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International Executive MBA

The Program

The International Executive MBA is aimed at middle and senior managers, consultants, and professionals with an average of 12 years of work experience, who wish to guide companies on their path of business transformation and regeneration, with an international mindset.

Part-time hybrid, English-taught, the International Executive MBA brings innovation to the center of the company’s vision, developing a systemic approach that decouples managerial skills from technical ones, able to increase the company’s value from an international perspective.

The International Executive MBA is a part-time program that allows you to combine study with work and family life. It’s characterized by 15 core courses that will be conducted in one of the following formats:

Full online: Wednesday evenings every week; one Friday evening and one Saturday morning, approximately every 4 weeks.
Blended: 3 Wednesday evenings online; one weekend, Friday and Saturday, on-campus.

In addition to these, other internationally oriented activities are included, among which:

Business Challenge: working groups on critical business issues and real cases;

– Thinking Days: activities dedicated to the discussion of transversal topics, related to the world of business innovation &, regeneration;

– Tutoring in Distance Learning, to rework the contents acquired during the residential sessions;

– Final Project Work.

Moreover, the International Experiences, included in the master, represent exceptional educational experiences to broaden your network on an global scale.

In collaboration with BBS Partners in the EMBA Consortium for Global Business Innovation, participants will enjoy two full immersion experiences related to:

– Global Strategy and Supply Chain, on a 3 day experience in Munich (Germany), through interactive sessions and company visits:

– Entrepreneurship, Big Data, Business Innovation, AI, ect., on a week journey in the Silicon Valley at the San José State University, with workshops, exclusive company visits and focus sessions with professionals from the digital world.

To join the International Executive MBA means to become a business transformation manager who can lead companies into the future.


key facts

Format

Part-time, Hybrid

Language

English

Application deadline

January 2025

Location

Online

Duration

18-20 months

Available

Reduced fees


Networking & Companies

Participating in the International Executive MBA guarantees access to the relational capital of the exclusive BBS Community made up of Alumni, teachers and companies in the business network, as well as including an international dimension during the International Experiences, organized in collaboration with prestigious business school partners.

Nowadays the companies that have chosen to be our partners are:

BPER BANCA CHIESI FARMACEUTICI DUCATI MOTOR HOLDING EMC FERRETTI GROUP FAMECCANICA GLEM GAS INFRAITALIA SERVIZI INJENIA ITALSOFT GROUP MARAZZI GROUP MBP MOTO OFFICINE MACCAFERRI ONIT GROUP SILMA VAR GROUP VOITH TURBO


ALUMNI

STEFANIA MONTANARI

Group Head of Controlling, DAMIANI Group
International Executive MBA (Ed. 2018/20)

“The International Executive MBA makes you a new multiplier of opportunities for your company. After this experience, I’m able to have new vision of our industries and companies. Each part of this Master is crucial to have a view on the future and challenges a manager will always look forward, providing the right tools to keep pace with the high speed of the external contexts. The International Executive MBA is a real journey and it will not end with your graduation day: it is a life journey.”

TIMO WORNER

Corporate Development Manager, Bechtle AG
International Executive MBA (Ed. 2018/20)

“The International Executive MBAs the perfect combination of high quality academic education and hands-on approaches for the Business Transformation. Experienced Professors and Managers unleash a wide range of constructive mind-spreading discussions to think outside the box. The program, provides the tools to completely manage the business transformation path of an organization. The International Experiences have to be taken into consideration in the Master evaluation, with numerous company visits, conferences and expert interviews.”

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International Executive MBA


Invest in an experience that will change your life. Enter your name, last name, e-mail, phone number and download the brochure.

     
     

International Executive MBA


Invest in an experience that will change your life. Enter your name, last name, e-mail, phone number and download the brochure.