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 Skype, Spotify, Mojang and King.

The SSE MBA is an 18 month long advanced general management program for high-caliber working professionals with live learning pedagogy, emphasis on sustainability and electives in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Financial Management. 

It is delivered part-time, in English and on three continents. The program stands for real learning, broadened perspectives and professional development with impact. The academic foundation combined with the MBALive® pedagogy 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 included are:

• The Business Context: Economics, Business Law, Sustainability Management
• Accounting and Finance: Accounting, Finance
• Value Creation: Strategy, Marketing, Operations, Management, Organization and Change
• Concentrations: Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Financial Management
• The Global Context: Emerging Markets
• Capstone week

To enable you to make the most of your participation in the SSE MBA program, you will be provided with readings and exercises before the program starts and before each module. Teachers will introduce their courses and may have pre-module exercises to guarantee a high level of interaction and all participants up to speed when you meet as a class.

As an integrated part of the program, we do two to three international field trips. This means we bring the class room into new environments and contexts to enhance your learning. For us, a fundamental part of this education is the value of perspectives. Visiting different markets and applying theories and models in a variety of contexts is an essential part of learning. International field trips planned for the start in 2021 are Latvia, Silicon Valley and Asia.

MBALive® 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 management concepts and frameworks acquired during the MBA courses to live management issues in real companies. Included are:

• ChangeLive: a change project runs for an extended period of time in a real organization to pursue strategic change.
• LeadershipLive: represents and enhances your personal leadership development. Coaching and reflection are two central components​​​​​​​
• SustainabilityLive: the aim is to expose participants to an understanding of responsibility and sustainability in business, as well as to reflect on how these issues impact business strategies and value creation. We have chosen to integrate sustainability across the curriculum​​​​​​​

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 a 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 and PIM, 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 a 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 and PIM, which are collaborations between top business schools worldwide, contributing to the level of quality for which our school is known. 

SSE MBA class of 2020

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 learning and with the drive to enhance their skills and network.

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 typically represent industries such as manufacturing, automotive, forestry, health care, pharmaceuticals, IT, telecom, banking etc. Participants may work in small companies, large multinationals, or the public sector, and some are entrepreneurs or researchers. With about 50 participants in each group, around half 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.

Application

The application is made on-line, and application deadlines are May 1, September 15 and November 1 for the start in January the year after. 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 2021 is SEK 495,000 (excl. of VAT of 25%). The fee includes tuition, literature and teaching material, and is the same for all participants regardless of citizenship. There is no application fee.

There are two options for payment:

1) All tuition paid before program start, SEK 495.000+VAT:

1. SEK 49.500 on acceptance, deposit to secure a place on the program
2. SEK 445.500 due December 2020

2) Tuition fee paid over three calendar years, SEK 510.000+VAT:

1. SEK 49.500, on acceptance, deposit to secure a place on the program
2. SEK 130.500, due December 2020
3. SEK 180.000, due August 2021
4. SEK 150.000, due January 2022

Additional expenses related to travel, food, accommodation or other boarding expenses are not included. Neither are expenses related to international field trips and the weekend at Kämpasten.

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