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8. Cornell University
The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Sage Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Admissions: 607-255-9549

Email: emba@cornell.edu
Website: http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Academic-Programs/Executive-MBA.aspx
Apply Online: http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/Academic-Programs/Executive-MBA/Admissions.aspx

The Cornell Executive MBA program combines a traditional MBA program with the general management curriculum and weekend format of an executive degree program. The program is divided into four terms of approximately equal length. Each term begins with a week in residence on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. Following each of the four residence weeks, classes meet on alternate weekends (Saturday morning until Sunday noon) at the IBM Palisades Executive Conference Center 12 miles north of Manhattan.

The school’s integrated curriculum takes students from core fundamentals to advanced business synthesis. All courses are sequenced so that each course builds on the content of the previous material learned. Throughout the program, individual assignments allow students to apply course concepts and techniques to their own organizations. The curriculum also includes a global business and a new venture component. Graduates earn the MBA degree in 22 months.

In addition to Cornell’s own EMBA program, the school also partners with Queen’s University in Canada to deliver a highly regarded partnership program which is ranked 32nd in the world by PoetsandQuants.

Latest Up-to-Date Executive MBA Rankings:

2012 Poets&Quants: 8
2011 BusinessWeek: 21
2011 U.S. News & World Report: 15
2010 The Wall Street Journal: 8
2011 Financial Times: 26

Rankings Analysis: The Johnson School’s EMBA program maintained its rank of eighth place in PoetsandQuants’ 2012 ranking despite some significant gains in both the BusinessWeek and U.S. News’ surveys of 2011. BusinessWeek elevated the program from its “second-tier” list to a rank of 21 last year, while U.S. News moved the Johnson program up five places to a rank of 15th, up from 20th in 2010. The school’s improved standing was somewhat offset by The Financial Times which ranked Cornell’s EMBA program 26th in the world, a two-place fall from a rank of 24 in 2010.

The Class of 2011 contacted by BusinessWeek for its graduate survey expressed a high level of satisfaction with the program, especially the willingness of the administration to listen and act on feedback from students. As one international student told BusinessWeek: “I think the content was truly great, and I enjoyed the ride. However, at the end of the day, I feel that the confidence and personal relationships that I developed with my classmates, the faculty, and the rest of the Cornell community was priceless. It is all about the people, and the weekend format that had us staying in the same campus, the small class size, diversified group of people and the cooperative atmosphere really has made it possible for me to feel part of this community.”

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