EDHEC Global MBA Programme: global vision, individual focus
Inspirational by design and highly personalisable, EDHEC’s Global MBA programme is an intensive and highly individual 10-month experience including cutting-edge electives, specialisation tracks and global business trips.
EDHEC’s full-time Global MBA is designed for professionals looking to gain a 360° business vision in a global context. The highly personalised MBA programme enables you to develop the necessary skills and business practices to transform your career and lead with confidence, conviction, and authenticity.
In just 10 intensive months, you can go through the complete programme, coming away with an MBA, an international business network, and a world of new experiences. On average, candidates complete the programme in 12 months (depending on length of internship).
EDHEC Global MBA programme details
The EDHEC Global MBA packs a wealth of knowledge and practical experience into an intense 10-month programme.
Gain a global vision with a personal focus
An international, experiential, and highly customised MBA programme designed for impactful leadership.
Your 10-month journey includes:
- 6 months of core strategic foundation courses
- 5-month Sustainable Impact Challenge
- 1 month of electives
- 1-month specialisation track
- 2-month tailored MBA project
- 2 international business trips
- Personalised Lead360 programme throughout your MBA experience
- Option to fast-track or to extend your EDHEC experience with a 6-month internship or international academic exchange
Build your strategic foundations
During your first 6 months here at EDHEC, gain a global business vision that allows you to understand and apply relevant strategic frameworks, ask the right questions and make informed, impactful decisions. Subjects include Strategy, Innovation and Management, Finance, Analytics and Risk, and Personal and Organisational Leadership.
Personalise your MBA programme with cutting edge electives and a specialisation Track
After building your knowledge of the key business fundamentals during your first six months, in March and April you can personalise your programme through a choice of electives and a one-month specialisation track.
Electives:
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Tracks: |
Lead with confidence and conviction - The Lead360 Programme
The Lead360 personal and career development programme prepares you for the next step in your post-MBA journey and provides you with innovative tools, global leadership skills, workshops, and coaching sessions that will be indispensable to you as you advance your career.
Principled leadership is deeply ingrained in EDHEC’s Global MBA culture and is integrated into all areas of the Lead360 programme. Through theory, practice, self-awareness, observation, and inspiration, each participant will be able to reach their leadership potential.
- Individual and collective coaching
- Lead360 elective workshops
- Assignments
- Fast-track or extension options
- CareerSMART, a dedicated initiative to help you create your career strategy
Broaden your horizon, gain international exposure
Although the Global MBA is based in the stunning city of Nice, you will experience a world of diversity and international learning through the MBA curriculum, your professors and your cohort. In addition to the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of your cohort, the Global MBA also includes 2 global business trips, one as part of the Sustainable Impact Challenge and a second as part of your specialisation track. Each business trip explores a region which has global reputation and offers the opportunity for you to connect with some of the world’s leading experts, innovators and organisations in their field.
Choose a track in international finance, global leadership, entrepreneurship, or digital innovation and see the world through the eyes of seasoned executives or entrepreneurs willing to share their global expertise in a local context.
Putting your new skills into action
After 8 months of developing your 360° business acumen, your final 2 months are dedicated to the Tailored MBA Project (sometimes called a Capstone Project). We offer you a choice of 6 options, all of which are designed to put into action your newly acquired skills and vision:
- Consulting Project
- 2-month Internship or Job Report*
- Business Plan
- Sustainability Project
- International Academic Exchange
- Thesis/research Project
* You can also extend your Global MBA experience by choosing a 6-month internship or doing an internship after your choice of MBA project.
Learn more about the MBA Project
4th worldwide for responsible business education
At EDHEC, we ensure that the curriculum includes an integrated learning journey encompassing sustainability, social impact, and ethical and principled leadership.
Sustainable Impact Challenge
During the Sustainable Impact Challenge, you will work in teams and put your MBA experience to the test, while tackling a real-life issue. From defining the scope of your project, researching, and knowledge-gathering through to pitching your final proposal, the Sustainable Impact Challenge will challenge your team leadership and business acumen and serve as an invaluable learning experience and window to the complexities of executive leadership.
