SSE Stockholm School of Economics

This is an Executive MBA from Sweden, one of the most innovative countries in the world, and the birthplace of well-established global companies like IKEA, Ericsson, Volvo and H&M, as well as more recent global giants born from the digital revolution, such as Klarna, Spotify, Mojang and King.

The SSE MBA is delivered part-time, in English and on three continents - Europe, Asia and the US. 10 full campus weeks, Monday to Friday, are held over 18 months. The program stands on a general management foundation with the possibility to personalize your Executive MBA studies with electives at our SSE campuses and at our partner schools within the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM). Sustainability is integrated throughout the whole program and you also follow a personalized Leadership program with access to your own coach. The program stands for real learning, broadened perspectives and professional development with impact. The academic foundation combined with the MBALive® pedagogy, live projects, and skills training, guarantee that your new knowledge will be directly applicable in your organization. The overall purpose and goal of the program is to prepare you for building, developing and leading organizations.

The program consists of modules, courses, live streams and skills seminars.

Modules and courses included are:

• Financial Foundation: Understanding and Managing the Business – Financial reporting, Analysis and Control, Business Finance

• The Business Context: Business Law for the International Manager, Economics,  Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business

• Value Creation: Managing the Organization, Strategic Management, Operations Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Business Innovation

• Leadership Challenges: shorter courses on subjects such as Change Management, Business Analytics, Strategy Implementation, Communication, Crisis Management

• Leading Global Business: In this module the focus lies on the global economy and the knowledge and skills needed for managing business on the global arena. The module will take us out in the world during our field trips to Riga, Asia and the US.

• LeadershipLive Program: Focuses on empowering you to realize your full potential personally, professionally and as a global leader.

MBALive® brings the real world to the program and the program to the real world.

Our MBA focuses on making research driven theoretical frameworks applicable to real managerial issues and solutions. The program brings hands-on action and real-world experiences to the classroom through cases, live projects, and the experiences of the participants. To get the most out of the process of using the models and implementing what you learn, we have developed a special pedagogy- MBALive®, which brings the real world to the program and the program to the real world.

The MBALive® pedagogy aims at developing an understanding of the complexity and dynamics of organizations. In this part of the program, you integrate and apply theoretical frameworks from the MBA courses to live management issues and cases in real companies.

Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is Sweden's oldest private university. It was founded in 1909 by representatives from the Swedish business community. The school has maintained its close ties with the business community ever since and among the school's Corporate Partners you find some of the world's leading companies such as H&M, Ericsson, ABB, Scania and Sandvik.

SSE is rated as the top business school in the Nordic and Baltic countries and enjoys a strong international reputation. World-class research forms the foundation of our educational offering, which includes bachelor, master, PhD, MBA, and Executive Education programs. Our programs are developed in close cooperation with the business and research communities, providing graduates substantial potential to attain leading positions in companies and other organizations. 

The School is accredited by EQUIS, certifying that all of its principal activities – teaching as well as research – maintain the highest international standards. The Stockholm School of Economics is also the only Swedish member institution of CEMS, PIM and GNAM, which are collaborations between top business schools worldwide, contributing to the level of quality for which our school is known. 

Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) is Sweden's oldest private university. It was founded in 1909 by representatives from the Swedish business community. The school has maintained its close ties with the business community ever since and among the school's Corporate Partners you find some of the world's leading companies such as H&M, Ericsson, ABB, Scania and Sandvik.

SSE is rated as the top business school in the Nordic and Baltic countries and enjoys a strong international reputation. World-class research forms the foundation of our educational offering, which includes bachelor, master, PhD, MBA, and Executive Education programs. Our programs are developed in close cooperation with the business and research communities, providing graduates substantial potential to attain leading positions in companies and other organizations. 

The School is accredited by EQUIS, certifying that all of its principal activities – teaching as well as research – maintain the highest international standards. The Stockholm School of Economics is also the only Swedish member institution of CEMS, PIM and GNAM, which are collaborations between top business schools worldwide, contributing to the level of quality for which our school is known. 

SSE MBA class of 2022

Participants in SSE MBA Executive Format are ambitious and talented executives, eager to learn more and take on new challenges. They want to get a better understanding of how to successfully do business and need a more solid foundation to support their daily work and their decision making. The SSE MBA is a program for people with a passion for business development and an aim to lead in international organizations.

To be eligible to the SSE MBA program, you must have the following:

1. A Bachelor's degree or higher.
2. A minimum of five years' relevant professional experience.
3. A high level of proficiency in spoken and written English. A TOEFL or IELTS certificate is required unless English is your native language or you have studied for at least one academic year at university level on a full-time accredited program conducted in English.​​

Our classes represent a wide range of backgrounds. Your fellow participants will represent industries such as manufacturing, automotive, technology, life science, forestry, entertainment, telecom, retail and banking. Participants work in any size of company or the public sector, and some are entrepreneurs. Around half of the class will have a non-Swedish or multinational background, and most will have extensive international experience academically and/or professionally. Average age is 39, and work experience 13 years. 40% are women. Your class will be very diverse, in all aspects. There is no typical SSE MBA participant – you are all special. 

Application

The application is made on-line, and application deadlines are April 30 and September 15 for the start in December 2023. The Admissions Board will consider the applicants' experience, qualifications, essays, test results and motivation and reason for studying. There is no application fee.

The following documents must be uploaded as part of the application:

1. ​CV in English
2. Grade transcripts and/or copy of degree
3. TOEFL/IELTS score, ​when applicable. Register for TOEFL with our code 6799.
4. High resolution digital photo​

Part of the application is also a video assessment which will be sent out to you upon submittance of your application.

If short-listed on the basis of your application, you will be invited for tests and an interview. Candidates are interviewed about their current position and situation along with their motivation for studying, and they are asked to reflect on future plans. Admissions decisions are taken by the Admissions Board. The Admissions Board meets about one month after each application deadline and their decisions are communicated to applicants shortly thereafter.​

The tuition fee for SSE MBA Executive Format 2023 is SEK 595,000 (excl. of VAT of 25%). The fee includes tuition, and teaching material (not course literature), and is the same for all participants regardless of citizenship. There is no application fee.

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Additional expenses related to travel, travel insurance, food, accommodation or other boarding expenses are not included. Neither are expenses related to international field trips.

This is a city campus and we don't have any accommodation to offer our SSE MBA students, but we can provide you with suggestions for nearby hotels.

The SSE MBA is mainly delivered in Stockholm, Sweden, an innovation and tech hub known for its successful businesses, gender equality, sustainability and green living. 7 of the campus weeks are delivered in Stockholm.

3 of the campus weeks are delivered outside Stockholm, in Latvia, Singapore, and Silicon Valley.

The class starting in December 2023, will go to Riga, Latvia, and our sister school SSE Riga, in January 2024. The focus of the week will be International Economics and Business Law.

In September 2024 one campus week will be held at National University of Singapore (NUS), in Singapore. The focus of the week is doing business in Asia, Business Strategy and developing skills for leading international companies and teams as well as international career paths. You will gain a certificate for the course Doing business in Asia given by NUS.

In January 2025, we will go to Silicon Valley, US. This week will focus on the context of Silicon Valley with speakers and company visits. The week also includes a three-day course in Business Analytics at Stanford Center for Professional Development.