Overview

The Smith EMBA program is more than a degree program—we like to think of it as an 19-month-long executive development experience. That experience is dynamic and life-changing, opening your mind to the essence of strategy, broadening your circle of connections to include new peers and faculty, and developing your ability to lead in ways that are difficult to imagine…and difficult to explain through a Web page.  In fact, we’d much rather you open a personal dialogue with us than open our Web page.  Nevertheless, we do encourage you to explore this Web site, see our students and faculty, and discover the multifaceted ways the program is designed to help you become the fully developed business leader you know you can be.

What is an 19-month executive development experience? It includes core courses that cover the critical business disciplines in any MBA program, but the similarities with other programs end there.  Unlike traditional education programs, Smith EMBA eschews a linear approach. Rather, we have found that seasoned professionals learn best when concepts are viewed, reshaped and reinforced from multiple perspectives at every point in the program.

How do we do this? Four key concepts make the Smith EMBA program the program of choice for talented executives: Foundation, Mastery, Leadership Development & Executive Coaching, and Action Leaning Projects. How these components are woven together makes the Smith EMBA the most engaging and rewarding educational experience of its kind. Like the systems approach on which it is based, the program focuses not on a narrow aspect of executive development, but rather the enrichment and growth of you, the whole person.

The Smith EMBA program 19-month executive development experience focuses on outcomes. We seek only two for you: wisdom and the ability to lead others. Wisdom is the integrated understanding of the actions necessary to produce sustained organization performance. Leadership is the capacity to mobilize people in the execution of collective actions that will produce sustained performance.  With these two outcomes, you will have the power to impact your organization’s performance in unparalleled ways.  

May you make the best use of the knowledge, experience and understanding gained here. May you use good judgment in all decisions. And may you have a positive impact on your organization and society.

The University of Maryland's Smith School of Business is accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the premier accrediting agency for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.