Our new Global Executive MBA – designed for in-demand professionals

To take your next leap, you know you need international exposure. And you need a quality MBA experience that will help you to achieve it. But you’re in demand. And your schedule needs to be carefully managed.

Sound familiar? Then keep reading – because we’ve designed our new Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) to perform for ambitious leaders like you. It's highly blended format works around your demanding schedule.

The GEMBA combines flexible, self-paced learning with online weekend sessions once every four weeks. Add to this five, concentrated international trips – taken over an 18-month period – and you have a premium learning experience that works for you.

This type of international, blended learning could be brilliant for you, if you’re looking for…

Flexibility

This international MBA works around you. You prepare and carry out assignments whenever and wherever suits you – scheduling your self-paced learning to accommodate your schedule. Which means business travel, time between meetings – or time before or after work – can become occasions to read, think, watch videos and learn.

Smarter travel

Think doing an MBA means spending tons of time on campus? Well, it can. But if you need to pack maximum impact into fewer, more focused trips – then Vlerick’s GEMBA is for you. When you join this programme, you commit to taking a trip about once every three months. These five international trips are timed to reinforce key aspects of your learning journey. And the rest of the time? There’s no travel at all.

Diverse, global classroom

You’re leading in an increasingly connected world – and you want contacts and experiences that will open international doors for you. On the GEMBA, this starts in the classroom. Because it’s a blended MBA, it brings together participants from across the world – and your peers will share business perspectives from different cultural and business contexts. You may find your classmates come from Singapore, Vietnam, Canada, Ukraine and beyond.

Weekend sessions online

Once every four weeks, our GEMBA participants take core classes in live, online sessions. It’s a commitment – but it means you don’t have to be away from home or be unavailable for work travel. Our highly interactive online format allows you to become deeply immersed, while making the very best use of your time. Taking this blended MBA means spending half the time on campus that’s required for a more traditional executive MBA.

Immersive international study courses

The Vlerick GEMBA programme opens up the world. As a participant, you’ll take part in five international study courses that are strategically scheduled to maximise your opportunities to learn and network. You’ll meet peers from across the globe face-to-face, you’ll visit companies – and you’ll experience different business cultures and working practices, first-hand. The insights you gain and the relationships you initiate open doors to a truly global career.

Outstanding networking opportunities

An international executive needs to understand multiple perspectives – and have quality contacts across the world. So opportunities to broaden your thinking and connect with peers, leaders and companies internationally are built into the GEMBA programme. You’ll collaborate with professionals from across the world as you study together. You’ll have opportunities to interact with our on-campus Executive MBA participants during international trips to Singapore, Cape Town and San Francisco. And you’ll also have a choice of locations you can visit to learn and network in. Taking part in this blended programme gives you unparalleled opportunities to create a truly international network – that will support you throughout your global career.

The Global Executive MBA from Vlerick means you don’t have to compromise. You can continue to excel at work, enjoy home life – and still take a transformative learning journey that opens up new thinking, connections and possibilities all over the world.

Ready to take the leap?

Book a call with us to discover how the GEMBA could propel you to the next stage of your career. We’d be interested to hear about your ambitions and discuss how Vlerick could help you to achieve them.

And if you want to learn more about our new international MBA programme, join us at one of upcoming our MBA experience events.