Aalto Executive MBA in Sustainability (Aalto Executive Education Academy)
Course Information
Description
To Challenge and to Stimulate
Aalto Executive MBA (EMBA) is one of Europe's leading Executive MBA programs. It holds the 'Triple Crown' of accreditations – the three most respected international accreditations, AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS, granted to around 1% of the world's business schools – and is ranked among the top 100 programs worldwide.
The Aalto EMBA program develops a strong professional network and accelerates your career progression. It boosts the key knowledge and skills relevant for individuals with significant professional work experience to succeed further in senior leadership roles.
The program focuses on the four core business areas of strategy, leadership, finance, and marketing, with a special emphasis on strategy, and leadership in a global context.
Focus on Sustainability
The sustainability perspective is integrated holistically across the curriculum, which deepens your understanding of responsibility and sustainability in business and how these issues impact business strategies, decision-making, and value creation. You will gain the tools and insights needed to transform your organization into a sustainable business.
The program diploma is awarded by Aalto University School of Business.
Course Highlights
The program is designed to enhance the participant’s personal skills and leadership competencies from a sustainable angle. The modules also strengthen the participant's strategic thinking thus increasing their understanding of why businesses need to transform and how they themselves can become drivers of organizational transformation.
- Feed your mind for growth to reach your highest potential
- Acquire a holistic understanding of global business management
- Develop universally relevant competencies with an emphasis on strategy and leadership
- Gain insights and develop practical business-oriented skills that can be applied immediately
- Broaden your perspective and develop the mindset of a sustainable leader in a complex and diverse global environment
- Learn from classmates and faculty with vast and diverse experience
- Build a network and social capital that will serve you well in the future as a source of advice, business, recruitment, and friendship
- Give yourself time away from busy daily life for strategic thinking and reflection, both independently and with peers for mutual enrichment
- Reinforce your professional confidence to face new challenges
- Feel secure in your investment; strong support from a dedicated EMBA team ensures your timely graduation
Entry Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Minimum five years of relevant postgraduate work experience in a managerial or senior specialist position
- Good command of written and spoken English
- Recommendation letter
- Personal meeting
If you are not sure about meeting some of the requirements, please contact the Aalto EMBA in Sustainability admissions team.
Career Opportunities
Information not available
Modules
To fulfill the requirements for the Aalto Executive MBA diploma, participants must successfully complete studies worth 90 ECTS credits, including some international elements. Studies include 12 core modules (52 ECTS in total), one compulsory Business Strategy Project (11 ECTS), and elective modules worth a total of 27 ECTS (typically, one elective module is worth 4.5 ECTS).
The Aalto Executive MBA in Sustainability program can be completed in around two years. The program has a modular structure and follows a six-week learning cycle.
Modules are typically run once a month on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 13:30 to 21:30 (UTC+8). Each module contains a written pre-assignment and a take-home assignment.
Core Modules
The Aalto EMBA program includes 12 core modules. The core modules are designed to provide participants with a wide understanding of the different key areas of business, and participants acquire skills that are essential for any leader. The core modules are building blocks of the EMBA program and help participants to integrate knowledge in the various management disciplines with hands-on practice. All these topics will be approached and discussed from the point of view of leadership and strategy.
- Personal and Organizational Leadership
- Financial Accounting and Analysis of Financial Statements
- Management Accounting and Control
- Economics
- Finance
- Strategic Management
- Communications
- Marketing
- Fundamentals of Corporate Sustainability
- People Management
- Leading with Impact
- Capstone
Elective Modules
Aalto EMBA participants can choose from a wide variety of elective modules:
- Elective modules under the Aalto Executive MBA program, the Aalto MBA program, and the Global Leader program in Helsinki
- Range of electives in the form of study tours and in EMBA programs at our international partner universities
- Several elective modules in the form of open executive programs
Aalto EMBA participants who are taking the concentration in sustainability, are required to complete the following sustainability elective modules:
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Social and Digital Sustainability
- Sustainability Reporting
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