Professional Program · Executive Diploma
Executive Diploma in Strategic Management
A part-time professional program for practicing managers. Strategy, competitive analysis and execution, delivered in intensive blocks designed to run alongside a senior role.
Overview
The Executive Diploma in Strategic Management is a nine-month, part-time professional program for practicing senior managers.
Four four-day residencies are separated by structured applied work in the participant's own organization.
The program concludes with a board-grade strategic assessment examined by written submission and oral presentation.
The cohort
- Cohort size
- 28, maximum
- Contact hours
- approximately 220 over 9 months
- Format
- Part-time, executive
- Completion document
- Executive Diploma
Learning goals
On completion of the program, participants are able to:
- 01Diagnose competitive position with evidence rather than slogans.
- 02Translate strategic choices into operating priorities and governance rhythms.
- 03Read industry structure, competitor behavior and capital constraints together.
- 04Lead executive discussions where incentives and interpretations conflict.
- 05Present strategic options with explicit trade-offs and implementation risk.
Curriculum
The program is measured in internal contact units for workload planning. Contact units are not represented as transferable college credit.
Total: 24 contact units
Residency One — Competitive Position
| Code | Module | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDS 701 | Industry Structure & Advantage | Residency | 3 |
| EDS 702 | Financial Logic of Strategy | Residency | 3 |
Residency Two — Execution
| Code | Module | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDS 711 | Operating Model Design | Residency | 3 |
| EDS 712 | Strategic Control Systems | Residency | 3 |
Residency Three — Leadership
| Code | Module | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDS 721 | Executive Decision-Making | Residency | 3 |
| EDS 722 | Negotiating Strategic Change | Residency | 3 |
Residency Four — Strategic Assessment
| Code | Module | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDS 790 | Strategic Assessment | Project | 6 |
Assessment
Assessment is governed by the Assessment & Grading Policy (AC-02); grading criteria are published with every brief.
- Residency briefs
- 30%
- Applied organizational work
- 30%
- Strategic assessment & presentation
- 30%
- Peer contribution
- 10%
Entry requirements
- Senior management responsibility or equivalent professional standing.
- A current strategic question from the participant's organization.
- Employer support for residency attendance.
- One professional reference.
Fees — 2026 entry
- Program fee
- $24,000
- Payable in
- 2 installments of $12,000
- Processing fee
- $175non-refundable
- Registration deposit
- $1,500credited against first installment
The full schedule of general fees, payment terms and the fee refund policy is published under Program Fees.
Key dates
- Applications open
- 1 October 2025
- Priority deadline
- 15 January 2026
- Final deadline
- 31 March 2026
- Decisions issued
- from 28 February 2026
- Term begins
- 14 September 2026