Executive MBA

Designed for experienced professionals, the LAU EMBA strengthens strategic, managerial, and leadership capabilities without interrupting career progression. The program is delivered in a flexible weekend format, allowing executives to balance academic rigor with demanding professional responsibilities.

The learning experience is shaped by a diverse executive cohort drawn from business, engineering, law, healthcare, pharmacy, and related fields, fostering peer learning grounded in real-world perspectives. Delivered by distinguished faculty and industry experts, the curriculum combines academic rigor with practical application across key business domains, including strategy, finance, analytics, marketing, and sustainable leadership, equipping participants to address complex organizational challenges with confidence.

Executive Certificates – Focused Expertise

In addition to the EMBA degree, LAU offers three Executive Certificates, each designed to offer targeted specialization in high-impact areas of contemporary leadership. These certificates may be taken independently as professional credentials or stacked toward the EMBA degree, complementing—rather than replacing—the comprehensive scope of the EMBA.

The Three EMBA Executive Certificates

• Consultancy for Sustainable Development: Focuses on executive consulting, sustainability strategy, and ethical decision-making.
• Digital Innovation and Analytics: Focuses on digital transformation, business analytics, and data-driven leadership.
• Leading in Finance and Technology: Focuses on financial strategy, technology leadership, and innovation in financial markets.

These certificates provide targeted executive-level specialization, while the EMBA degree remains the program’s primary and terminal academic qualification offering comprehensive leadership formation, strategic depth, and academic distinction.

Program Philosophy

• Career Continuity – Advance professionally without stepping away from your role
• Flexible Executive Format – Designed around senior-level schedules
• High-Caliber Peer Network – Learn alongside accomplished professionals from diverse industries
• Faculty with Industry Insight – Academic excellence meets real-world leadership experience
• Immediate Organizational Impact – Tools and strategies you can apply from day one

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students are able to:

• Select and analyze relevant data to propose effective, executive-level solutions to business problems
• Demonstrate effective leadership skills in organizational and managerial contexts
• Evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in executive business decisions and cases
• Demonstrate effective written communication skills for professional and executive audiences; and demonstrate effective oral communication skills in managerial and executive settings.

Program Structure and Benefits

• Duration: 1.5–2 years
• Format: Modular delivery, with classes held every other weekend (Fridays and Saturdays)
• Credit Hours: 36
• Cost per Credit: $993

Admissions Criteria

The LAU EMBA and Executive Certificates are tailored for experienced professionals with leadership potential.

General Admission Requirements

For the EMBA

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience, including managerial or supervisory roles
• English proficiency (English-medium degree or TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo)
• Interview with the Program Committee
• Meeting requirements does not guarantee admission; decisions are based on holistic review.

For the Executive Certificates

Admission requirements are the same as those for the EMBA, except that a minimum of five years of relevant professional experience is required.

Certificate-to-EMBA Pathway

• Students who complete an Executive Certificate with a cumulative GPA (CGPA) of 3.0 or higher and no grade of C or below may apply to transition into the EMBA program.
• Upon admission, students must complete all remaining EMBA requirements within six (6) years of their first certificate registration, in accordance with MEHE regulations.

EMBA Curriculum

Students must successfully complete 36 credits, distributed as follows:

• Core Requirements (18 credits)
• Elective Courses (18 credits)

Core Requirements (18 credits)

• ACC711 Accounting for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• ECO710 Applied Economics for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• FIN712 Executive Business Finance (1.5 cr.)
• FIN721* Corporate Financial Strategy (1.5 cr.)
• HRM754 Global Human Resource Management (1.5 cr.)
• MGT711** Strategic Management (Capstone Course) (1.5 cr.)
• MGT727 Managerial Negotiations (1.5 cr.)
• MGT734 Business Legal Environment, Ethics & Social Responsibility (1.5 cr.)
• MGT751 Executive Leadership & Communication Skills (1.5 cr.)
• MKT711 Marketing Management for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• MKT735 Marketing Communications (1.5 cr.)
• QBA730 Business Analytics for Executives (1.5 cr.)

