Executive MBA

The Vanderbilt Executive MBA is a highly demanding and intensely rewarding two-year, full 60-credit-hour MBA program designed to meet the needs of established professionals already in or approaching senior management. With its focus on corporate strategy, leadership and finance, the Vanderbilt Executive MBA is your passport to executive positions in any field, anywhere in the world; to expertise that will immediately pay rich dividends to you and your company. The program offers the following:

A unified experience
The Vanderbilt Executive MBA is a lockstep program; all Vanderbilt Executive MBA students complete 60 credit hours of course work in sequence with classmates. The unified nature of the program is critical to maximizing the shared learning experience over the duration of the program; in addition, it ensures seamless continuity for C-Teams as they integrate diverse experiences and industry perspectives to deliver on the team-based program requirements.

A collaborative classroom
The program leverages the experience and perspectives of executive students. Unlike typical MBA students who average five years of work history, Vanderbilt Executive MBA students have an average of 12 years of experience in the workforce. As a result, our Executive MBA students bring a level of business maturity, diverse perspectives and varied experiences to the classroom that fuel and enrich the learning experience. Vanderbilt professors are adept at using the collective experience of the class to identify and discuss ways that theory can be applied to real-time organizational opportunities and challenges.

An integrated and applied curriculum
To equip or enhance the skills required for senior leadership, the Vanderbilt Executive MBA begins with a deep core of integrated course work curriculum—a strong foundation of statistics, plus organization management, finance, accounting, economics, operations and marketing that each accounts for 10 percent of the curriculum. In the second year, the curriculum provides Capstone Courses that help synthesize all that is learned to that point. These courses, above all, prepare students for the big-picture responsibilities of setting strategy, creating and leading a new business venture and managing in a global environment.

A focus on leadership and strategy
Most MBA programs are adept at helping students master the fundamental disciplines across the spectrum of business—marketing, operations, human and organizational performance, finance, economics and accounting. The Vanderbilt curriculum provides deeper understanding of how these fundamentals relate to the challenges and changes faced by senior managers and executives. With a purposeful, programmatic focus on strategy and leadership, Vanderbilt Executive MBAs emerge from the program with the higher-level skills needed to navigate against competitors and win; spur growth and profitability; identify process improvements and deconstruct barriers to innovation; create value throughout the organization; and lead an organization through times of turbulence and change.  

How to Apply

Application
The Vanderbilt Executive MBA and Americas MBA for Executives application is available online! Click here to create your MyOwen interest page and begin the online application process. If you have any questions, please contact us at emba@owen.vanderbilt.edu or 615.322.3120.

The completed application includes the following:

• Application form, along with a nonrefundable application fee of $150.
• A Candidate’s Admission Statement (one-page essay) that describes your career, your reasons for seeking an MBA and the benefits you anticipate in your career
• Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores
• Official transcripts from undergraduate and graduate course work
• Two letters of recommendation from executive colleagues, which can be done electronically via the online application
• All serious applicants will be interviewed during the admissions process.

The Directors of the Executive MBA and Americas MBA programs will discuss your career goals with you, help you understand the differences between the two programs and evaluate which program is the best fit for you.

Admissions Timeline
Once your application is complete, we will notify you of the admissions decision within 10 business days. Application review is on a rolling basis for the class entering in August.