EMBA Courses & Curriculum

Prior to September | Online

• Quantitative Methods
  Gain insights into quantitative methods for business and management applications and familiarize participants with basic mathematical tools.

Note: This course must be completed prior to program start

September - June | Vallendar/Düsseldorf

September | Vallendar

• Leading the Organization
  Begin developing, refining, and reflecting on leadership skills during this introductory course on leadership.

November | Vallendar

• Marketing Management
  Gain insights into marketing planning and segmentation, targeting, and positioning.
• Managerial Economics
  Examine the economic foundations relevant for the strategic management of business organizations.

December/January | Online (Flex Course)*

• International Financial Reporting and Analysis
  Grasp the “language of business”, from a global perspective, with an introduction to financial reporting.

February | Düsseldorf

• Strategic Innovation & Corporate Renewal
  Communicate the most critical and strategic aspects of managing innovation and corporate renewal.
• Managerial Finance
  Discover the concepts and techniques necessary to analyze and implement optimal investment decisions by firms.

March/April | Online (Flex Course)*

• Generative AI for Business Applications
  Leverage Generative AI to improve ideation, facilitate customer interaction, optimize data-driven decisions, and automate tasks.

April | Düsseldorf

• Business Strategies
  Understand how competitive strategy may lead to the creation and persistence of profits.
• Making Sense of Data
  Gain a basic understanding of confidence intervals and hypothesis tests to interpret data.

June | Vallendar

• Corporate Finance
  Understand the basic principles of corporate finance and the practical tools required for financial decisions and corporate valuation.
• Operations Management
  Approach the discipline of operations management from the perspective of a general manager rather than the operations specialist.

_{*Learn with Flexibility and Purpose.
Our Flex Courses combine the convenience of advanced online learning with the depth of in-person engagement. This blended format is applied in the Pre-Module and two of the twelve Core Courses, creating an executive-friendly schedule that maintains a strong focus on in-person interaction. Build a solid foundation at your own pace, then join your peers on campus during regular EMBA modules to apply insights, exchange perspectives, and deepen understanding through discussion and practice. A format built for flexibility, ensuring every journey is purposeful and enriching.}

August | Evanston, Chicago

• Negotiation Strategies
  Develop negotiation skills in a series of negotiations and debriefings.
• Strategic Crisis Management
  Focus on crisis management from the point of view of managers and consultants.

August - May, International

August | Kellogg International Module | Evanston, Chicago

• Marketing Analytics
  Address analytics as a leadership problem and improve organizational performance with the right data.
• Strategic Decisions in Operations
  Gain insights into strategic decision making in operations and their impact on a firm's financial performance.

September | Kellogg-WHU Impact Module | International, tbc

• Social Impact

November - May | Kellogg Global Electives

Sample Locations: Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Lisbon, London, Dubai, Austin, Boston, San Francisco

Sample Courses:

Leading High Impact Teams | Advanced Marketing Strategy | Launching and Leading Startups | Selling Yourself and Your Ideas | Family Enterprises: Success and Continuity | Entrepreneurial Selling | Advanced Negotiations | Human and Machine Intelligence | Creating and Managing Strategic Alliances | The World Economy | Strategic Brand Management | Global Corporate Restructuring | Mergers & Acquisitions | Healthcare Strategy | Growing & Sustaining Success in Biopharmaceutical Firms | Managing Health Care Services in a Value-Based Setting | Building & Scaling Intelligent Products: An Entrepreneurial and GenAI Perspective | Early Stage Investing & Fundraising | Deal Making in China and Asia | Understanding Consumer Psychology | Future Proofing Brands | Sustainable Finance: Making the Business Case | AI in Business and Society | International Real Estate 

_{*Customize Your Learning Journey
Select three global advanced modules to tailor your EMBA experience. Choose from the following combinations:}

• _{Option A: Kellogg International Module, Kellogg-WHU Impact Module, and one Kellogg Global Elective}
• _{Option B: Kellogg International Module and two Kellogg Global Electives}
• _{Option C: Kellogg-WHU Impact Module and two Kellogg Global Electives} 

October | Düsseldorf

• Cross-Functional Entrepreneurship

March/ April | India/ Japan

• Exploring New Business Horizons

Experience visits to enterprises, to NGOs, fireside conversations with local business leaders, with political changemakers, group activities, solo exploration, and more.

_{Please note: One field trip included - choose your preference from 2 options. Locations for field trips are subject to change.} 

May | Vallendar

Sample Courses:

• Building an AI Powered Organization
• People-Oriented Leadership
• Entrepreneurial Finance

_{Please note: Courses are examples and subject to change. Choose two courses.}

June | Vallendar

• Business Simulation
  In Executive Teams, run competing firms in simulated product markets and debrief on concepts and tools of corporate and competitive strategy.
• Management Accounting
  Focus on the behavioral issues of management accounting to illustrate real-world problems of management accounting in large corporations.

July - September | Remote

Demonstrate your ability to apply the competencies gained throughout the program to solve practical management challenges in your thesis. 

Whether you focus on a project within your company or develop a business plan for your own venture, your thesis will be tailored to address a topic directly relevant to your professional goals.