Why our Executive MBA?

Become a leader and decision maker of the future with a flexible EMBA from New Zealand’s top Business School.

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Our Executive MBA provides more than a set of skills. It will enable you to:

  • Transition to a higher level of personal and professional development
  • Gain the confidence and capabilities to thrive under uncertainty
  • Drive change and navigate through complex business environments, now and in the future
  • Develop skills relevant to New Zealand's distinct political, cultural and legal environment, enabling local businesses to succeed
  • Learn to use international business strategies to scale up small and medium-sized enterprises

Change your life, and the business world, in one step with an EMBA from the University of Auckland Business School.

Your Executive MBA experience

The online-enabled EMBA provides an engaging and interactive learning experience with unique advantages, such as:

  • Access to top-notch education from anywhere in New Zealand or beyond
  • After hours online lectures that fit around your work and personal commitments
  • Collaborating and learning with a cohort of industry leaders and innovators
  • Establishing lifelong professional networks
  • Earning a globally recognised qualification
  • Incorporating learning from various disciplines to your specific situation
  • Contributing to sustainability by saving time and resources

Entrepreneurial practice

The University of Auckland Executive MBA programme offers students a unique experience, working with New Zealand companies in an advisory capacity to develop strategic recommendations for local or international growth. During the international client project, students spend a week in an international market meeting distributors, interviewing clients and undertaking observational research. This provides students with a genuine insight into, and experience of, global business. 

Our Executive MBA cohort at a glance

Our diverse cohort of talented senior-level professionals encompass a wide range of skills, experience and backgrounds.

  • Industry backgrounds - Over 13 different areas, including government, financial services, consumer products and manufacturing
  • Average age - 37.5
  • Average years work experience - 13
  • Years in management role - 5.5