* Prerequisite: FIN712
** Prerequisite: A total of 24 credits completed, including the following prerequisites: MGT 751-MGT 727-MKT 711-FIN 712-ECO 710-ACC 711- QBA 730 

Elective Courses (18 credits)

Students must choose 18 credits from the following:

• ACC781 Selected Topics in Accounting:
  • ACC781K Financial Statement Analysis (1.5 cr.)
• ECO716 Monetary Theory & Policy (1.5 cr.)
• ECO781 Selected Topics in Economics (1.5 cr.)
• FIN747 Financial Risk Management (1.5 cr.)
• FIN781 Selected Topics in Finance:
  • FIN781E Financial Technology (FinTech) (1.5 cr.)
  • FIN781N Cryptos & Digital Assets (1.5 cr.)
  • FIN781T Investment Analysis (1.5 cr.)
• HOM781 Selected Topics in Hospitality & Tourism (1.5 cr.)
• ITM781 Selected Topics in ITM:
  • ITM781I Data Visualization for Executives (1.5 cr.)
  • ITM781L Strategic Digital Transformation (1.5 cr.)
• MGT718 Executive Organizational Behavior (1.5 cr.)
• MGT721 Corporate Governance (1.5 cr.)
• MGT756 Project Management & Planning (1.5 cr.)
• MGT777 Leadership Boot Camp (1.5 cr.)
• MGT781 Selected Topics in Management:
  • MGT781BH Design Thinking & Innovation (1.5 cr.)
  • MGT781CF Consultancy for Executives (1.5 cr.)
  • MGT781CH ESG & Sustainability (1.5 cr.)
  • MGT781CI AI for Managers (1.5 cr.)
  • MGT781AC Leading Organizational Change (1.5 cr.)
  • MGT781CJ Social Entrepreneurship (1.5 cr.)
• MKT714 Advanced Consumer Behavior (1.5 cr.)
• MKT781 Selected Topics in Marketing:
  • MKT781J Digital Marketing (1.5 cr.)
  • MKT781T Marketing Analytics for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• OPM711 Executive Operations Management (1.5 cr.)

Note: Selected Topics courses (ACC781, ECO781, FIN781, HOM781, ITM781, MGT781, and MKT781) may be repeated for credit, with topics varying by offering to reflect emerging executive and industry needs.

Executive Certificates Curriculum

Core Courses (4.5 credits)

• MGT781AC Leading Organizational Change (1.5 cr.)
• MGT781CF Consultancy for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• MGT781CH ESG & Sustainability (1.5 cr.)

Elective Courses (4.5 credits selected from the following)

• HRM754 Global Human Resource Management (1.5 cr.)
• MGT721 Corporate Governance (1.5 cr.)
• MGT734 Business Legal Environment, Ethics & Social Responsibility (1.5 cr.)
• MGT751 Executive Leadership & Communication Skills (1.5 cr.)
• MGT781CJ Social Entrepreneurship (1.5 cr.)

2. Digital Innovation and Analytics

Core Courses (4.5 credits)

• ITM781I Data Visualization for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• MGT781BH Design Thinking & Innovation (1.5 cr.)
• MGT781CI AI for Managers (1.5 cr.)

Elective Courses (4.5 credits selected from the following)

• MKT735 Marketing Communications (1.5 cr.)
• MGT756 Project Management & Planning (1.5 cr.)
• MKT781J Digital Marketing (1.5 cr.)
• OPM711 Executive Operations Management (1.5 cr.)
• QBA730 Business Analytics for Executives (1.5 cr.)

3. Leading in Finance & Technology

Core Courses (4.5 credits)

• ACC711 Accounting for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• FIN712 Executive Business Finance (1.5 cr.)
• FIN781E Financial Technology (FinTech) (1.5 cr.)

Elective Courses (4.5 credits selected from the following)

• ACC781K Financial Statement Analysis** (1.5 cr.)
• FIN721 Corporate Financial Strategy** (1.5 cr.)
• FIN747 Financial Risk Management* (1.5 cr.)
• FIN781N Cryptos & Digital Assets (1.5 cr.)
• FIN781T Investment Analysis* (1.5 cr.)

*Prerequisite: FIN712
**Prerequisite: ACC711

Recommended Study Plan

Year One

Fall (7.5 credits)

• ACC711 Accounting for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• MGT751 Executive Leadership & Communication Skills (1.5 cr.)
• FIN712 Executive Business Finance (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective I (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective II (1.5 cr.)

Spring (7.5 cr.)

• MKT711 Marketing Management for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• QBA730 Business Analytics for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• FIN721 Corporate Financial Strategy (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective III (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective IV (1.5 cr.)

Summer (3 credits)

• EMBA Elective V(1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective VI (1.5 cr.)

Year Two

Fall (9 credits)

• MGT727 Managerial Negotiations (1.5 cr.)
• ECO710 Applied Economics for Executives (1.5 cr.)
• HRM754 Global Human Resource Management (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective VII (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective VIII (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective IX (1.5 cr.)

Spring (9 credits)

• MKT735 Marketing Communication (1.5 cr.)
• MGT711 Strategic Management (Capstone Course) (1.5 cr.)
• MGT734 Business Legal Environment, Ethics & Social Responsibility (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective X (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective XI (1.5 cr.)
• EMBA Elective XII (1.5 cr.)