Inspiring Impactful Leaders
You will have many opportunities both within and outside of the MBA programme, to develop your knowledge and experience on key societal and environmental issues:
- Clubs and activities including the MBA Sustainability Club and the MBA Diversity & Inclusion Panel
- Expert panels and speaker sessions
- Option to focus on sustainability for your MBA Project
- Sustainability Learning Expedition
Programme Overview
Gain a global vision with a personal focus
An international, experiential, and highly customised MBA programme designed for impactful leadership.
Your 10-month journey includes:
- 6 months of core strategic foundation courses
- 5-month Sustainable Impact Challenge
- 1 month of electives
- 1-month specialisation track
- 2-month tailored MBA project
- 2 international business trips
- Personalised Lead360 programme throughout your MBA experience
- Option to fast-track or to extend your EDHEC experience with a 6-month internship or international academic exchange
Business Fundamentals
Build your strategic foundations
During your first 6 months here at EDHEC, gain a global business vision that allows you to understand and apply relevant strategic frameworks, ask the right questions and make informed, impactful decisions. Subjects include Strategy, Innovation and Management, Finance, Analytics and Risk, and Personal and Organisational Leadership.
Personalise & Specialise
Personalise your MBA programme with cutting edge electives and a specialisation Track
After building your knowledge of the key business fundamentals during your first six months, in March and April you can personalise your programme through a choice of electives and a one-month specialisation track.
Electives:
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Tracks: |
Leadership Development
Lead with confidence and conviction - The Lead360 Programme
The Lead360 personal and career development programme prepares you for the next step in your post-MBA journey and provides you with innovative tools, global leadership skills, workshops, and coaching sessions that will be indispensable to you as you advance your career.
Principled leadership is deeply ingrained in EDHEC’s Global MBA culture and is integrated into all areas of the Lead360 programme. Through theory, practice, self-awareness, observation, and inspiration, each participant will be able to reach their leadership potential.
- Individual and collective coaching
- Lead360 elective workshops
- Assignments
- Fast-track or extension options
- CareerSMART, a dedicated initiative to help you create your career strategy
Global Business Trips
Broaden your horizon, gain international exposure
Although the Global MBA is based in the stunning city of Nice, you will experience a world of diversity and international learning through the MBA curriculum, your professors and your cohort. In addition to the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of your cohort, the Global MBA also includes 2 global business trips, one as part of the Sustainable Impact Challenge and a second as part of your specialisation track. Each business trip explores a region which has global reputation and offers the opportunity for you to connect with some of the world’s leading experts, innovators and organisations in their field.
Choose a track in international finance, global leadership, entrepreneurship, or digital innovation and see the world through the eyes of seasoned executives or entrepreneurs willing to share their global expertise in a local context.
Tailored MBA Project
Putting your new skills into action
After 8 months of developing your 360° business acumen, your final 2 months are dedicated to the Tailored MBA Project (sometimes called a Capstone Project). We offer you a choice of 6 options, all of which are designed to put into action your newly acquired skills and vision:
- Consulting Project
- 2-month Internship or Job Report*
- Business Plan
- Sustainability Project
- International Academic Exchange
- Thesis/research Project
* You can also extend your Global MBA experience by choosing a 6-month internship or doing an internship after your choice of MBA project.
Learn more about the MBA Project
Sustainable Impact Programme
4th worldwide for responsible business education
At EDHEC, we ensure that the curriculum includes an integrated learning journey encompassing sustainability, social impact, and ethical and principled leadership.
Sustainable Impact Challenge
During the Sustainable Impact Challenge, you will work in teams and put your MBA experience to the test, while tackling a real-life issue. From defining the scope of your project, researching, and knowledge-gathering through to pitching your final proposal, the Sustainable Impact Challenge will challenge your team leadership and business acumen and serve as an invaluable learning experience and window to the complexities of executive leadership.
