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Executive MBA Program

Earn an EMBA that fits your goals and your schedule Top-ranked in the D.C. region, our flexible Executive MBA delivers the skills, confidence, and knowledge you need to create meaningful change. Georgetown’s vibrant D.C. campus provides unrivaled access to global leaders across industries, plus opportunities to engage with our renowned faculty. Our 21-month EMBA is customizable, with a variety of electives aligned to your particular interests. The program’s hybrid format balances flexibility with the support of our collaborative community. In-person classes are held on campus one weekend per month, with convenient online classes in between. Through your coursework, international consulting and capstone projects, and connections with Georgetown’s expert career coaches and worldwide alumni network, you’ll graduate fully prepared to take charge on the global stage, wherever your career takes you.

The Financial Times regularly ranks the Georgetown EMBA as a top U.S. school, with high marks for its focus on alumni career progress and salary increases; percentage of women enrolled in the program; ESG issues; international course experiences; and percentage of international faculty. The Financial Times rankings shown refer to U.S. placement unless otherwise noted.

Career Progress (#2 in the world) Financial Times, 2025

Gender Parity Financial Times, 2025

International Faculty Expertise Financial Times, 2025

The Georgetown Difference A Campus with Unrivaled Access to D.C.

Since Georgetown University was founded in 1789, our location in the global capital city of Washington, D.C. — the intersection of business, government, and international relations — has provided access to leading business executives and global thought leaders. Over time, we have developed unrivaled relationships to the business, government, policy, and diplomatic communities in the city. On our campus, you will find opportunities to engage with our numerous research centers, graduate students within the business school and across the university, as well as with world leaders and business executives who we regularly host on campus.

Leadership with a Global Mindset

At Georgetown McDonough, we believe that business has no borders, which is why we prepare students to become globally-minded leaders by providing a depth of opportunities as only Georgetown can. EMBA students work on a real-life international consulting project, a global capstone project, and collaborate with our EMBA Dubai students on a joint team assignment. Beyond this, professors integrate global case studies into the classroom, and our diverse global community includes faculty, staff, and students with different backgrounds and viewpoints.

Values-Based Approach

As the nation’s oldest Catholic, Jesuit university, Georgetown and the McDonough School of Business embrace a values-based approach to education. Here you will find a collaborative culture, with a focus on cura personalis, or care of the whole person. We also emphasize academic excellence and inquiry, being women and men in service to others, and being a community in diversity. We have embedded these traditions throughout the student experience, ensuring our graduates are prepared to both advance their careers and make a difference in the world.

Outcome-Driven, Customized Career Support

Our dedicated Executive MBA Careers team offers outcome-driven, customized solutions tailored to each student’s individual needs. Whether students and alumni are looking to advance at their current organization, pivot to a new industry, sector, or company, or start their own business, our career team supports and guides students and alumni toward their goals.

program is a reflection of the best Georgetown offers. Our “ The students learn how to think as business leaders, gaining knowledge of broader management issues at the nexus of global business, government, and policy in Washington and around the world. Our faculty are interdisciplinary and represent diverse perspectives, and the program weaves elements of our value system and Jesuit heritage throughout the curriculum.

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Nick Lovegrove Executive MBA Academic Director, Washington, D.C.

Lead the Way with an Executive MBA Tailored to You Success in business—whether in the United States or around the world—requires a deep understanding of both business fundamentals and the policies that influence them. Our dynamic EMBA curriculum is characterized by an interdisciplinary focus that brings to life the intersection of business and policy found in Washington, D.C. To keep pace with the changing nature of global business, the school continually updates its elective offerings and allows you to customize your experience with the choice of 11 electives throughout the 21-month program. In the first year, the core curriculum presents a common understanding of fundamental business theory and practice. Classes like accounting, management, and marketing challenge students to master the cross functions of traditional business practice before diving into advanced courses in year two. Students also complete the Structure of Global Industries residency to take an in-depth exploration of the intersection of business and policy. During the second-year advanced business courses, students learn how to think as business leaders through core courses on the foundations of business and public policy, global political economy, and strategic advocacy for business. Then students select the topics of their remaining electives and the innovative Global Capstone Project. Electives vary based on the composition of the cohort, faculty recommendations, and key business issues.

PROGRAM LENGTH

21 months

IN-PERSON CLASS WEEKENDS

Once per month Friday morning through early Sunday afternoon

ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS SATURDAYS

Once per month synchronous virtual classes

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES

Five week-long experiences - three in Washington, D.C., and two global

CUSTOMIZABLE CURRICULUM

11 elective courses, global capstone project, and global consulting project

looked at several EMBA programs, but what struck me as “ Imost unique about the Georgetown EMBA program was the deep sense of community, camaraderie, and support among the cohort members I interviewed with. I was part of an incredibly collaborative cohort that remains close today. I found myself strategizing with members of my cohort about new business ventures after the entrepreneurship residency and continuing conversations with alumni and faculty about ideas for new products long after graduation. No matter which cohort you’re in, EMBA students share a vested interest in ensuring one another’s success and wellbeing, and a commitment to understanding how business can have a positive impact on society.

