Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Executive

Advance Your Career in Business Administration with an Executive MBA. Designed for mid- to senior-level professionals with considerable work experience, UCF’s EMBA offers a leadership-relevant curriculum that provides students with cross-functional business knowledge and encourages application of new theories and principles in real-world situations. The UCF EMBA consists of 13 courses comprised of core analytical courses that build a solid foundation for advanced functional business topics and capstone courses focusing on “boardroom” leadership development and executive strategy. Innovative teaching methodologies such as team-based projects, interdisciplinary case studies, simulations, debate activities, and self-assessment exercises are used to enhance the EMBA learning experience. With its cohort format, incorporating the interactions and diverse backgrounds of the participants is an integral part of the UCF EMBA learning experience. The UCF EMBA has created the finest combination of skilled administrators with an executive classroom environment and leading faculty, providing participants with a high level of personal attention from the moment they apply. The graduate program is offered every August and meets three Saturdays and one Friday per month, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., over a 19-month period at the UCF Downtown campus.A week-long international residency — which provides students with an enlightening global business perspective during the fourth term (fall) of the UCF EMBA program — is also included. The residency typically includes visits to two cities within a country or two countries. Previous UCF EMBA international residency locations include: Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Hong Kong; Berlin, Germany; Barcelona, Spain; Milan; and Beijing and Shanghai, China.

The GRE/GMAT is not required for admission to this program. Current resume showing a minimum of 8 years of professional work experience. Prepare a goal statement that answers the following questions. Please limit to 1000 words. Describe what motivated you either professionally or personally to pursue a master’s degree. Describe the steps you took to select UCF and this program. Include how long you have been considering graduate school and how you learned about this program. Describe a specific academic experience or professional business skill you hope to acquire through the program and how you plan to use it going forward. Two professional letters of recommendation or two e-mail addresses of recommenders. One recommendation must be from a previous or current supervisor. Applicants applying to this program who have attended a college/university outside the United States must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation with GPA calculation. Credential evaluations are accepted from World Education Services (WES) Josef Silny and Associates, Inc., or The Evaluation Company only.