Your Blueprint to Leadership
RIT’s Executive MBA prepares professionals from a variety of industries to take on executive roles where they can leverage their specialized background and newfound business insights.
This nationally ranked program empowers engineers to achieve their full potential as visionary leaders in a rapidly evolving global landscape.
RIT’s Executive MBA prepares professionals from a variety of industries to take on executive roles where they can leverage their specialized background and newfound business insights.
This nationally ranked program empowers engineers to achieve their full potential as visionary leaders in a rapidly evolving global landscape.
From Problem-Solver to Decision-Maker: Shape Your Future with RIT's Online Executive MBA
From anywhere in the world with wifi, join experienced professionals representing varying industries on a transformative journey to cultivate leadership skills, expand global perspective, and enhance critical thinking.
Courses overview
Core business curriculum includes organizational and personal leadership development, finance and capital valuation, strategic thinking, negotiations, and managing tech innovation. Elective options focus on the Life Sciences or International Business.
Life Sciences hones in on Bioinformatics, Biomedical engineering, and regulations on devices with experiential learning opportunities to see New York states emerging ecosystem.
Traditional electives scale globally with international business principles that are then applied abroad* on the annual international seminar. Previous destinations included Dubai, Estonia, Czech Republic, Vietnam, South Africa and Ecuador.
*Security clearance will be considered when selecting international destinations to ensure compliance with local and global regulations.
Program Cadence
The online executive MBA’s cadence is 2 online courses simultaneously for 6 weeks over 16 months with some experiential in-person exceptions.
Experiential exceptions for the Spring 2025 start include:
- In-person orientation on RIT campus in Rochester, NY (January 3-4, 2025)
- 1 day life sciences entrepreneurship seminar (virtual, timing varies)
- 3 day NYC Life Sciences trip (Mid Year 2025)
- 7-10 day International Trip, October 2025 (Life sciences students are welcome to join for experiences, international business class is optional)
2024 EMBA Class Profile
2024 EMBA Class Profile
Scholarship, Aid, & Admission
$2,500 Decision Scholarship guaranteed with accepted admission by November 25, 2024 for the January 2025 Online Executive MBA program. Accepted decisions require all application materials be submitted and a formal interview with Program Co-Directors conducted by November 15, 2024. No application fee.
Over 60% of enrolled executive students in 2023-2024 received tuition assistance or reimbursement from their employer. Every executive student is eligible to apply for additional scholarship.
Criteria for consideration of additional scholarship includes:
- Notable achievements (community service, leadership, within or outside work)
- Financial need (availability of company sponsorship / reimbursement, etc.)
- Personal statement: Focusing on how an EMBA will achieve personal and professional goals, and the scholarship question about what you would accomplish if money were no object.
- GPAs may come into consideration
RIT accepts Yellow Ribbon and GI Bill benefits available to qualified military affiliated students.
Customized Learning Outcomes
Core business curriculum includes organizational and personal leadership development, strategic thinking, negotiations, and managing tech innovation.
Life sciences electives typically replace the executive leadership, international finance and international business courses.
Their cadence slightly differs from Executive MBA courses as they are taught in partnership with our RIT Colleges of Sciences and Engineering:
BIOL 625 Ethics in Bioinformatics
This course will be focused on individual and organizational responsibilities in bioinformatics research, product development, product commercialization and clinical and consumer genetic testing. Tentative schedule: Fall 2025, approximately 7-15 weeks depending on scheduled format.
BIME Graduate Biodesign
This course is a graduate-level introduction to the biodesign process used for innovating medical technologies. Student teams will apply a needs-based assessment strategy to identify opportunities in a biomedical-related field such as assistive technologies and rehabilitation engineering. Incorporating CAD will culminate in a virtual medical device prototype. Concepts of intellectual property, regulatory considerations, reimbursement, and business models will be introduced. Tentative schedule: Fall 2025, approximately 7-15 weeks depending on scheduled format.
BIME 617 Principals of Biomedical Device Regulations
This course will present the principles and fundamentals of medical device and in vitro diagnostic regulation. The course will cover the history of the FDA and the regulations around food, drug, and cosmetic products. An overview of regulatory pathways, clinical trials, good manufacturing practices, and quality system design will be covered. Comparisons between the US, EU, and other international regulatory bodies will also be discussed. The course will culminate with students developing a clinical trial and regulatory strategy for a new hypothetical medical device. Tentative schedule: Fall 2025, approximately 7-15 weeks depending on scheduled format.