Executive MBA

The Executive MBA (EMBA) Program at the Swiss School of Management is designed specifically for high-achieving businesspeople that are looking to enhance their education without interrupting their careers. The program’s innovative curriculum and collaborative learning environment helps you apply your knowledge and skills to problems you face in today’s marketplace. An outstanding faculty exposes you to cutting-edge ideas and practices — ideas and practices that others will later adopt, teach and apply.
To date, many organizations have sponsored executive-potential employees as students in SSM’s EMBA program. Leaders of these organizations can attest to the fact that the skills you will acquire in the EMBA program are invaluable to the growth and development of their respective organizations.
The EMBA Program alternates between in-class lectures and independent guided studies, allowing busy candidates to continuo their studies despite their busy schedule of travelling.
In addition, there is the opportunity to participate in dual-degree programs, administered in partnership with SSM’s partner institutions. These programs award students MBA degrees from both schools.

Program Overview

• Entry Criteria
• Career Background
• Program Requirements
• Time for completion
• Who attends the program?
• What happens in the class-room
• Assessment
• Application Procedure
• Fees
• Payment Procedures
• Intake
• Common Core Curriculum
• Majors - Specializations

Entry Criteria

·  Candidates seeking admission to the Executive MBA program should hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognized institution.
·  A minimum of 2 - 5 years work experience in the field of Business Administration.
·  All Executive MBA candidates must have a sound command of English language, spoken and written.
·  The final decision concerning the acceptance to the Executive MBA degree program rests with the Swiss School of Management.

Career Backgrounds of participants

Finance	25%
Marketing and Sales	25%
Professional	15%
Operations Management	11%
General Management	11%
Services	10%

Program Requirements

The Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program involves the completion of 9 core-courses plus another 5 courses of specialization (major) each course represents 4 credit points out of total 56. The Master's Thesis represents another 4 credit points. For graduation a participant needs to achieve 60 credit points.

It is required to complete projects, assignments, and exams, as assigned by the appointed professors. In general, experienced faculty members lead courses. The curriculum typically covers functional areas of business and the integration of those functional areas. As a result, participants gain an understanding of the enterprise as a whole, as well as the ways in which all parts of the business fit together.

Time for completion and start of the program

The program requires a commitment of some 5-10 hours per week plus class time for group work, assignments, and exercises. According to the latest Executive MBA Council survey, it takes on average 15 months to complete the program. Participants meet once a week on Fridays or Saturdays.

What makes our Executive MBA distinctive?

Our Executive MBA Program has been developed to meet the educational needs of managers, executives, and other business leaders. It allows professionals to earn an MBA in two years or less while continuing to work full time. Participants enter the program, complete classes, and graduate with the same group of students.

Who attends the program?

Participants come from all types of organizations - profit, non-profit, or government-related - and all sizes - from large to small and in-between. They represent nearly every industry, including banking, health care, manufacturing, and technology, to name only a few. Most students enter the program with 10 or more years of professional or managerial experience. While the program sets its own admission requirements, we evaluate applicants on the following criteria:

·  Professional performance
·  Academic records
·  Professional recommendations
·  Demonstrated ability to accomplish graduate-level business course work
·  Work experience
·  Career goals


What happens in the class-room?

Our Executive MBA Program offers students a challenging, stimulating learning experience that maximizes the return on their investment of time and resources.

This MBA program is the first in the world to offer personal coaching on one to one basis for the entire duration of the program.

Students often work in teams during the program, strengthening their networking and broadening their perspectives and business problem solving. Students benefit from the extensive collective professional experience of other students in their class.

What course work does the curriculum include? The curriculum typically covers functional areas of business and the integration of those functional areas. As a result, students gain an understanding of the enterprise as a whole, as well as the ways in which all parts of the business fit together.

Only experienced faculty members lead courses. Many serve as consultants to industry, and they often are recipients of teaching awards. Courses cover much of the same areas as in traditional MBA programs: accounting, finance, statistics, management, marketing, and information systems. After satisfactorily completing course work, students receive a Master of Business Administration degree.

Assessment

Each course (module) is worth 4 Credit Points and is assessed by either an examination or an assignment, or by a combination of both. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is granted to participants who achieve 60 Credit Points; it is classified as Pass, Merit or Distinction, depending upon performance in the modules and project.

Application Procedure

Applicants must submit the following documentation: 
    
- Completed and signed  application form
- Copy of undergraduate degree(s), diploma
- Official academic transcripts
- Non-refundable application fee of Euro 200.-
- Two reference letters
- Two passport-sized photographs

Please  submit the complete application package to the attention of the Registrar, to  the following address:
Swiss School of Management
European University of Rome
Via degli Aldobrandeschi, 190
00163 Rome, Italy
info@ssm-edu.net

 

 

Application Deadline The next intake is October 1st 2010 The application deadline is set for August 1st, 2010

Tuition Fees

The tuition fees can be paid in full or in instalments according to the following payment plan:

Tuition Fees	€ 15,000 .-
Application Fee (non refundable)	€      200 .-
Total in Euro	€ 15,200 .-

Payment Procedure:

Enrolment Fee	€ 4,000 .-
First Term	€ 3,800 .-
Second Term	€ 3.600 .-
Third Term	€ 3.600 .-
Total in Euros	€ 15,000 .-

Intake
The program starts in the first week of October and lasts until October of the next year. School holidays and National holidays can be seen here.



Common Core Curriculum

Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Strategic Financial Management
Accounting for Managers
Global Strategic Marketing & International Law
International Economics
International Negotiations Skills & Communication
Management Information Systems
International Strategic Management

Majors
You can choose one of the following five majors:

NB. All Courses offered by the Swiss School of Management are delivered in 40 contact hours plus 20 hours of self directed learning, research and homework.

Swiss School of Management reserves the right to change the programs and subject at any time, in order to keep up with the current changes in technologies and market needs.

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