Advancing Your Career
Get to the next level sooner
That’s what the University of Georgia Executive MBA is all about. Some come to the program to accelerate their careers on their current track, some to make a switch, and others are exploring their options. Your goals are our goals, and the timing of your career moves is up to you. EMBA graduates have access to lifelong career services.
Here are some of the ways our program can enrich your life and advance your career.
Meaningful Connections
As a Georgia graduate, you join a worldwide network of more than 75,000 Terry College alumni. Alumni maintain a strong connection to their school by serving on advisory boards, speaking in the classroom, hiring graduates, supporting capital campaigns and attending networking events. These invaluable connections last throughout your career.
Business Expertise
Our program gives you an edge in the global marketplace. In the Georgia Executive MBA program, you gain the competitive advantage that comes from a deep knowledge of business fundamentals. Our program trains you in core business functions and their effect on business performance so you can apply these principles to manage more effectively.
International Experience
With our international residency, you experience the world’s global business challenges firsthand through a mix of lectures, guest speakers, site visits and cultural excursions.
Career Support
The Executive MBA network, executive coaching, and career coaching help EMBAs reach their goals.
Whether you are an Accelerator (planning to continue along your current career trajectory), a Switcher (planning to change function, industry, or start a new business), or an Explorer (considering which direction to take), the EMBA program provides you with powerful support on your career journey.
Executive Coaching & Leadership Development
Each Executive MBA student has the option to work with an executive coach during the program in order to improve their effectiveness in their role. Coaches work with each EMBA’s individual situation to help them with the goals they set, which might include:
- Leading more effectively
- Executive presence
- Managing up
- Optimizing team management
- Prioritizing
- Job crafting
Career Resources & Coaching
Executive MBAs have access — during and after the program — to career tools, workshops, and one-on-one coaching with the Career Management team for in-depth help on:
- Setting career goals
- Résumés
- Networking
- Interviewing
- Negotiating
- Alumni connections
“The EMBA program fundamentally changed my life. I transitioned careers, created a network of lifelong contacts, and increased my standard of living significantly. Without the EMBA program, I don’t know what my life would look like now. I will be grateful for the rest of my life that I was able to be a part of this fantastic program and organization.”
Return on Investment
Within three years of graduation, the Executive MBA Class of 2022 charted impressive career achievements:
Sources: Class of 2022 student survey, alumni survey (41% response rate), and LinkedIn.
Companies Who Employ Our Graduates
Companies where EMBAs earned promotions or new jobs include:
- Baxter
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Chick-fil-A
- Cox
- Delta
- Expeditors
- GoTo Foods
- Grant Thornton
- Honeywell
- Light & Wonder
- Lineage
- MEI Industrial Solutions
- Miro
- PreludeDx
- Process Vision
- Surfit Westrock
- Southern Company
Interested in recruiting our students?
Visit the Recruit Executive MBA Students page and email us at recruitpromba@uga.edu for more information.
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