General Information
Executive MBA Program | Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration

The Executive MBA Program in International Leadership is a one-year MBA program designed to educate international executives about the theory and practice of American business. This program has typically served groups (cohorts) of mid-level and higher-level executives from China. The program incorporates an intensive academic curriculum which complements hand-on experiences with American corporation and corporate leaders.

All Students in this program are middle- and upper-level management executives from countries outside of the United States. Candidate selection from respective countries is based on a student’s work experience, management skills, education, and English proficiency.

The program includes all required MBA courses and a practical experience. Guest lectures, field trips, and participation in social and business-oriented events augment the MBA curriculum. Faculty for the program includes the University’s full-time professors and part-time instructors who are active in Chicago’s business community.

The Secret of Our Success

Special attention to students

• Personalized classes.
• On-going English training.
• Easy access to Roosevelt University, faculty, staff, and administrators.

Emphasis in quality, empirical education

• Students have the opportunity to supplement their theoretical knowledge with field trips to multinational companies and with guest lectures by leaders of Chicago corporations.
• Students have practical experiences so that they can apply what they have learned from school to real life projects in American Corporations. Roosevelt University’s wide circle of business and industry contacts ensures meaningful, productive hands-on experience, which perfectly complement the higher level of education that they receive at school.

Exposure to the American Culture

• Students attend a variety of cultural events such as concerts, operas, theatre, ballet, and conventions, as well as sporting events such as basketball, baseball and hockey games. Also, social events such as cocktail parties and educational lectures enable students to learn about American culture.
• Arrangements are made so students can spend traditional American holidays with local families.

Business At Its Best

The Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration (WEHCBA) offers a career-oriented business education that emphasizes personal and professional integrity and stresses the social responsibility of business. The college’s graduate programs provide meticulously planned curricula, which harmoniously combine basic competencies with specialized, hands-on expertise in the various areas of concentration.

As the global economy grows, so does the demand for worldly, creative and knowledgeable managers who are familiar with today’s most sophisticated computer technology. At Roosevelt University, we help you balance theoretical knowledge with practical skills, enhancing you capability to make sound decisions.

At the same time, integrity and social responsibility are interwoven in the curricula, reflecting the principles of the University’s namesakes, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Rubee Li Fuller
Director of International Programs
Roosevelt University
430 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago IL 60605-1394
Telephone: 312-341-2128
Facsimile: 312-341-6377
E-mail: rfuller@roosevelt.edu