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The Executive MBA is a practice-oriented graduate business degree, designed for experienced employees wishing to learn alongside like-minded people to advance leadership, business and management skills. You will typically be a team leader or a mid to high-level manager seeking to broaden your knowledge base and skill sets and take your career to the next level.
Delivered in an intensive ‘block’ study mode, you will be able to work and study to complete your Executive MBA in one year.
Entrepreneurial in theory and practice, the Executive MBA provides genuine global business insights that empower you to make a difference in your employer’s organisation and the wider world.
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The Executive MBA will provide you with the fundamentals of executive strategy and business management with an action learning-based approach. It will build on your professional experience adding greater depth to classroom discussions by sharing work challenges and solutions, helping you to flourish in a collaborative learning environment.
The eight courses in the Executive MBA comprised of intensive workshops across 13 months, provide an immersive learning experience. Although the eight courses are considered to be full time, the Executive MBA can be completed while working. Assignments will involve work-integrated projects that are relevant to your current organisation, while supporting your learning in each of the eight courses:
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To make an appointment to speak with our Executive MBA Ambassador for more details about this flagship program, email EMBA@newcastle.edu.au.
Duration: 6 months
Mode: Online, Face-to-Face
Intake: Trimester 1,2 & 3
Units: 40
Duration: 1.5 years
Mode: Online, Face-to-Face
Intake: Trimester 1,2 & 3
Units: 120
Are you a business professional looking to achieve your business leadership potential?
Duration: 1.5 years
Mode: Online
Intake: Trimester 1,2 & 3
Units: 120
Are you a business professional short on time looking to achieve business leadership?
Duration: 2 years
Mode: Face-to-Face
Intake: Trimester 1,2 & 3
Units: 160
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The University of Newcastle’s Executive MBA program will enable you to become a more effective leader while applying your learning to your role. This program has been designed to enable you to enhance your career while progressing towards a range of leadership roles.
Career opportunities include:
The University of Newcastle’s Executive MBA is delivered by some of our leading strategic thinkers. Business, academic and professional practitioners from a range of difference sectors work together to provide you with contemporary, tangible real-word learning experiences. The course is deeply-rooted in industry engagement and business networking opportunities that expose you to challenges that can lead to exciting career prospects.
The Executive MBA is an Institute of Managers and Leaders (IML) pathway partnership providing membership of the IML for graduates.
The University of Newcastle’s Newcastle Business School is in the top 3 business schools in NSW, accredited by both EQUIS and AACSB.
With an emphasis on work integrated projects and the support of leading experts and practitioners, the teaching approach will assist your dual goals of developing your skills, while providing value to your organisation.
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Both students and education agents can submit applications online. This is our preferred way of application. You can save your application after you have started, and come back to it later.
To ensure that the process goes smoothly for you, you should complete the following steps before applying:
You will be considered for entry based on criteria such as your undergraduate studies and/or equivalent prior learning and/or relevant work experience.
Make sure you double check the special entry requirements, assumed knowledge or recommended studies for the degree:
Entry into the Executive Master of Business Administration will be available to applicants who have:
Admissions are reviewed on a case by case basis. If you do not meet this requirement and wish to enrol apply for admission to the program please email emba@newcastle.edu.au
All potential participants will be required to attend an interview and submit an Admission Writing Task which will assist in establishing whether potential participants are committed to, and prepared for, this type of MBA program.
Please see the Interview and Writing Skills Rubric and Guidelines for Participant Employers (Sponsors) for further information. It is expected that organisational sponsors will spend approximately four hours per course with EMBA participants to assist their development and completion of work integrated projects.
The EMBA program is available to domestic participants only and intake will be by cohort with the intention that participants will be sponsored by their employer to attend. Sponsorship may take the form of funding and/or time off for study.
All potential participants will be required to attend an interview to help establish whether potential participants are committed to, and prepared for, this type of MBA program. The purpose of these items is to ensure that the EMBA program details and expectations are clear for all parties. Please see the Interview and Writing Skills Rubric for further information.
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The Newcastle Business School is accredited with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), earned by fewer than 5% of the world's business programs. AACSB is the premier, and longest-standing, international accrediting body for business programs and is the international benchmark for excellence in business education.
The Newcastle Business School is EQUIS accredited. The EQUIS accreditation measures our performance against rigorous international standards which validates the high quality and professional relevance of our education programs and research.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.