You’ve built your leadership through experience. Now, prepare for what’s next.
The Notre Dame EMBA develops leaders holistically, combining deep business knowledge and strategic perspective with moral purpose. You’ll strengthen your leadership style and prepare to take on greater responsibility, pursue new career opportunities, and make a greater impact.
Build greater command of strategy, finance, analytics, emerging technology, and organizational leadership, while strengthening your ability to make sound decisions that account for business priorities, people, and the long-term impact on organizations and communities.
Your journey begins with the Now Irish orientation week in August, where you’ll participate in Executive Integral Leadership (EIL). This one-week intensive focuses on self-awareness and leadership development. You’ll gain a deep understanding of your strengths and how to lead more effectively from day one. Throughout the program, EIL principles are reinforced across the curriculum, supported by ongoing leadership assessments to track your growth and access to executive and leadership coaching to help you continuously refine your approach.
Global Foundations in Europe
In the fall, your entire cohort will participate in a required immersion experience in Europe tied to a global marketing course. You’ll explore the business landscape, cultural context, and strategic approaches of leading international organizations. This shared experience builds a strong foundation in global business and cross-cultural leadership—equipping you to think more broadly, lead more effectively, and engage international markets with insight.
Personalized Immersion Options
In addition to the required immersion in Europe, you’ll complete two additional immersions—one in the summer between your first and second year, and another in the spring of your final year. For each, you’ll choose between an international or U.S.-based experience, allowing you to tailor the journey to your industry, interests, or lifestyle. No matter the location, each immersion features hands-on, experiential learning and will be tied to the same course, giving you practical insight and the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned in real business settings.
“Notre Dame challenges you to grow in ways that are deeply personal. I’m a more reflective leader, and that makes me more effective. When I think about what sets Notre Dame apart—it’s the people. You’re part of something bigger here—and that stays with you.”
Christine Huffer Executive MBA Class of 2024
The Notre Dame Business Experience
Hear from executives, faculty, and alumni about the experiences that challenged assumptions and perspectives, reshaping how they lead.
When Jordan Sallusti (EMBA ’25) started the Notre Dame Executive MBA, he was already building a successful career at Bunzl Retail Services. As Senior Director of Customer Experience, he had established himself as a strong leader—but those around him saw even more potential ahead.
For Tia Chambers, the Notre Dame Executive MBA is providing more than a degree. It’s giving her the confidence, connections, and knowledge to expand what’s possible in her career.
For Brian DeJean, the Notre Dame Executive MBA is helping him turn classroom learning into real-world opportunities — from restructuring his businesses to building new ventures with his cohort and the alumni network.
At Notre Dame, a carefully built learning team evolved into Iron Ranch Equipment and a shared mission to Grow the Good in Business.
Career Outcomes Start on Day One
Your Next Move May Be Bigger Than a Promotion.
Notre Dame EMBA graduates pursue many paths — advancing into senior leadership, taking on broader responsibilities, moving into new industries, changing functions, or launching ventures of their own. The EMBA expands the opportunities available to you as an experienced leader as you consider the next stage of your career.
“Since graduating, my career has progressed from chief growth officer to also leading sales and marketing. The program helped me refine my executive skillset and grow my responsibilities.”
Greg JungExecutive MBA Class of 2022
Tuition & Aid
The Notre Dame Executive MBA offers one of the best returns on investment of any top-ranked Executive MBA program. Aided by its competitive price, program-sponsored scholarships and financial aid, any student can put together a plan to participate in the Notre Dame Executive MBA program today.
Tuition for the Executive MBA Class of 2027 is $188,455 for the full 22-month program.
Most Executive MBA students finance their education through a combination of Notre Dame-sponsored scholarships, external scholarships, personal income or savings and graduate student loans, including both private and federal loan programs. While some students qualify for corporate financial sponsorship through their employer, it is not required to apply to the program.
We’re Looking for Leaders Who Aren’t Finished Growing. Notre Dame seeks experienced professionals who have demonstrated leadership and are ready for what comes next. We look for candidates who will bring their experience and perspective to the EMBA community, challenge themselves and others, and continue developing as values-driven leaders.
Everyone arrives with both something to teach and something still to learn. Your classmates bring years of leadership across industries, organizations, and roles, creating a community where assumptions are tested, perspectives expand, and accomplished professionals become students again.
QIs an Executive MBA still worth it for an experienced professional?
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Experience becomes more valuable when you continue learning from it. The Notre Dame EMBA is designed for professionals who have already built successful careers, but recognize that greater responsibility brings more complex decisions. You’ll deepen your business expertise and examine how you lead, without stepping away from your career.
QHow is the Notre Dame EMBA designed for working professionals?
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The 22-month program combines monthly Thursday–Saturday residencies on the Notre Dame campus, with immersive learning experiences in the U.S. and abroad. The format enables experienced professionals to remain active in their current roles, while regularly returning to campus to learn, collaborate, and apply new thinking to their work.
QWhat makes the Notre Dame Executive MBA different from other EMBA programs?
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Notre Dame begins with a different definition of executive development. You’ll strengthen your command of strategy, finance, analytics, AI, and other business disciplines, while examining the human consequences of leadership. The objective is to make better business decisions and to bring a stronger ethical compass to how those decisions get made.
QHow will the Notre Dame EMBA change the way I lead?
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You’ll begin by examining your own strengths and leadership approach through Executive Integral Leadership, then continue developing through coursework, collaboration, immersive experiences, and exposure to viewpoints different from your own. The result is not a prescribed leadership style, but rather greater clarity about the leader you are, and the one you want to become.
Experience Notre Dame
The best way to understand the Notre Dame Executive MBA is to experience it. Join us on campus or online to meet current executives, faculty, and admissions staff, ask questions, and discover how the program fits your career ambitions.
