University of Maryland Smith School of Business Executive MBA Program

Are you ready for a life-changing experience?
If you answered “Yes,” then you’re ready for the Smith Executive MBA. Ranked No. 15 in the United States by the Financial Times (2010), the Smith EMBA is a 19-month executive development experience that will transform your thinking and empower you to lead in today’s challenging business climate.

Reinventing yourself and the organization
With a unique focus on executive leadership development, the Smith EMBA is an intense, fast-paced program that will challenge and push you in every way. Typical MBA programs prepare students with functional knowledge of an organization.

The Smith EMBA focuses on developing senior leadership and preparing you to go back to your organization and deliver impact.

The core business disciplines are covered in depth but are taught from an executive perspective. The knowledge is then brought to bear on several action learning projects, where you and your classmates create firms, refine processes and learn how to lead change within those firms.

Finally, you will focus on the mastery of leadership skills and competencies— beginning with an array of personal development tools and appraisals—to help establish a baseline and measure your progress throughout the program.

If you’re ready for a life-changing experience…
If you’re ambitious and innovative…
If you’re ready to lead…

Then the Smith EMBA is the right programfor you.