our professors...) to get as close as possible to reality.

We also strive to equip managers not only with analytical skills, but also with the ability to act and interact (Think-Do-Be).

The program's personal and professional coaching sessions will help you define your career goals. You'll also benefit from the IAE's professional network (corporate events, round tables, etc.).

Yes, IAE has a very active alumni network with over 20,000 members in nearly 120 countries around the world. You'll also find an MBA alumni group on LinkedIn.

Yes, we have an international student affairs office that will work with you.