Inspiring Impactful Leaders
You will have many opportunities both within and outside of the MBA programme, to develop your knowledge and experience on key societal and environmental issues:
- Clubs and activities including the MBA Sustainability Club and the MBA Diversity & Inclusion Panel
- Expert panels and speaker sessions
- Option to focus on sustainability for your MBA Project
- Sustainability Learning Expedition
Academic excellence & Action-learning
Learning through action
At EDHEC, we believe that action and experimentation foster learning. Throughout the programme, you’ll be putting theory into practice, using your knowledge and skills in case studies, business simulations and a 2-month MBA project.
Action-learning is also essential for developing leadership skills. You’ll be able to hone your teamwork and leadership skills through collective assignments, and through regular 360 degree feedback sessions.
An enriching human experience
Acquiring intellectual and technical knowledge is only part of the learning process. Passion and people are important, too. EDHEC’s Global MBA programme is designed with this in mind, and we don’t underestimate how much human interactions can help you grow in your career.
Working together, challenging each other, networking, meeting inspiring people and travelling are all an integral part of the programme. We hope that these social and emotional experiences might contribute to making it one of the best years of your career.
Strength through diversity
Diversity can be a powerful and inspiring source of learning, and we consider it to be an essential part of the Global MBA. At EDHEC, you’ll be collaborating with and learning from people with diverse professional experiences, backgrounds, age groups, genders, nationalities and cultural heritages.
These differences give us strength, and teach us how to interact successfully and respectfully in the diverse context of business today. In this globalised world, having a good command of multicultural and international skills is crucial to success, and that’s strongly reflected and integrated into the Global MBA programme.
Combining academic excellence with professional experience
EDHEC Business School boasts a prestigious core faculty who combine outstanding academic performance with successful professional experience.
They all have a significant track record of addressing an audience of international participants and experienced professionals. Visiting professors, adjunct faculty and professionals enrich the faculty ranks further.
Geert Demuijnck
Geert Demuijnck
Bastiaan Van Der Linden
Bastiaan Van Der Linden
MSc in Global & Sustainable Business Manager
Ludovic Cailluet
Ludovic Cailluet
EDHEC Centre for Responsible Entrepreneurship Director, Family Business Chair Research Associate, Global Economic Transformation & Technology (GETT) Track Director
Philippe Very
Philippe Very
Björn Fasterling
Björn Fasterling
EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Researcher
Bertrand Monnet
Bertrand Monnet
Tristan-Pierre Maury
Tristan-Pierre Maury
Director of the Grande Ecole and Masters of Sciences
Loick Menvielle
Loick Menvielle
Olga Kokshagina
Olga Kokshagina
Foresight, Innovation and Transformation Chair Member<br />
Management in Innovative Health Chair Research Associate
Abraham Lioui
Abraham Lioui
EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Affiliate Member
Gianfranco Gianfrate
Gianfranco Gianfrate
EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Research Director
Christophe Roquilly
Christophe Roquilly
Co-Head of LL.M Law & Tax Management
Christophe Collard
Christophe Collard
Deputy Head of Law, LLM in Law & Tax Management Manager BLM Manager, EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Researcher
Inge De Clippeleer
Inge De Clippeleer
Leadership Development Chair Affiliate Researcher
Julia Milner
Julia Milner
Leadership Development Chair Research Associate
Fabian Bernhard
Fabian Bernhard
Professor and Researcher in Family Business and Psychology
Marie-Cécile Cervellon
Marie-Cécile Cervellon
Michelle Sisto
Michelle Sisto
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Kumar Ranjan Rakesh
Kumar Ranjan Rakesh
Management in Innovative Health Chair Research Associate
Rene Rohrbeck
Rene Rohrbeck
Karin Kollenz-Quétard
Karin Kollenz-Quétard
Foresight, Innovation and Transformation Chair Member
Pierre-Jean Barlatier
Pierre-Jean Barlatier
Foresight, Innovation and Transformation Chair Affiliate
Kumar Ranjan Rakesh
Kumar Ranjan Rakesh
Management in Innovative Health Chair Research Associate
Björn Fasterling
Björn Fasterling
EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Researcher
Approach
Learning through action
At EDHEC, we believe that action and experimentation foster learning. Throughout the programme, you’ll be putting theory into practice, using your knowledge and skills in case studies, business simulations and a 2-month MBA project.
