2 strategic projects rooted in your real business challenges
in entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship (Capstone and Social Projects)
TOP 50
Financial Times Executive MBA Global Ranking 2024
Global Executive MBAGlobal EMBA: Leadership & Strategy for Senior Executives
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TOP 50
Financial Times Executive MBA Global Ranking 2024
NEOMA’s Global Executive MBA: Lead with impact
The Global Executive MBA prepares experienced managers to lead in an era shaped by AI, data, and sustainability transitions. As digital acceleration and ESG challenges redefine organisations, the programme helps turn complexity into strategic and responsible growth opportunities.
At what stage in your career?
You are expanding your responsibilities, moving into leadership roles, leading a strategic transformation, or reflecting on the next step in your professional journey.
The Global Executive MBA enables you to step back, sharpen your strategic thinking, and make high-impact decisions, without stepping away from your role.
What our Global EMBA concretely brings you
Upon completing the Global EMBA, you are able to:
- structure your decisions more effectively,
- lead complex transformations,
- create sustainable value.
You also strengthen your leadership posture, your ability to operate in international environments, and your overall career trajectory. You benefit from an active, international, and long-lasting alumni network.
The key benefits of the Global Executive MBA at a glance
- Conduct a comprehensive business diagnosis, design strategy, manage financial decisions, and identify growth opportunities while addressing ESG challenges.
- Progress in your career and take on new responsibilities.
- Prepare for Business Unit leadership, entrepreneurship, consulting, or interim management roles.
- Learn from your peers and join a lifelong professional network.
Distinct features of the Global Executive MBA
1 optional project (Consulting project in partnership with a company)
3 core themes: Innovation, ESG, and Intelligent Technologies & Transformation
fully integrated into strategic decisions and projects
4 seminars: 2 in Europe, 1 in Asia, and 1 in Africa
1 International alumni network:
active and engaged, bringing together more than 80,000 NEOMA graduates
NEOMA Business School is Qualiopi certified under the following action categories:
- Training actions
- Apprenticeship training actions
- Actions allowing the validation of acquired experience
The pillars of the Global Executive MBA
Structured around the GROW initiative, NEOMA’s Global Executive MBA develops the key capabilities to enhance self-awareness, build resilience, engage teams, and make decisions in complex environments.
The programme equips you with a comprehensive 360° strategic view of the organisation and enables you to apply your learning through hands-on projects addressing real business challenges.
Global EMBA’s programme Features
Acquire 360° View
Finance & economics
Marketing
Strategy
Human Ressources Management
Supply Chain Management
Drive Change
Innovation
AI & Big Data
ESG and ethics
Make Impact
Capstone Project
Social Project
Consultancy Project (optional)
Capstone Project
A cornerstone of the programme, the Capstone Project brings together participants’ collective expertise, professional experience and the knowledge acquired during the programme around a real-world project (an existing company, a non-profit organisation, or an entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial initiative).
You work on strategic directions and development opportunities, directly connected to your own professional challenges.
Social Project
The Social Project enables you to design innovative solutions to real social challenges, leveraging digital tools while integrating both economic sustainability and measurable impact.
Consultancy Project (optional)
A strategic consulting assignment carried out for a partner company, addressing a real business challenge such as transformation, growth, innovation or performance.
Supervised by an expert, you analyse the situation, develop practical recommendations, and present them to senior decision-makers.
An immersive experience designed to strengthen your leadership posture and deliver tangible strategic impact.
2 international seminars: 1 in Asia 1 in Africa
Academic Exchange with Partner Institutions
You will benefit from academic exchanges with three leading European partner institutions: Porto Business School, POLIMI, and the University of Bath.
These collaborations broaden your perspective and help you develop a strong international network.
An international faculty
The Global EMBA brings together international faculty members and expert practitioners, recognised in their fields and actively engaged in leading academic and professional environments.
They also teach at leading global institutions such as Harvard Business School, MIT, Columbia Business School, Stanford University, Imperial College London, INSEAD, HEC and Surrey Business School, bringing rigorous analytical frameworks that are directly connected to today’s organisational challenges.
The Global Executive MBA develops four core competency areas
- Designing and implementing strategy at the level of the organisation, a business unit or a functional area.
