Balancing Act
At Booth, current EMBA student Leslie DeMoss found the support she needed to juggle coursework with family—and to make a successful career pivot into a new industry.
Balancing Act
Executive MBA Program Chicago Campus
Located in the heart of the city’s business community, our Chicago campus is perfectly positioned to promote the interaction of people and ideas.
Welcome to Chicago—a world-class, global business city that’s home to more than 400 major corporate headquarters, the most diversified economy in the United States, and the Executive MBA Program in Chicago.
In this vibrant city, you’ll join a community of brilliant, collaborative peers from the Chicago area and beyond. Nearly 70 percent of our Chicago students commute from outside Chicago, bringing invaluable perspectives to day-to-day business issues.
Learning from award-winning faculty, you’ll develop a deep understanding of core business principles and gain a thorough grounding in The Chicago Approach to business education. In just 22 months, you’ll graduate with a lifelong global network and a world-class MBA degree.
Executive MBA Program—Chicago
Alumna Kathy Thurston talks about what it's like to be an Executive MBA student at Booth's Chicago campus.
Kathy Thurston (alumna): 00:17
I love coming to class, 'cause you know you're going to see all your friends, you know it's going to be tough, but you have a great time just learning and being at Chicago Booth.
Kathy Thurston: 00:37
Long days, but lots of learning, lots of fun, and there's always a little bit of celebrating at the end of the weekend.
Phil Berger (Booth faculty member): 00:45
The Chicago Executive MBA Program here at the Gleacher Center has a lot of locational advantages. Chicago's location in the US is so central and so easy to get back and forth from in terms of transportation that it's very easy for our students, many of whom live all across the US and beyond to get in here and go back to their place of work.
Phil Berger: 01:11
Chicago is actually a very important economy and very well diversified. We have a huge number of Fortune 500 companies here. We're a big financial services center, very big in medical. Even entrepreneurship, especially in technology, Chicago has a big growing presence in those areas as well.
Kathy Thurston: 01:31
It's a tight, close-knit community. It lends itself very well to networking on a business and on a personal level.
John Mazarakis: 01:40
Coming through Chicago every week to me means I'm going to meet the friends that I made in the last year and a half and just exchange great ideas. Whether it's talking about politics or talking about business, or even sharing your personal story. That's what I look forward to.
Where You'll Study
As a Chicago EMBA student, you’ll study at Gleacher Center, a world-class facility in the heart of Chicago’s business community that’s designed to promote the interaction of people and ideas.
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Visit Gleacher Center
We’d love to welcome you to Gleacher Center, home to our Chicago-based Executive MBA Program. While you’re here, it may be possible for you to sit in on a class and meet with current students. Please contact us to arrange an on-campus visit.
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312.464.8750
A Significant Transformation
Kyle Sweeney, ’21, changed jobs—and welcomed his first child—while earning his Executive MBA. Booth’s Global Career and Leadership Development team was there for him every step of the way.
A Significant Transformation
Program Structure
Earn your MBA in 22 months at our campuses in Chicago, London, and Hong Kong.
Program Structure
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