Executive education is a deliberate investment made by accomplished professionals seeking to lead differently, make clearer decisions, and create greater impact. Since launching the Middle East’s first EMBA in February 2000, AKSOB has helped shape executive leadership across the region.

Today, Executive Education at AKSOB spans four pathways: the Executive MBA, focused Executive Certificates, institute-led open-enrollment courses, and corporate development programs tailored to organizational priorities. These programs are delivered by the AACSB-accredited Adnan Kassar School of Business, taught by the school’s faculty and industry practitioners, and designed around the realities of senior professional life.

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Four Pathways to Executive Education

The Executive MBA

A full-degree journey

Launched in February 2000, the LAU EMBA was the first of its kind in Lebanon and the Middle East. It remains among the region’s most respected executive programs, with graduates occupying senior leadership roles across prominent local and international organizations. Delivered in a flexible weekend or monthly cohort format, the learning experience is shaped by a diverse executive cohort drawn from business, engineering, law, healthcare, pharmacy, and related fields, fostering peer learning grounded in real-world perspectives. Read more

Executive Certificates

Three focused, year-long credentials

Three executive diplomas provide targeted specialization in high-impact areas of contemporary leadership. Each is 9 credits, completable in one year, and fully credit-bearing toward the EMBA degree, allowing participants to exit with a diploma or continue to the full degree.
  • DIPLOMA I: Consultancy for Sustainable Development
  • DIPLOMA II: Digital Innovation and Analytics
  • DIPLOMA III: Leading in Finance and Technology

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Corporate Training Programs

Bespoke for organizations

When off-the-shelf programs do not fit, AKSOB partners with organizations to design bespoke executive development grounded in your strategy, your challenges, and your people. This model is how leading business schools serve their most ambitious corporate clients. Our approach draws on the engagement principles used by the world’s most respected executive education providers, adapted to the realities of Lebanese and regional organizations.

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All pathways are AACSB-accredited, taught by the same faculty and industry practitioners, and designed for the realities of senior professional life.

 

Start with a Question

Dr. Silva Karkoulian, Professor, Director of the MSHRM Program and Co-Director of the EMBA and MBA Programs
Rolling Program
skarkoul@lau.edu.lb ·  +961 1 786 456  ·  ext. 1640 

Dr. Moustafa Haj Youssef, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the EMBA and MBA Programs
Cohort Program
moustafa.hajyoussef@lau.edu.lb  ·  +961 1 786 456  ·  ext. 1619