IE Business School

Executive MBA

IE Executive MBA

The Executive MBA at IE Business School is a 15-month journey that brings together business leaders from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds and gives them exclusive access to invaluable insights across the business world. The program will enhance your business acumen, develop the soft skills you need to evolve your career and provide you with an exceptional diverse environment to cultivate an international network.

The Executive MBA focuses on three key areas, providing you with a comprehensive and innovative MBA experience.

Companies’ needs are changing more quickly than ever in today’s rapidly evolving business world. IE Business School core values of entrepreneurship, humanities, social innovation and diversity form the base upon which the Executive MBA is designed. The experienced faculty members are leading sector experts, under whose guidance, you will gain key insights into managerial challenges at the senior executive level in the context of our rapidly changing world.

During the program, business-oriented academics will strengthen your hard skills, while the leadership-focused practical training ensures that you are ready to drive lasting change in your organization.

Application Deadlines: July, January

Executive Assessment

As an alternative to the GMAT, IE Executive MBA requires applicants to take the Executive Assessment. The Executive Assessment has been designed for senior level, busy, international applicants juggling the demands of work and family. Similarly to GMAT, it tests your aptitude for business related subjects and is used to assess your analytical abilities.

As a busy executive, you don’t have 6-9 months to prepare in order to take a 4 hour-long test (GMAT). The GMAC Executive Assessment focuses on the business-relevant topics from the GMAT. For instance, the tedious GMAT writing section does not feature at all on the Executive Assessment. The quantitative and verbal sections are abridged versions of those on the GMAT. Finally, unlike the GMAT, the integrated reasoning section wields key influence on your overall score.

Most busy candidates are able to achieve adequate performance on the test with 6-8 weeks of preparation while holding full-time jobs.

What is tested?


Integrated Reasoning

IR tests the ability to evaluate information presented in multiple formats from multiple sources. These skills are necessary to succeed in our data-driven world.


Verbal Reasoning

VR tests the ability to evaluate arguments and to read, understand, and edit written material using standard English.


Quantitative Reasoning

QR tests the ability to analyze data and draw conclusions using reasoning skills. The math skills required for this section are at a secondary school level.

Executive Assessment Prep

One-to-One Online coaching for Executive Assessment is available.

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