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Elevate your leadership skills with an executive qualification that strengthens your analytical rigour and strategic acumen. Complete your Executive Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA) through intensive study, with structures that are designed to help you balance study, work, and life.

Take your career to the next level

An Executive MBA is an internationally recognised management qualification that sends a message to your professional peers and future employers—about your intellectual ability, professional experience, and executive problem-solving skills to take on leading roles in business and government.

You’ll master tools and models that improve strategic thinking, decision making, and leadership and build powerful professional networks with leading academics, fellow students, and other members of the business community.

Develop practical skills that you can immediately put to use in your professional life, and build a bank of knowledge that will maximise your career potential.

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A degree that fits around you

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EMBA Executive Master of Business Administration

  • Duration 4 trimesters
  • Intensity Full time or part time
  • Fees
  • Schedule Block courses
  • Starts 23 Feb 2026 (+ -2 more)
  • Type Coursework
  • Location Pipitea Campus
  • Complete 180 points (12 courses)
  • Entry A Bachelor’s degree or a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma in Business Administration, with at least a B average. At least five years of relevant work experience.  You may also be required to demonstrate your proficiency in English.
Courses and requirements

PGDipBusAdmin Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration

  • Duration 2 trimesters
  • Intensity Full time or part time
  • Fees
  • Schedule Block courses
  • Starts 23 Feb 2026 (+ -2 more)
  • Type Coursework
  • Location Pipitea Campus
  • Complete 120 points (8 courses)
  • Entry A Bachelor’s degree or Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration. At least five years of relevant work experience. You may also be required to demonstrate your proficiency in English.
Courses and requirements

PGCertBusAdmin Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration

  • Duration 1 trimester
  • Intensity Full time or part time
  • Fees
  • Schedule Block courses
  • Starts 23 Feb 2026 (+ -2 more)
  • Type Coursework
  • Location Pipitea Campus
  • Complete 60 points (4 courses)
  • Entry A Bachelor’s degree. At least five years of relevant work experience. You may also be required to demonstrate your proficiency in English.
Courses and requirements

Work experience requirement

The work experience is usually expected to be in a leadership role, enabling students to contribute to class discussions based on practical experience.

Professional development

You will complete professional development activities as part of each core course in the Executive MBA programme. These include workshops, seminars, panel sessions, and guest lectures which build on in-class learning and are delivered by business experts from across Aotearoa New Zealand. You’ll have presenters from both industry and academia, who are experienced executive coaches, economists, designers, and more. The activities you will undertake vary widely and could include:

  • full-day workshops
  • individual coaching sessions
  • consultancy projects with not-for-profit organisations
  • guest lectures from industry experts
  • possible international study tour (dependent upon border restrictions).

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Find out more about your study options. Fill in a form to download our professional and postgraduate programme prospectus.

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International recognition

Our business administration programme is accredited to the British-based Association of MBAs (AMBA), an internationally recognised global standard for all MBA programmes.

Wellington School of Business and Government is among a small group of business schools worldwide that hold the ‘Triple Crown’ of international business education accreditations. You can be confident your qualification will stand up against the best around the world.

Find out more about accreditations and what they mean for you.

Study while you work

Core classes are held on Fridays and Saturdays across all three trimesters. If you are balancing work and study, you’ll be able to apply what you’re learning to your professional life right away.

There are a wide range of electives to choose from across our professional Master’s programmes. Tailor your studies to meet your specific needs. Timetables vary for elective options, depending on the subject matter and the Master’s programme they are taken from.

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Make no mistake—taking on the challenge of doing any postgrad degree is real, but I was attracted to the way the modules are taught fortnightly on Fridays and Saturdays.

Mark Barber

Executive MBA student

Community

You'll kick off your study with a detailed programme orientation.

You'll also have opportunities to attend events, workshops, social functions, and seminars. The Postgraduate Students' Association can give you information and provides a voice for you on campus.

Careers

Set your sights on roles like chief executive, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, chief marketing officer, chief information officer, and general manager.

Many Victoria University of Wellington business administration graduates are now C-suite business and public sector executives, both in New Zealand and overseas.

The performance lift and opportunities for promotion that the MBA qualifications offer can significantly increase your earning power. To find out more about career opportunities with these qualifications, see What can I do with my degree?.

Scholarships

You can look for scholarships based on your level of study, subject area, and background.

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