An Executive MBA from Georgetown with added flexibility and customization
By Georgetown McDonough School of Business
October 5, 2023
Students in the Executive MBA program (EMBA) at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will now benefit from the flexibility of hybrid courses and further elective customization, while maximizing on-campus engagement with the Georgetown community.
The new format delivers the same top-ranked, rigorous master of business administration degree program with the added convenience of synchronous courses. During the 21-month program, students will attend in-person classes one weekend per month with online sessions one Saturday per month, in addition to five week-long signature experiences.
“There is power in our community and on-campus experiences in Washington, D.C. We believe our new flexible EMBA program provides students with the opportunity to leverage those benefits while balancing competing responsibilities in their work and personal lives,” said Nick Lovegrove, academic director of the EMBA program. “Our flexibility, combined with a customizable curriculum, offers unrivaled opportunities for students to pursue a degree that supports their unique professional goals.”
The number of electives in the program will increase from seven to 10 to provide greater exposure to a variety of interdisciplinary concepts and to address emerging topics. Pulling from the school’s distinctive strengths in the capital city of Washington, D.C., at the nexus of business, policy and government, students also gain access to a variety of speakers, conferences and events, including Georgetown McDonough’s 11 faculty-led centers and initiatives.
The program will continue to be distinguished by its week-long signature experiences, including three on-campus experiences and two global trips that immerse students in real-world business projects and foster collaboration across the cohort. The Washington, D.C.-based experiences include: the Opening Residency focused on ethical business decision-making and teamwork; Structure of Global Industries Residency, where students practice concepts in international trade, investment, economic growth, and fiscal policy; and the New Business Ventures course to explore the venture creation process and transform a corporate innovation opportunity into a venture concept.
Students travel abroad during the signature Global Business Experience consulting projects to solve real-world business problems for international clients. The program culminates in the Global Capstone: a student-designed, in-country field research project to examine global strategy through the analysis of global industries and environments.
Students also benefit from connections and events with other graduate students at Georgetown McDonough and across the university, as well as through Georgetown’s extensive alumni network in D.C. and around the world.
Guided by Georgetown’s Jesuit values, students learn how to use global business principles to serve the common good. The program carries forward the school’s value of cura personalis, or care for the whole person, to foster a supportive community that helps each individual student find success.
As the program announces these changes to its curriculum and modality, the school has also welcomed one of its largest EMBA cohorts to date, maintaining strong representation across gender and diversity of origin.
“Our EMBA program is enhanced by the experiences and perspectives that our students bring to the program,” said Nita Swinsick, associate dean for graduate and executive program admissions. “We were pleased to increase the size of our incoming class while maintaining the diversity our program is known for across a range of categories. This class also represents a variety of industries–including government, consulting, education, technology and new media, nonprofit/social impact and healthcare–and prior fields of study–among them social and behavioral sciences, business, engineering, art and humanities and mathematics/computer science–which further strengthens their learning experience as a cohort and creates new pathways for career opportunities.”
This year’s incoming class of 60 students is 32 percent female and 33 percent underrepresented U.S. minorities. In a program known for building global business perspectives, 65 percent of the class has worked or traveled abroad for business and 17 percent hold international citizenship, representing 10 countries. The program continues to have a strong military presence with 30 percent of students entering the program with a military background. The new students also have more academic experience, with 43 percent already holding a postgraduate degree and enrolling with an average of 14 years of work experience.
Looking ahead, Swinsick believes the new EMBA format will help professionals prepare for a new world of work, which has been transformed by ongoing shifts in work modalities and technological advancements.
“The nature of work has rapidly changed over the past few years, and our new flexible format aligns with the increasing needs of a hybrid workforce,” said Swinsick. “By leveraging new innovative technologies and teaching formats, we are able to deliver on our distinctive Washington, D.C., experiences while supporting the professional and personal needs of our students.”
More information about the EMBA program is available here.
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