The time you spend together during class sessions, in study groups, and over shared dinners is an important part of your experience, and will lead to relationships that form the powerful network you will have for life.
Our collaborative culture starts in the classroom, where you’ll be challenged and championed by peers and faculty who share your passion for learning. In group assignments and lively classroom debate, you’ll engage with professionals from a broad range of industries and backgrounds who will empower you to think boldly.
Study Groups
At your home campus, you’ll meet regularly with a study group of four to six classmates chosen for their diversity of background, job function, and industry. During international session weeks, you’ll join a different study group that brings together classmates from all three campuses. Study groups serve as both an academic support system and a chance to incorporate new perspectives into your business tool kit.
International Sessions
No matter which of our global campuses you choose as your home base, you’ll spend five weeks with students from all three locations. First-year Executive MBA students begin the program together in Chicago during Kick-Off Week, followed by international session weeks at our London and Hong Kong campuses. You will gather with the entire Executive MBA global cohort again for Electives Weeks in Chicago, during your second year. Along the way, you’ll explore new cultures, expand your network, and develop a broader point of view.
Executive MBA students and faculty describe the benefits of the program’s global network.
Phil Berger:
There's an incredible richness of diversity in the Executive MBA Program both within our Chicago and London and Hong Kong campuses, and even more so when you combine across the three of them. The fact that they're from different industries, different countries, different job types, different levels of experience, very different career goals, it really greatly enriches the program.
Pradeep K. Chintagunta:
One of the fundamental things about being a professor is that you learn very early on that you're not in the teaching profession, but you're in the learning profession. And I think one of the great things about being exposed to the diversity of backgrounds is that in every class I teach, I learn something new about, say, a different industry, or a different function, or a different country.
John Mazarakis:
The value of the global cohort is immense. At any given point in time I can pick up the phone and call Cynthia in South Africa. Or call Tim in Berlin and get an answer to a problem from a perspective that I never would've had if I hadn't been part of this school.
Waverly Deutsch:
What's so exciting about our students in the Executive MBA Program is that they have extensive business experience from all over the world, so they are our most senior students. They're all choosing to be here even though they have really high-powered jobs.
Cynthia Pongweni:
I come from a background of accounting, finance, and corporate finance, so I believe because of that background I have a particular way of thinking.
Being exposed to a diverse network of people that come from backgrounds that are outside my own has helped me to think differently when I look at business issues.
Tracy Loh:
The energy has been thrilling. You have people who are very bright and who are so experienced in different ways that when a professor would ask a question, we have so many hands shoot up because you have people who bring in a different level of expertise or insight into that particular problem or that particular area.
Lars Stole:
I'm very proud to be associated with the Executive MBA Program. I've taught in it for over a decade. A lot of faculty like myself seek out to teach in this program because they enjoy being engaged with people who've had rich experience in the real world, in business, in politics, building companies from ground up, entrepreneurs. These are exciting people to teach.
John Mazarakis:
The professors on day one said that our classroom has an expert in every field, and I've found it to be the case. I've experienced it in the classroom. It's a humbling experience, but it's also an experience that one can learn a lot from.
As an Executive MBA student at Booth’s Hong Kong campus, Saranya Sriram, ’20, developed the skills and confidence to lead.
A Strong Executive Presence
As an Executive MBA student at Booth’s London campus, Anh Nguyen, ’22, built a strong network and cofounded a startup focused on art.
Over the course of your time in the program, you will find many opportunities to enhance your Executive MBA student experience. Here are some examples:
Build lifelong connections with 56,800 high-powered alumni around the world. As an Executive MBA student, you’ll have numerous opportunities to connect with accomplished leaders through Booth events, alumni clubs, Electives Weeks, and more.
Booth Events
Once a year, the Booth community comes together in more than 90 cities around the globe for Worldwide Booth Night—a chance to celebrate shared connections and demonstrate Booth pride. Students and alumni also gather in cities around the world for lectures, conferences, and other social and professional events.
Electives Weeks
More than 100 Booth alumni come back to Booth every summer to join Executive MBA students for Electives Weeks. This a valuable opportunity to network with high-powered executives from around the world in a classroom setting.
Alumni Clubs
Eighty-five alumni organizations across the globe give you the chance to network, learn, socialize, and make connections.
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