Action-learning is also essential for developing leadership skills. You’ll be able to hone your teamwork and leadership skills through collective assignments, and through regular 360 degree feedback sessions.
An enriching human experience
Acquiring intellectual and technical knowledge is only part of the learning process. Passion and people are important, too. EDHEC’s Global MBA programme is designed with this in mind, and we don’t underestimate how much human interactions can help you grow in your career.
Working together, challenging each other, networking, meeting inspiring people and travelling are all an integral part of the programme. We hope that these social and emotional experiences might contribute to making it one of the best years of your career.
Strength through diversity
Diversity can be a powerful and inspiring source of learning, and we consider it to be an essential part of the Global MBA. At EDHEC, you’ll be collaborating with and learning from people with diverse professional experiences, backgrounds, age groups, genders, nationalities and cultural heritages.
These differences give us strength, and teach us how to interact successfully and respectfully in the diverse context of business today. In this globalised world, having a good command of multicultural and international skills is crucial to success, and that’s strongly reflected and integrated into the Global MBA programme.
Faculty
Combining academic excellence with professional experience
EDHEC Business School boasts a prestigious core faculty who combine outstanding academic performance with successful professional experience.
They all have a significant track record of addressing an audience of international participants and experienced professionals. Visiting professors, adjunct faculty and professionals enrich the faculty ranks further.
Geert Demuijnck
Geert Demuijnck
Bastiaan Van Der Linden
Bastiaan Van Der Linden
MSc in Global & Sustainable Business Manager
Ludovic Cailluet
Ludovic Cailluet
EDHEC Centre for Responsible Entrepreneurship Director, Family Business Chair Research Associate, Global Economic Transformation & Technology (GETT) Track Director
Philippe Very
Philippe Very
Björn Fasterling
Björn Fasterling
EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Researcher
Bertrand Monnet
Bertrand Monnet
Tristan-Pierre Maury
Tristan-Pierre Maury
Director of the Grande Ecole and Masters of Sciences
Loick Menvielle
Loick Menvielle
Olga Kokshagina
Olga Kokshagina
Foresight, Innovation and Transformation Chair Member<br />
Management in Innovative Health Chair Research Associate
Abraham Lioui
Abraham Lioui
EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Affiliate Member
Gianfranco Gianfrate
Gianfranco Gianfrate
EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Research Director
Christophe Roquilly
Christophe Roquilly
Co-Head of LL.M Law & Tax Management
Christophe Collard
Christophe Collard
Deputy Head of Law, LLM in Law & Tax Management Manager BLM Manager, EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Researcher
Inge De Clippeleer
Inge De Clippeleer
Leadership Development Chair Affiliate Researcher
Julia Milner
Julia Milner
Leadership Development Chair Research Associate
Fabian Bernhard
Fabian Bernhard
Professor and Researcher in Family Business and Psychology
Marie-Cécile Cervellon
Marie-Cécile Cervellon
Michelle Sisto
Michelle Sisto
-
Kumar Ranjan Rakesh
Kumar Ranjan Rakesh
Management in Innovative Health Chair Research Associate
Rene Rohrbeck
Rene Rohrbeck
Karin Kollenz-Quétard
Karin Kollenz-Quétard
Foresight, Innovation and Transformation Chair Member
Pierre-Jean Barlatier
Pierre-Jean Barlatier
Foresight, Innovation and Transformation Chair Affiliate
Kumar Ranjan Rakesh
Kumar Ranjan Rakesh
Management in Innovative Health Chair Research Associate
Björn Fasterling
Björn Fasterling
EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Researcher
Inspirational by design
Lead360
EDHEC’s Global MBA programme puts principled leadership in the spotlight, encouraging you to reflect on and sharpen your leadership skills.
Tailored MBA project
Your 8-week MBA project is specially tailored to your post-MBA ambitions, allowing you to put the skills you have learned into practice.
