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• Focus
• Global Management

• Duration
• Varies

• Language
• English

Thunderbird's suite of executive education offerings include classroom and online programs designed for busy working professionals. Conducted in a short-program format, Thunderbird's classroom-based executive education courses offer you an excellent opportunity to get a first-hand taste of the unparalleled curriculum, world-renowned faculty, diverse student body and life-changing global education available at Thunderbird. Looking for a competitive advantage for a changing world? Thunderbird's online certificate programs combine the world's leading international business school, renowned faculty and up-to-the-minute global business content with the flexibility of the Internet. Accessible, convenient and replete with the most insightful, up-to-date global business content from the world's #1 ranked school in international business, Thunderbird's online certificate programs are available anywhere in the world with an Internet connection.

Program Highlights and Benefits

- Courses delivered by Thunderbird's world-renowned faculty with real-world experience and innovative teaching methods.
- Enjoy a global learning environment with classmates from around the world, allowing you to broaden your global understanding and global network.
- Apply up to $5,000 in executive education program costs directly toward tuition for one of Thunderbird's graduate degree programs.
- Earn certification in a wide variety of global business concentrations.
- Engage in active, interactive learning with Thunderbird's online certificate programs on your own time, taking full control of your professional development

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• Average work experience
• 7-9 years

• Focus
• Global Management

• Duration
• Traditional program: 15-20 months; Accelerated program: 11-16 months

• Language
• English

Ask any recruiter today and you're likely to hear that a top-notch MBA by itself isn't nearly enough. They're looking for skilled professionals with the global knowledge, awareness, sensitivity and experience to take their organization to the next level. They're looking for T-birds. With Thunderbird's MBA in Global Management, you get a truly global perspective. A comprehensive understanding of global markets. The skills and experience to work with diverse cultures and companies. In a nutshell, you get the global education and experience to create lasting value for an organization, a community and the world.

Every MBA in Global Management course offers a truly global focus. It's not just marketing, but global marketing. Not just business strategy, but global strategy. Every single course serves the dual function of preparing you not just for business - but for business on an international scale. Your Thunderbird MBA includes a global entrepreneurship course and five courses on professional development. You'll experience international business, government and culture first-hand and develop cross-cultural sensitivities and soft skills simply unavailable at other business schools.

Together this adds up to the Thunderbird difference. A curriculum that continues to evolve to meet today's global management and business challenges. Experience it at your own pace - traditional or accelerated. But experience it. It will change how you view your future, your career, your world.

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• Average Age
• 29

• Average work experience
• 4-6 years

• Percentage foreign students
• 51

• Percentage woman students
• 27

• Average GMAT
• 600-649

• Focus
• --

• Duration
• Two programs available, US and Europe, 16-17 months.

• Language
• English

In today's competitive global marketplace, successful executives need more than traditional MBA skills alone - they need cross-cultural skills, language proficiency and a keen understanding of the political and professional environments of global business. Thunderbird's Executive MBA program offers just that. Designed for working professionals with more than eight years of professional experience, this unique program runs two cohorts concurrently - one at our Glendale, AZ campus in the US and one in Geneva, Switzerland - giving students in both cohorts multiple shared learning experiences and knowledge-sharing opportunities.

Program Highlights and Benefits

-Ranked #3 Executive MBA in the world by The Wall Street Journal, 2010.
-For the U.S. program, take classes all day Friday and Saturday, on alternate weekends for 17 months.
-For the Europe program, take a series of ten one-week modules (1-week each), delivered over the course of 16 months.
-Travel together with both cohorts on international field seminars in locations around the world.
-Learn from Ph.D.s who have lived and worked abroad.

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• Average Age
• 37

• Average work experience
• 10 years and more

• Minimum GMAT
• Not required

• Average GMAT
• 600-649