Executive MBA program provides a one-year course of study for experienced, upwardly mobile managers dedicated to the pursuit of excellence. Participants receive an intense academic and practical management education in an in-depth program that balances leading-edge business theory with the study of leadership and teamwork to arrive at creative solutions to real world challenges.

The program focuses on "how to think" rather than "what to think". The aim of the program is to give executives the insight and strategic thinking necessary for driving their organizations into the future with success. The Executive MBA program is being offered by the Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences.

Participants of the Executive MBA Program will master both the details and the entire picture in the local and global contexts. Foundation (core) courses will provide vital management support and breadth, area courses will provide functional knowledge, and policy courses will integrate the program in the context of strategic thinking.

Basic Principles

• The Executive MBA Program is an "MBA Program without thesis" with a total of 45 credits.
• The Executive MBA Program will be completed in one academic year that will be divided into three terms. Where there are compulsory reasons this period may be extended to six terms at most.
• The program requires the completion of 16 courses; 13 of which are required and 3 are electives.
• In addition to the courses taken, students are required to prepare a term project to complete the program.
• The classes are held between 18:30 and 21:45 on weekdays and between 09:00 and 16:45 on Saturdays.
• At the beginning of the I. Term of the academic year, there is an intensive schedule for seven weeks during which weekday classes meet three times a week (on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays). After the first seven weeks of the I. Term, weekday classes meet twice a week (on Tuesdays and Thursdays). Weekend (Saturday) courses are carried out all through the term.
• During the II. Term of the academic year, the classes meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the weekdays and Saturdays on weekends.
• An intensive schedule is carried out during the III. Term (May, June) of the academic year as of the first term. Although the course schedule varies depending on the elective courses selected by the students, classes are held at least three times during the weekdays and on Saturdays.
• Courses integrate local and global cases and speakers from the business world are invited. Learning proceeds through student and faculty discussions, experiential exercises, group studies and other learning methods.
• The language of the program is English.
• In this program a class will consist a maximum of 35 students. Additional classes may be opened if the University Executive Council deems it necessary.
• Students who have achieved a minimum GPA of 3.00/4.00 in the credit and non-credit courses offered within the Executive MBA Program and who have obtained the approval of their project advisors to the effect that they have successfully completed their term project shall be entitled to graduate from the program.
• Graduating students shall be conferred the Executive Master of Business Administration degree awarded by the Social Sciences Institute of Bogazici University.