EMBA Program

Executive Master of Business Administration

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The Prestige of Georgetown University, Conveniently Located in Dubai

Georgetown’s Executive Master of Business Administration in Dubai will help you advance your regional and international business capabilities and gain a deeper understanding of how to lead public or private organizations in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (MENASA) region and beyond.

The monthly in-person class modules were designed for working executives and are located at our Dubai DIFC location. We will bring Georgetown to you -- our top faculty will travel to Dubai for the class sessions. We also will take you out into the world, with residencies on our Washington, D.C., campus and the Global Business Experience capstone consulting project.

On your way to receiving your MBA diploma from Georgetown University, you will build your network of over 200,000 Georgetown alumni around the world and receive individualized support from the Career Center at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.

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To connect, educate, and inspire generations of visionary leaders in the Middle East.

Executive MBA Program

The rigorous 20-month curriculum, designed by professors at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, will prepare you for the global stage. The first year focuses on the fundamentals of business, and in the second year, you will complete courses in three broad areas focused on the region and the future of business with the ability to tailor the interests of your cohort through five electives.

Three weeklong residencies will deepen your understanding of the intersection of business and policy:

Opening Residency

The opening residency in Dubai includes a suite of courses designed to develop your social intelligence by increasing your self-awareness and growth as a leader, understanding interpersonal differences, and influencing others. Drawing from behavioral science research and professional practice, you will gain a focused experience in leadership development, and you will improve your ability to influence outcomes, motivate others, and both build and maintain relationships.

Global Business Experience (GBE)

Closing Residency

The closing residency in Washington, D.C., focuses on the relationship between geopolitics, policy, and business. You will explore the foundations of business and public policy, with an eye toward the relative strengths and weaknesses of both in addressing society’s most challenging issues. This class takes a managerial perspective, while stressing the interplay between the central features of the global non-market environment of business: citizens, national governments and politics, and the international rules around global trade and investment. Develop frameworks to analyze and respond to the most important political, environmental, and technological challenges currently confronting business.

A network of more than 200,000 alumni

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The Executive MBA Dubai Admissions Committee uses a holistic approach when making an admissions decision and will consider such elements as the application, your CV or resume, an essay, a letter of recommendation, and your previous academic records.

At Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Dubai, scholarships reflect our mission to educate leaders who serve the common good. Georgetown offers a variety of merit-based and mission-driven scholarships for professionals across the MENASA region. These awards recognize leadership, innovation, and commitment to impact—qualities that define the Georgetown experience. Applicants must include a scholarship essay and may receive only one award.

Application Deadlines

Round 1: January 26, 2026

Round 2: March 30, 2026

Round 3: May 4, 2026

Round 4: July 13, 2026

Program Start Date

September 2026

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Alumni

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Joumana Jallad (SFS’95)

An executive MBA gives you a panoply of choices. It really deepens your learning, and at that time of your career, you know more of where you want to be and what you're really missing in terms of skill sets... For example, to be relevant in the world, you need to understand global supply chain. You need to understand the different sort of the interconnectivity of our world in a financial context. And I think Georgetown is the place to do that.

Farah Gokal-Ghazzawi (B’95)

What we bring, as Georgetown, to this part of the world is a unique and a very exceptional dynamic and that is excellence in education, but also values and culture, the network and the alumni, as well as the access to individuals around the world - which are bar none to other institutions.

Jad Ellawn (B’05)

Georgetown was the launchpad for me to get into the corporate space and at the top of the finest institutions. I think whether you go into the public sector or the private sector, Georgetown's ROI is unmatched.

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