Because like you, we stand on the side of progress and are committed to helping you take the next step.
Breaking free from conventional approaches, our Executive MBA: Leading with Purpose is all about knowledge co-creation and working together to ask the big, challenging questions and go deeper into the issues of today and tomorrow. In doing so, the programme will help to accelerate your development into a more forward-thinking and purpose-driven leader.
Here, you’ll gain not just the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing us today, but also the mindset and support to equip you for what’s to come tomorrow, and to develop into a forward-thinking and purpose-driven leader.
Part-time programme
Because the Executive MBA is part-time, you can earn your Executive MBA without interrupting your work or personal life.
More than a programme, it’s an opportunity and challenge to join a truly progressive community of change-makers ready to move the world forward.
Through the Executive MBA: Leading with Purpose, we will support you in:
- Reflecting on your leadership purpose and the purpose of your organisation
- Developing a holistic, cross-functional perspective on your organisation and its operations
- Anticipating disruptions of your organisation’s business model and seize new business opportunities
- Combining your experience with data-driven knowledge to make decisive strategic decisions that give your organisation a competitive edge
- Leading the transformation of your organisation
- Establishing your role as a societal thought leader who leads the way forward
- Leading your organisation through times of crises and uncertainty
Executive MBA: Leading with Purpose at a glance
- MBA programme in 18 months
- Part-time: The courses take place once a month from Thursday-Saturday
- Start: September 2025
- Tuition fee: € 43.500
- Scholarships are available (Discover the opportunities or download the brochure)
- We offer a 10% lifelong learning scholarship to all VU alumni
Accreditations & Degree
The School of Business and Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam belongs to the top 1% of business schools worldwide with both AACSB and EQUIS accreditations. Our MBA programme meets the highest of standards.
Under Dutch law, official university level master’s programmes additionally need to be accredited by the NVAO. Our MBA programme is specifically accredited as an MBA programme by an international panel of relevant experts, and has successfully obtained the NVAO accreditation. Dutch law only recognizes the Master of Science (MSc.) degree for official university level MBA programmes. Therefore, the degree granted upon completion of our MBA programme is MSc., as is the case for all fully NVAO-accredited MBA programmes offered by Dutch universities.
Our MBA programmes are in every sense comparable to MBA programmes offered by other top-ranking business schools. Additionally, they are recognized as university level master’s programmes under Dutch law.
