National Executive MBA Overview

Earn a world-class MBA in 15 months, while you continue to work


Canada's #1 EMBA

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Queen's Executive MBA, Canada's top-ranked EMBA program, is a life-changing experience. This innovative 15-month program is offered in most major cities across Canada, including Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton and Montreal.

Queen's School of Business provides an incomparable and transformational learning experience for working managers and executives. Queen's Executive MBA will teach you to think differently. The ideas, perspectives and tools you will acquire while in the program will have a powerful and lasting impact on you and your career. Our unique learning model combines interactive class sessions, case studies and real-world practice to provide the most comprehensive and effective management education experience. Read a message from Dean David Saunders.

Personalization

Queen’s Executive MBA is the only executive MBA program in Canada that can be personalized around your individual strengths and aspirations. In all, there are seven ways for you to personalize your EMBA experience.

  • Personal Assessment (Gallup Strengthsfinder™)
  • Personal Development Coaching
  • Strategic Electives
  • Optional International Study Trip
  • Fit To Lead (Lifestyle and Fitness Coaching)
  • CMA and CMC Options
  • Career-Step Program (Career Coaching)

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Academic Excellence

Queen’s School of Business is one of the world’s premier business schools, with a faculty renowned for their business experience and academic credentials. The school has earned international recognition for its leading-edge curriculum and innovative approaches to business education.

Queen's Executive MBA

Integrated Cross-Functional Thinking

Queen’s Executive MBA has been designed not only to provide a solid understanding of management fundamentals, but also to demonstrate how management decisions are rarely one-dimensional, and can have an impact across the organization.

Global Perspective

Queen’s Executive MBA prepares you manage effectively in the global economy. You will receive a solid grounding in the fundamentals of global business, including global economics, international trade, international partnerships and cross-cultural management.

Leadership Experience

Queen’s teaches you to think like a leader. The program curriculum provides the latest thinking in leadership and management techniques, insights into your personal management style, and many opportunities to put your learning into practice while in the program.

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Start your application online, or simply call an Application Advisor at 1.888.393.2622.

Class Profile

Queen’s Executive MBA participants have an average age of 38, with an average of 13 years of work experience. They come from across Canada and have a variety of backgrounds. Here are some typical profiles:

  • General Manager: This executive has many years of business experience, has moved up the management ladder and wants a better understanding of modern management tools.
  • Entrepreneur: Driven by a desire to take an enterprise to the next level, the entrepreneur is looking for advanced management techniques.
  • Functional Manager: Well-versed in one functional area, this manager wants to develop a more general base of management skills and knowledge.
  • Not-For-Profit and Public-Sector Managers: This executive wants to improve the effectiveness of a public enterprise by learning about advanced private-sector concepts and skills.

Women and the MBA

At Queen's School of Business, we recognize the need to enable more women to ascend to the senior ranks of management. An MBA can help break down the barriers that exist for women looking to advance their careers. Queen's is making a concerted effort to address this issue. In addition to hosting Women and the MBA events across Canada, we have also implemented a number of initiatives to attract and support women within our programs. Read More...

Queen's School of Business Accreditations

Queen’s School of Business received unconditional accreditation for all programs in 1998 by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), the world's largest business school accreditation body. Queen’s was the first university in Ontario to be AACSB-approved.

Queen's School of Business achieved unconditional EQUIS accreditation in 2006 and is a member of EFMD – the European Foundation for Management Development.

The UK-based Association of MBAs added a European acknowledgement of the School’s excellence by granting its accreditation.

Program Leadership

Bill Blake
Dr. William Blake
Associate Dean
MBA Programs
Gloria Saccon
Ms. Gloria Saccon
Director
National Executive MBA Program
Brian Marchant
Mr. Brian Marchant
Director
Team Facilitation
David Edwards
Mr. David Edwards
Director
Career Services
Gary Scott
Mr. Gary Scott
Director
Operations