Tailored to fit your learning needs
We believe in learning by doing.
The Cambridge EMBA and Global EMBA programmes enable you to study while you work, and then apply what you’ve learned.
Designed to fit around the demanding schedules of busy senior executives, you’ll follow one of 2 convenient and collaborative formats – weekends or block weeks – so you can continue to meet your work commitments and maintain your work/life balance.
The Cambridge EMBA
Gain a first-class global business education. The Cambridge EMBA is delivered principally in the historic and well-connected city of Cambridge and centred right at the heart of our dynamic local business community.
Format: a 20-month programme delivered across 16 weekends and 4 week-long sessions, spread across five terms.
The Global EMBA
Gain a first-class global business education delivered through blended learning and international business trips.
Format: a 20-month programme delivered in 6 week-long (4 in Cambridge and 2 International) and 11 online teaching blocks.
Programme highlights
Theory with practice
Elevate your expertise as a senior business professional through our impactful practical projects. Dive deep into your area of interest with the Individual Project, producing substantial work that contributes to new knowledge creation under faculty guidance.
International experience
Immerse yourself in the entrepreneurial hotspots of Cambridge’s Silicon Fen. Experience global innovation and tech genius firsthand, and participate in the International Business Study Trip outside of the UK.
Career advancing
Enhance self-awareness and essential career development skills through workshops and executive coaching, empowering growth as a senior manager or leader.
Academic outline and programme dates
To find out more about the programme dates for our programmes including when you need to be in Cambridge, another location or attend online please download our programme dates:
Orientation week
It’s demanding, it’s exciting and it’s designed to get you off to a flying start. Get your first taste of life as an Executive MBA student.
Orientation week is an intensive introduction to your EMBA programme. You’ll attend lectures in core business areas to help you settle back into a learning mindset and start getting to know your classmates.
Term 1
The term begins with the Orientation Week, an intensive introduction to all aspects of the Executive MBA programme.
Courses and other elements
- Management Science
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Microeconomics
- Management Praxis
- Personal / professional development
- Termly speaker series
Cambridge EMBA dates
- 7-13 Sep 2025 (Orientation Week)
- 17-18 October 2025
- 14-15 November 2025
- 12-13 December 2025
Global EMBA dates
- 12-18 Jan 2025 (Orientation week)
- 13-15 Feb 2025
- 13-15 Mar 2025
- 10-12 Apr 2025
Term 2
This term The Cambridge EMBA cohort embark on the International Business Study Trip, with all lectures for the course delivered during the trip. In Term two on the Global EMBA, the term begins with a week-long teaching block in Cambridge, UK. The rest consists of online live sessions.
Courses and other elements
- Organisational Behaviour
- Corporate Finance
- Operations Management
- International Business
- International Business Study Trip (Cambridge EMBA)
- Personal / professional development
- Termly speaker series
Cambridge EMBA dates
- 16-17 Jan 2026
- 13-14 Feb 2026
- 22-28 Mar 2026 (International Business Study Trip)
- 17-18 Apr 2026
Global EMBA dates
- 2-7 June 2025 (week-long class)
- 26-28 June 2025
- 17-19 July 2025
Term 3
During term 3, it’s the turn of the Global EMBA cohort to take part in the International Business Study Trip (IBST), with all lectures for the course delivered during the trip. Meanwhile the Cambridge EMBA cohort return to Cambridge.
Courses
- Marketing Management
- Macroeconomics
- Negotiation Skills
- Individual Project
- Team Consulting Project
- International Business Study Trip (Global EMBA)
- Personal / professional development
- Termly speaker series
Cambridge EMBA dates
- 8-9 May 2026
- 9-11 Jun 2026 (The Cambridge Ecosystem – optional)
- 12-13 Jun 2026
- 3-4 Jul 2026
- 24-25 Jul 2026
Global EMBA dates
- 4-6 Sept 2025
- 5-11 Oct 2025 (IBST)
- 6-8 Nov 2025
- 11-13 Dec 2025
Term 4
The Team Consulting Project is a collaboration between an external organisation and EMBA participants, where participants form small teams to act as consultants for an organisation of their choice.
The Global EMBA start their electives in term 4. Electives allow you to broaden your experiences, focus on subjects of particular interest, and tailor your Executive MBA to your specific needs. Subjects for the electives vary from year to year.
Courses and other elements
- Innovation Management
- Strategic Management
- Electives (Global EMBA)
- Individual Project
- Team Consulting Project
- Personal / Professional Development & Speaker Series
Cambridge EMBA dates
- 4-5 Sep 2026
- 5-9 Oct 2026 (Team Consulting Project)
- 6-7 Nov 2026
- 4-5 Dec 2026
Global EMBA dates
- 22-24 Jan 2026
- 2-7 Feb 2026 (Electives)
- 9-13 Mar 2026 (Team consulting project)
- 16-18 Apr 2026
Term 5
The Cambridge EMBA class start take electives this term. Electives allow you to broaden your experiences, focus on subjects of particular interest, and tailor your Executive MBA to your specific needs. Subjects for the electives vary from year to year.