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AJ Jensen, EMBA Alumna Vice President, McAllister & Quinn

EMBA program gave me a more holistic perspective “ The on my company’s business objectives and the downstream impact we have on shareholders. It’s easy to become myopic as career paths become more specialized – Georgetown helped me see the bigger picture which has had a positive impact on my career.

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Mark Hogan, EMBA Alumnus Senior Advisory Solution Consultant Service Now

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On-Campus Residencies Through five experiences — three domestic and two international — you will be immersed in real-life business projects, apply knowledge learned in the classroom to a specific organization or industry, and better understand the skills needed to advance your firm or to start your own business.

Opening Residency: Problem Solving and Communications

This introduction to the program provides an in-depth, live case experience, focused on ethical business decision-making and teamwork. Students apply a high-level view of finance, marketing, strategy, and other fundamental business areas to global companies facing real challenges in today’s competitive international marketplace.

Structure of Global Industries

This on-campus experience offers an integrated framework to study and practice concepts in international trade and investment, trade policy, economic growth, and monetary and fiscal policy. Teaching and learning in this on-campus residency takes place partly through lectures and principally through practicums supported by team meetings. The practicums require original, creative work by the teams of students who create a business, determine the locations of production and markets, and recommend adjustments to shocks in the business environment.

New Business Ventures

Transform a promising corporate innovation opportunity into an innovation venture concept proposal, and launch it as a new innovation concept. Learn the key steps in the venture creation process, including customer discovery, feasibility analysis, product development, marketing and internal stakeholder support, and fundraising.

EMBA has been a great asset for my career – “Georgetown’s certainly the in-class instruction was high quality and builds out practical skills for the workplace. However, beyond that was developing a network of new colleagues and friends, as well as gaining a better understanding of different industries and issues, which yields from two years of conversations, cases, and the global perspective of Georgetown.

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Blake Barfield, EMBA Alumnus Director, Stakeholder Strategy Atmos Energy

Global Experiences Global Business Experience In this signature Georgetown McDonough experience, student consulting teams work together to solve pressing business problems facing foreign organizations and Fortune 500 companies with operations overseas. At the end of the course, the cohort travels abroad to the client’s facilities to present recommendations to senior leadership.

Select Companies and Projects • Automation and Organization, EY (South Korea) • Design Operations and Marketing Strategy, Havaianas (Brazil) • E-Commerce to Improve Customer Engagement, 3M (India) • Engaging with Global Captives, IBM (India) • Explainable Artificial Intelligence, Infosys (India) • Go-to-Market Digital Healthcare Strategy, Philips (South Korea) • Transform Digital Engagement with Stakeholders, Novartis (Brazil)

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Julia Kim EMBA Alumna

gave me the knowledge and confidence to start my own business. The network has been amazing. As a founder raising capital, I’ve been able to reach out to Georgetown alumni and others who are affiliated with the university for advice and they have always responded with kindness and practical advice that has moved me forward.

Global Capstone Experience: Issues for Industries Worldwide

Incorporating all components of the program, student teams study the impact of globalization at the country, industry, and firm levels. With the guidance of a faculty advisor, teams will travel to different parts of the world to conduct field research on a particular country, region, industry, and corporation and produce a research paper that highlights opportunities and challenges on particular topics of interest. To complete the experience teams highlight their research in a final presentation to the Georgetown McDonough community.

Select Projects • China Manufacturing Supply Shift (Vietnam) • Eyeglass Social Enterprise (Tanzania) • FARC Coffee Business Strategies (Brazil, Colombia, and South Korea) • Non-Payment Business Solutions (Greece) • Renewable Energy Innovations with Blockchain Technology (Switzerland) • Smart Cities (Copenhagen, Denmark, Seoul, South Korea, and Singapore) • Urban Pollution Sustainability (Copenhagen, Denmark and Naples, Italy) • Urban Waste Business Solutions (Beirut, Lebanon)

working abroad in the Middle East and Europe “ After for much of my career, the EMBA program marked a turning point in my journey, providing resources to navigate the evolving landscape of my industry and seize new opportunities. The program served as the catalyst for my return to the United States and lit my entrepreneurial spirit. Georgetown equipped me with meticulously structured guidance and a mindset focused on what is achievable. It empowered me to embrace calculated risks, identify blind spots, and elevate my thinking in terms of innovation and creativity.

Jason Dodier EMBA Alumnus Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Grain Ecosystem

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Executive Career Development Propel Your Career

with Specialized Executive MBA Career Support Our Executive Career Management team provides the personalized professional career development support you need to advance in your current environment or pivot to a new role or industry. The team will help you to prepare for interviews, negotiate compensation, and successfully integrate into a new environment. Throughout your EMBA journey, we will work with you as you optimize your potential and achieve your career goals.

Career Progress in the United States

45%

Salary increase three years after graduation

$224,352

Financial Times, 2025

Average salary three years after graduation

Executive Recruiters in Residence Program The Executive Recruiters in Residence Program connects Executive MBA students and alumni with a select network of recruiters and executive search professionals from leading organizations. These experts offer personalized career guidance, including: Resume and LinkedIn profile consultations – Tailoring materials to effectively highlight skills, experience, and leadership potential. Networking opportunities – Facilitating connections with potential employers and expanding professional networks.

