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About the Executive MBA Program
True business leaders have fulfilling, successful careers. They expand their companies' horizons; they have the vision necessary to identify opportunities before anyone else; and they have the tenacity to take their businesses to the next level.
The Executive MBA (EMBA) Worldwide program at the University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business is designed for the business leader, balancing global perspective with local expertise and preparing graduates to compete at a level on par with the world's top executives. EMBA Worldwide graduates acquire a worldwide outlook on markets and consumers, as well as the ability to build cultural competence in every market where their organizations are doing business now or will be doing business in the future.
The EMBA Worldwide program is designed with the new rules of the international business community in mind. It provides executives with a "real-world," research-based education and an exciting and rewarding life experience on three different continents-with sites in North America (Pittsburgh, Pa.), South America (São Paulo, Brazil), and Europe (Prague, Czech Republic). Students take most of their courses at the site most convenient to them; however, they also participate in three weeklong immersion sessions, called Global Executive Forums, with their EMBA Worldwide classmates at other sites.
While imparting this global perspective, the EMBA Worldwide program also values local savvy. Katz partners with top-tier corporations in North America, South America, and Europe. In addition, the relationships EMBA Worldwide scholars forge with their colleagues in the Katz community-an alumni network of more than 30,000 business leaders across all industries-are an invaluable resource.
EMBA Worldwide's cohort-based program means students begin their studies with the same classmates who are with them at graduation. From the moment students enroll, they acquire this network with the expectation that these connections will expand and benefit them throughout their careers, thereby increasing exponentially the value of an EMBA Worldwide degree.
Since 1972, working professionals from the Pittsburgh, Pa., metropolitan area and beyond have earned their EMBA from the second oldest executive MBA program in the world. Katz is one of only 30 ranked among the best in the world by all five major publications that assess business school quality. Katz faculty and staff are committed to providing this same quality of education at all three EMBA Worldwide locations.