- Developing and steering financial decision-making to support the organisation’s overall strategic objectives.
- Identifying and deploying growth opportunities for new or existing activities, products or innovative services.
- Leading organisations, business units or functions, and managing people and teams effectively.
These competencies correspond to four RNCP-certified blocks.
They may be completed individually or as part of the full programme leading to the “Senior Executive” qualification.
Assessment methods in the Global Executive MBA
Competencies are assessed throughout the programme through:
- individual and group case studies
- applied assignments and reports
- managerial simulations and practical exercises
The successful completion of the programme also requires the submission and defence of the Capstone Project before a panel of experts.
Evaluation results of NEOMA’s Global Executive MBA
100%
Percentage of students sitting final examinations*:
100%
Graduation rate*:
Source: *2023-2024 and 2024-2025 Juries
A Multicultural Experience with Real Impact
Alongside the programme’s courses and projects, the Global Executive MBA offers a hands-on multicultural experience designed for executives and senior professionals operating in international environments.
In France and abroad, you will explore major contemporary challenges such as social entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainable development and leadership under pressure through on-site courses, expert talks, immersive learning experiences, meetings with local business leaders and company visits.
A unique opportunity to challenge your perspectives alongside international peers and strengthen your ability to act and make decisions effectively in complex, global environments.
Social Entrepreneurship and Development
International Learning Experience
Understanding how entrepreneurial ventures develop within a high-growth ecosystem, through direct exposure to investors, entrepreneurs, and projects in the acceleration phase.
Innovation and Business Model Transformation
International Learning Experience
Analyse how organisations innovate — in products, services and processes — by leveraging technology, creativity and corporate culture to respond to new market entrants and seize growth opportunities.
Innovation, Sustainability and Organisational Design in Europe
3 European symposiums – France, Norway and Italy
Place the challenges of innovation, sustainability and organisational design into perspective through academic and professional exchanges at the heart of European ecosystems, in collaboration with BI Norwegian Business School and POLIMI.
→ View the Symposium Highlights
Leadership and Decision-Making Under Crisis Conditions
Immersive Experience EXCLUSIVITE NEOMA
NEOMA is the only Business school to offer this innovative and unique experience. Explore the drivers of leadership and decision-making under pressure through a collective experience designed to strengthen team cohesion and executive posture.
You have the opportunity to take part in this seminar in Chamonix or Dammam.
Who joins NEOMA’s Global Executive MBA?
Join an international cohort
Experienced Executives and Senior Managers
Multicultural cohorts composed of experienced professionals from diverse sectors, functions and countries, united by a shared ambition: to step back, learn from their peers and exchange high-level experiences.
The Global Executive MBA supports professionals at key stages of their careers:
- Taking on new responsibilities
- Moving into executive leadership roles
- Leading a strategic transformation
- Entrepreneurial ventures, consulting or interim management
The programme enables you to:
- Diagnose an organisation and design a clear strategy
- Lead structuring financial decisions
- Identify development opportunities that integrate ESG challenges
- Strengthen your ability to decide and act in complex environments
You strengthen your role, open up new professional opportunities, and develop an executive posture aligned with today’s challenges.
Organisations that support their executives in the Global EMBA aim to:
- Support high-potential leaders
- Develop managerial and strategic capabilities
- Structure a business plan around a key project
- Benefit from international exposure to high-growth economic regions
NEOMA’s Global Executive MBA in Numbers
98%
Recommendation rate1
9,05/10
Satisfaction rate2
27th Worldwide
Career progress rank2
160 000$
Salary increase (3-years post-graduation)3
100%
Percentage of graduates entering targeted professions1
Sources: 1 Graduate Employment Survey - Class of 2023 & 2024 | 2 Financial Times 2025 Ranking | 3 Graduate Employment Survey - Class of 2022
Admission Criteria
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent, minimum three years of higher education) or above
- A minimum of five years of professional experience
- English level B2 (CEFR): test required
- Accepted tests: TOEIC or TOEFL (taken within the last two years)
- Exceptions: native English speakers and/or professionals who have been working in English for more than five years
We also offer the possibility to take an online English test aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Application Process
Application (1 hour) online
- CV: Your curriculum vitae (CV) in English (PDF format)
- English test: Taken within the last two years
- References : 2 referees
- Motivation: Answer the motivation questions in English
- Copies of your degree(s): PDF or image (less than 8 MB)
Submit your application (application fee: €100)
Interview (1 hour)
Admission decision (within 72 hours)
Administrative enrolment (30 minutes)
Global Executive MBA Funding Options
- Global Executive MBA fee: €40,000 (net of tax)
- Application fee: €100
- Intakes: October and March
- Early bird*: Up to €5,000*
- Scholarships*: Excellence & Impact*, Women in Leadership*
*Some scholarships may be combined. Please contact Yann Lorant for further information.