For the Global EMBA class, this term begins with an international trip followed by an online live session and a week-long class.
Courses and other elements
- Corporate Governance & Ethics
- Electives (Cambridge EMBA)
- Individual Project
- Personal / Professional Development & Speaker Series
Cambridge EMBA dates
- 8-9 Jan 2027
- 10-13 Feb 2027 (Electives)
- 5-6 Mar 2027
- 2-3 Apr 2027
Global EMBA dates
- 10-15 May 2026 (International trip)
- 4-6 June 2026
- 6-9 July 2026 (week-long class)
Core courses
Become skilled in the practice of management and core business principles and equip yourself to lead organisations in a dynamic global economy.
Electives
Broaden your management expertise, focus on areas of particular interest and tailor your learning journey to your needs, and those of your organisation.
Projects
Practice your new skills in real-life situations with multinational organisations and work in small, close-knit international teams.
Your learning experience
Collaborative, innovative, applied and focused. Learn the Cambridge way.
- Engage with your carefully selected international cohort, sharing ideas and experiences
- Learn from outstanding, leading-edge faculty and discuss the latest business insights
- Work with business leaders and innovative thinkers to tackle real-world issues
- Become adept at working across international groups
- Learn the skills to operate and lead successfully in today’s global business environment
- Hear from industry experts through our dedicated speaker series
- Enjoy contributions from top-level business practitioners
- Build your career skills through a range of topical and focused sessions. In the past these have included topics such as Smarter Networking, and Creating Your Personal Brand
- Experience our holistic approach to business
- Draw on wider disciplines and expertise from around the University of Cambridge
- Class participation
- Formal written examinations
- Written project submissions
- Group and individual assignments
- Presentations
- Regular qualitative and quantitative feedback
Expand your self-awareness. As a senior manager or leadership professional. Develop your business skills in a series of workshops delivered by visiting practitioners, including:
- Speech drafting and writing
- Business writing
- Presenting at senior level
- Consultative selling
- Networking
- Media Skills
- Coaching as a leader
Receive six sessions of executive coaching and benefit from a positive and evidenced effect on your organisational success and individual performance. You’ll develop your performance and behaviour by reflecting on and drawing out your ideas, inspiration and unifying principles.
- Explore Special Interest Groups (SIGs) – groups led by students to help you network and collaborate in a particular sector
- Access world-class research facilities, including initiatives such as the Entrepreneurship Centre
- Become a Cambridge Judge Business School alumni
- Stay connected as part of our global community
As part of the assessment for the Executive MBA you are required to sit examinations. These generally take place on specific Friday mornings and are likely to require you to be here earlier on those days. The examination dates will be provided when you start the programme.
I was really interested in some other courses, and when I came back this year, I was able to do the Fast Strategy, Intrapreneurship and Business Instinct elective.
Lifelong learning opportunities
After graduation, the Executive MBA continues to equip alumni with the knowledge and skills to become more effective managers and leaders.
Cambridge EMBA and Global EMBA alumni will have the opportunity to participate in Lifelong Learning opportunities from the Business School and the University to keep abreast of the latest research and thinking to support your professional and social development. This will enable our alumni community to stay engaged with Cambridge Judge and the University community throughout their careers.
Faculty
Leading-edge faculty combine the highest academic standards with practical business know-how.
Director of the Cambridge Executive MBA Programme
Director of the Circular Economy Centre (CEC)
PhD (University of Cambridge)
PhD (University of Cambridge)
PhD (Washington University in St Louis)
Fellow of the Centre for Business Research (CBR)
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Academic Director of the Centre for Risk Studies (CRS)
PhD (University of Wisconsin)
Academic Director of the Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre
PhD (Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University)
PhD (Aston University)
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Director of the Management Studies Tripos
PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Academic Director of the Psychometrics Centre
PhD (University of Nottingham)
Please note that the list of faculty teaching on this programme is subject to change from year to year.
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FAQs
We recommend a minimum of 15 hours of study each week. You’ll be fully supported through our online learning platform.
The Executive MBA programmes are general management programmes. You can also tailor the programmes to meet your specific needs and employment aims through 2 electives and 2 practical projects. In addition to our general management expertise, we have recognised strengths in entrepreneurship, innovation and technological development.
Most Executive MBA participants like to find their own team consulting project to work on something they’re particularly passionate about. We will of course help you find a suitable project if necessary.
Consulting projects are global and there are no restrictions on who you can do your project for. Some participants choose their own organisations. For your Individual Project we expect you to work with your own organisation.
International Business is a key module of our Executive MBA programmes. During this trip, you’ll travel with faculty, take your courses abroad and visit a series of organisations and industries. The exact location is carefully selected based on the current global economic situation and the relevance of that location to the current Executive MBA class. Past locations have included San Francisco, Beijing, Sao Paulo and Frankfurt.
You are assessed through a combination of exams and written assignments. To gain maximum benefit, you’ll focus on your own organisation and apply your newfound knowledge to existing challenges.