Specialisation tracks & global business trips
The Global MBA curriculum offers a choice of four specialisation tracks lasting one month, with a one-week international business trip to a strategic destination.
An intensive MBA programme to transform your career
Find out if the EDHEC Global MBA programme is right for you and if you would fit in with our next cohort.
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The EDHEC MBA learning experience
Academic excellence
More than 40 speakers, professors and professionals from over 15 different nationalities contribute to the EDHEC Global MBA programme, bringing the latest techniques and trends to the classroom, and pushing participants to develop their full potential.
Principled leadership
Principled leadership is a core part of our MBA programme. Through a combination of classes and activities we help you leverage your potential as a principled leader capable of inspiring and empowering others.
Action learning
At EDHEC, we believe that action and experimentation foster learning. Throughout the programme, you’ll be putting theory into practice, using your knowledge and skills in case studies, business simulations and a 2-month MBA project.
Strength through diversity
In this globalised world, having a good command of multicultural and international skills is crucial to success, and that’s integrated into the Global MBA programme and reflected in highly diverse cohorts.
An enriching human experience
Acquiring intellectual and technical knowledge is only part of the learning process. Passion and people are important, too. Working together, challenging each other, networking, meeting inspiring people and travelling are therefore an integral part of the programme.
Shaping your future
Every experience in the programme, whether individual or collective, encourages you to reach higher and further than you thought possible before. It is designed to bolster both personal and career turnarounds, empowering you to realise your dreams.
For over a century, EDHEC has been training managers and leaders that transform the world. Steadfast in our mission to be of service to business and society, EDHEC is recognised through a Triple Accreditation by AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS. Offering cutting-edge business education, EDHEC’ Global MBA programme combines the tradition of excellence of a French Grande Ecole with the exceptional diversity of a well-established international programme
Stéphane Canonne
Associate Dean for Executive Education & MBAs
MSc & Global MBA double degree
he two-year double degree MSc & Global MBA is offered to a select group of students who want to complement their intensive Master of Science coursework with a rigorous Global MBA programme.
Combined, the two degrees complete your leadership profile granting you technical, operational, and problem-solving skillsets while building your leadership potential for top management positions.
Find out more about the MSc & Global MBA double degree programme
EDHEC’s Global MBA programme gave me the necessary soft skills needed to thrive in a demanding professional environment as well as the essential technical skills to stay on top of the game. The career development curriculum helped immensely to land my job at Deloitte, particularly through the mock interviews organised by the careers team.
Theodoros Stylianou
EDHEC Global MBA 2022
The MBA programme at EDHEC helped me to get out of my comfort zone and aim higher. Getting to know so many amazing people with interesting backgrounds and different experiences just made me realize how many opportunities and possibilities there are.
Britta Tilsner
EDHEC Global MBA 2017
FAQ
EDHEC’s Global MBA programme is an intense full-time, 10-month executive education degree that requires participants to take a career break. Applicants are required to have a minimum of 3 years of experience. Following completion of your MBA programme, you have the option of extending your MBA experience through internships and/or an academic exchange.
The duration of a Global MBA is different from an Executive MBA programme which is a part-time 16-month executive education degree. Participants can continue to work throughout and are generally required to have at least 7 or 8 years of professional experience.
Deciding to do an MBA is a big decision, which makes choosing the best MBA programme so important.
There are many criteria to consider, starting with choosing the right school. If you're considering an international career, think about pursuing your course abroad or selecting an MBA programme with a global view and a large diversity of international students. Find out more in our step by step guide on how to choose your MBA programme.
EDHEC’s Global MBA is an intensive and highly individual 10-month experience. It consists of 6 months focussed on building your strategic foundations, 1 month of elective choices, 1 month studying a specialised track of your choice, a 2 month MBA project, 2 international learning expeditions, a Sustainable Impact Challenge and our innovative Lead 360 programme. You can fast track or extended your MBA programme to allow you to complete your in-class courses in just 8 months or extend your experience with an academic exchange and/or an internship.
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