Dedicated solutions to finance and successfully complete your EMBA
At NEOMA Business School, we understand that joining a Global Executive MBA is a significant personal and professional commitment. We are available to support you and answer all your practical questions:
- How can you best prepare to discuss sponsorship with your employer?
- Which organisations can help finance your training project?
Contact Yann to benefit from dedicated support, both regarding funding options and the alignment of your training project with your professional career path.
Email : yann.lorant@neoma-bs.fr
Phone. : +33(0)6 99 05 52 03
The Global Executive MBA is eligible for CPF (Compte Personnel de Formation) funding for professionals working or who have worked in France.
The Global EMBA is a degree-awarding programme: Global Executive Master of Business Administration, registered as a Level 7 certification under the title “Cadre Dirigeant” (Senior Executive) in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (RNCP), registration number RNCP 37645.
Registration date: 31 May 2023 – NEOMA.
Participant testimonials
What motivated you to join the Global EMBA program at NEOMA? Which skills or knowledge have you developed the most during the Global EMBA?What motivated me to join the Global EMBA program at NEOMA was the school’s ranking in the Financial Times and other institutions, as well as the testimonials ...
Kouassi Fabrice KRA
Projects Manager – SOCITEC (Société Ivoirienne de la Terre Cuite)
What motivated you to join the NEOMA Global EMBA, and in which areas did you grow the most during the programme?
I joined the Global EMBA at NEOMA to broaden my international perspective and strengthen my strategic leadership skills. During the programme, I developed the most in cross-cultu...
Rex Yee Fong TAN
CEO – Tide Power
I’ve been in the aviation industry for 13 years, serving as a regional sales manager for an American company called StandardAero. Essentially, we provide Emerald services on aircraft engines.Why did you consider an Executive MBA?I chose to pursue the Global Executive MBA at NEOMA to refresh my kn...
Tayeb BOUHASSIS
Regional Sales Director - Airbus Group
I joined NEOMA in October 2022, and the experience has been truly impressive, particularly in terms of the interactions and exchanges with my peers. I chose the Global Executive MBA to expand my knowledge, take on more responsibility at work, and boost my self-confidenceWhat did you like the most...
Antoine PIERRE
Ingénieur commercial - Alligator SAS
Why did you choose the Gendarmerie?I was drawn to the Gendarmerie for its prestigious history and the opportunity to represent my country. At 13 or 14, the idea of wearing a uniform, developing physical skills, and travelling the world appealed to me.How did your career evolve?I joined the Gendar...
Emmanuel JACOB
General Staff - Gendarmerie Nationale
I’m Pierre Plouzennec, an engineer and participant in the Global Executive MBA. I joined NEOMA to improve my business skills, especially in finance and management, and to build the confidence needed to lead or even establish my own company. NEOMA provided the ideal setting to develop the knowledg...
Pierre PLOUZENNEC
Foresight – Michelin
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Practical information
Programme format:
France: 4 days per month with 3 business days - From Wednesday to Saturday
China: 1 weekend in 3
Programme duration:
500 hours - 90 ECTS Credits
Tuition & fees:
€40,000
Location:
Campus : Paris, Shanghai
Language of instruction:
English
Next intake date:
March
October
Entry requirements:
- Three-year Bachelor’s or higher
- Five years of professional experience
- B2 level in English (CEFR)
Degree awarded:
Global Executive Master of Business Administration / Level 7 Qualification on the RNCP (French Register of Professional Certifications) / RNCP sheet No. 37645, Executive Manager
Registration date: 31/05/2023 - NEOMA