Comprehensive Career Services In addition to the Executive Recruiters in Residence, Georgetown McDonough provides a robust suite of career resources designed to support professionals at every stage of their journey:

COACHING SESSIONS

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IN-CLASS CAREER SESSIONS

LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENTS

EVENING VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS

ACCESS TO EXECUTIVE RECRUITERS IN RESIDENCE

ONE-ON-ONE

Whether advancing in a current role, transitioning to a new industry, launching an entrepreneurial venture, or pursuing civilian opportunities after military service, our career services empower Executive MBA students and alumni to define—and achieve—their next chapter.

Lifelong Learning In today’s rapidly evolving world, lifelong learning stands as a cornerstone for personal and professional growth. At the McDonough School of Business, we recognize the journey toward success is an ongoing process of skill development, innovation, and staying adaptable, well beyond graduation. That’s why we are committed to providing robust program offerings, tailored specifically to the needs of our alumni. Whether it’s honing leadership capabilities, mastering emerging technologies, or navigating global market trends, our comprehensive suite of lifelong learning initiatives empower our alumni to stay ahead of the curve and excel in their respective fields. Through collaborative partnerships, cutting-edge and relevant curriculum, and a supportive community of peers and mentors, we foster an environment where continuous learning is not only encouraged but embraced as a catalyst for enduring success.

business world is in a state of constant “ The change, spurred by technology, policy, and emerging challenges. As a result, our Executive MBA team continually updates our curriculum to prepare students to adapt to these changes. We are pleased to have hosted over 50 alumni each year in our Lifelong Learning courses to ensure they remain prepared to address the complexities of the current and future business world.

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Erin Guild Senior Assistant Dean Graduate and Executive Degree Programs

Access to Industry Leaders Executive MBA students at McDonough benefit from unparalleled access to industry leaders through a dynamic blend of classroom engagement, speaker series, and global consulting projects. The program’s strategic location in Washington, D.C., fosters connections with top executives across sectors — including finance, government, healthcare, and technology — who regularly share insights and emerging trends. From intimate networking sessions to high-impact leadership forums, students gain direct exposure to decisionmakers shaping the global economy, allowing them to build valuable relationships and apply real-world perspectives to their coursework and careers.

Recent Speakers Ted Leonsis (C’77, P’14, P’15), founder, chairman, principal partner, and CEO, Monumental Sports and Entertainment• David Rubenstein, CEO, Carlyle Group • Indra Nooyi, former chairman and CEO, PepsiCo • Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorganChase • Jonathan Gray, president and COO, Blackstone • Josh D’Amaro (B’93), chairman, Disney Experiences, The Walt Disney Company • Doug Bouton (C’07), founder, Halo Top Ice Cream • Seth Goldman, co-founder, PLNT Burger and CEO, Eat the Change • Jonathan Neman (B’07), Nicolas Jammet (B’07), and Nathaniel Ru (B’07), founders, Sweetgreen • Ben Weiss, founder, Bai Brands • The Honorable Michelle Bowman, Federal Reserve Governor • Howard Marks, co-chairman, Oaktree Capital Management • Chris Nassetta, president and CEO, Hilton Worldwide • Alicia Petross, chief diversity officer, The Hershey Company • Tim Geithner, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Centers and Initiatives Georgetown McDonough is home to 11 faculty-led centers and initiatives that generate research, advise policymakers, convene industry leaders, and provide real-world learning labs for students. AI, Analytics, and the Future of Work • Baratta Center for Global Business Education• Business for Impact • Business of Health Initiative • Business of Sustainability Initiative • Center for Business and Public Policy • Georgetown Entrepreneurship • Georgetown Institute for Consumer Research • Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics • Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy • Steers Center for Global Real Assets

on my EMBA at the same time as growing my “ Working own startup, MasPanadas, was the best combination of theory and practice. My business was the subject of various group projects, which meant I could directly apply what I learned in class to grow my business. Workshops, networking, mentoring, and pitch competitions have helped me deal with the ups and downs of running a business.

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Maria Margarita Womack EMBA Alumna Founder, MasPanadas

A Global Alumni Network

Our students have access to a diverse, distinguished network of Georgetown University alumni from the McDonough School of Business and Georgetown’s other renowned programs. You will join the global Georgetown University network of more than 220,000 alumni in 189 countries with deep and varied professional experience spanning business, multinational corporations, and government and non-governmental agencies. Alumni also have access to professional alliances and 70 regional alumni clubs on six continents including CIRCLE 100, a dedicated network of executive-level McDonough alumni who support EMBA students with career insights, industry guidance, and industry connections worldwide.

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CONTACT US For more information, or to apply to the Executive MBA program, please contact: +1 (202) 687-8863 emba@georgetown.edu msb.georgetown.edu/emba Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Rafik B. Hariri Building, Suite 474 37th and O Streets, NW Washington, DC 20057