Executive MBA

UCAS code: N/A

To succeed in business today, you need to combine leadership skills with an awareness of wider social and environmental challenges. It’s not enough to simply understand finances and expect to be profitable. You need to adapt to society’s changing attitudes about the very purpose of business. The two-year Executive MBA at King’s Business School gives you the mastery of practical business skills you’d expect from a business course. But it adds the same level of rigour we demand from all our students and researchers. You’ll see how purpose-led branding can bring new business opportunities. Discuss solutions to the obstacles your business faces in meeting its ESG goals, and explore what it means to be a leader and how you can drive change across your organisation and beyond. You’ll come away equipped to respond to complex challenges, with confidence in your management abilities, and a support network that will last a lifetime.

Key benefits

We want to support outstanding talent at King's Business School, so we have multiple scholarships available for our Executive MBA.
Acquire an in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of the theories, tools and methodologies relevant to a senior business leader.
Learn to identify, suggest and incorporate theories, frameworks and ideas from multiple subject areas to consider complex problems and provide interdisciplinary solutions that have a positive impact on business and society.
Acquire analytical and problem solving skills in a variety of scenarios and cultural contexts and other transferable skills involving communication of complex ideas, recommendations and data effectively and persuasively in both written and verbal contexts.
Learn to lead, motivate and manage people and teams to achieve a positive outcome and impactful change, role modelling the behaviours of a responsible, ethical business leader.

“Much of the programme is focused on responsible business. Of course, we’ll work with participants to develop the personal and professional skills to reach the C-suite. But to really succeed there, leaders need to understand the wider challenges organisations are facing, from the climate crisis to leveraging diversity in the workplace. Responsibility and profitability go hand in hand in today’s business landscape.”

Prof. Giana Eckhardt, Vice Dean - Engagement & Executive Education

Our professional network

As part of our Executive MBA, we offer a suite of professional development services & coaching support, plus you will join our global community of over 200,000 King's alumni.

Your class will include talented executives from a wide range of sectors, all working towards the common goals of improving their leadership skills and having a positive impact on the world.

You will be part of the King’s community and your experience will go beyond the programme:

Access to bespoke professional development and coaching support to develop your career.
For entrepreneurs wanting to start your own business, you can apply to the King’s 20 Accelerator - a programme that provides the equivalent of £60,000 worth of services and mentoring from business experts. The annual programme supports the 20 brightest and highest potential ventures from the King’s community to take their ideas to the next level.
Join exclusive UK and international networking events and opportunities for you to build networks and communities. Make contacts by industry, job function, location or area of expertise, create or join groups and start conversations.
Access to King’s campuses, libraries and discounted access to the KCL gyms located around London.

Joining the Executive MBA also gives you access to an exclusive network of talented leaders and brilliant minds. You’ll be able to return to King’s every year for the alumni block week to reconnect with classmates, discover the latest developments from our researchers, and develop your professional skills.

Our careers team offer dedicated support for executive-level graduates. They’ll support you throughout your career, helping you find new opportunities to make an impact.

As a King’s graduate, you’ll join a global network of 200,000 alumni, working in a huge range of industries from healthcare to tech.

Our professional network

As part of our Executive MBA, we offer a suite of professional development services & coaching support, plus you will join our global community of over 200,000 King's alumni.

Your class will include talented executives from a wide range of sectors, all working towards the common goals of improving their leadership skills and having a positive impact on the world.

You will be part of the King’s community and your experience will go beyond the programme:

Access to bespoke professional development and coaching support to develop your career.
For entrepreneurs wanting to start your own business, you can apply to the King’s 20 Accelerator - a programme that provides the equivalent of £60,000 worth of services and mentoring from business experts. The annual programme supports the 20 brightest and highest potential ventures from the King’s community to take their ideas to the next level.
Join exclusive UK and international networking events and opportunities for you to build networks and communities. Make contacts by industry, job function, location or area of expertise, create or join groups and start conversations.
Access to King’s campuses, libraries and discounted access to the KCL gyms located around London.

Our careers team offer dedicated support for executive-level graduates. They’ll support you throughout your career, helping you find new opportunities to make an impact.

As a King’s graduate, you’ll join a global network of 200,000 alumni, working in a huge range of industries from healthcare to tech.

Application closing date guidance

We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.

There will be five application rounds for the single starting point of October 2025. The deadlines for these application rounds are detailed below; on these dates, the programme will close at 23:59 (UK time).

Round 1 Deadline: 31 January 2025
Round 2 Deadline: 9 March 2025
Round 3 Deadline: 27 May 2025
Round 4 Deadline (final application deadline for overseas fee status): 25 July 2025
Round 5 Deadline (final application deadline for home fee status): 25 August 2025

If the programme becomes full before the final deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications.