Program schedule & delivery
15 months. 3 continents. The program is delivered in a blended model, with unparalleled peer-to-peer real-world learning.
The world: your classroom
The 15-month Global Executive MBA in Healthcare and the Life Sciences offers an innovative curriculum that combines core management skills and practical engagement with deep self-development insights and strategic know-how, all designed for the healthcare and life sciences sector.
"The program helps build the expertise needed to understand and shape healthcare systems around the world as demand for innovation, access and affordability for healthcare continue to evolve."
— Kevin A. Lobo, CEO, Stryker Corporation
Schedule
15 months | 5 terms *
The schedule has been designed for personal and professional flexibility. The content will be delivered using a blended delivery model that weaves together in-class and on-site learning, with online support.
Module 1
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Toronto |
Winter 2025 |
January 13 - January 19, 2025 |
Module 2 |
Toronto |
Spring 2025
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April 27 - May 3, 2025 |
Break |
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Summer 2025 |
August 10 - September 6, 2025 |
Module 3 |
London, UK |
Fall 2025
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September 7 - September 15, 2025 |
Module 4 |
Singapore |
Winter 2025 |
December 7 - December 13, 2025 |
Module 5
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Toronto
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Winter 2026 |
March 9 - March 15, 2026 |
* Curriculum, locations and dates subject to change
Online (Synchronous) Classes every Saturday
We will hold 3 to 4-hour “live”/synchronous online Saturday sessions, with breaks, from mid-morning to early afternoon (EST). These sessions will offer a mix of highly interactive and experiential learning opportunities, often joined by guest speakers. All online sessions will be recorded to add to the HLS learning library. Students are expected to attend all in-person and online sessions, though accommodations can be made for unanticipated and unavoidable absences.
The globally-oriented program emphasizes the best of health systems and business, leading strategic change, data-driven decision-making, and entrepreneurship and innovation. Faculty draw on research, industry examples, case studies, and guests from Canada and around the world to enhance the learning experience. Each module of the program involves on-site experiences with firms and organizations that are leading healthcare and life sciences innovation in multiple countries.
Program topics and courses
Program topics and courses
You’ll earn a top-tier MBA from one of the world’s leading business schools, with courses customized and designed for the healthcare and life sciences professional. The program’s 23 courses are structured in five modules. These include 14 core MBA curriculum courses (contextualized to the healthcare and life sciences sector) and nine sector-specific courses, plus optional extra courses with Rotman's Creative Destruction Lab.
The program is delivered in a flexible hybrid model of face-to-face and online learning. Online learning includes classes every Saturday as well as pre- and post-module work for the residency courses. Learners also work on assignments, group deliverables and exams.
Rotman employs diverse learning methods, including case studies, lectures, teamwork, online study, simulations and experiential learning. This ensures that the curriculum can respond to rapidly changing developments. Participants also bring their own workplace challenges into the classroom, and these become part of the discussion.
- Strategy for Healthcare and the Life Sciences (HLS)
- Health Sector Strategy and Organization
- Personal Leadership
- Decision-Making with Models and Data
- Digital Health
- Business Design Practicum
- Accounting for HLS
- Ethics for HLS
- Marketing for HLS
- Leadership Development Practicum
- Finance for HLS
- International Business in HLS
- Strategic Change and Implementation for HLS
- Quantitative Reasoning for Management in HLS
- Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance for HLS
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Healthcare
- Economics for HLS
- Business Operations for HLS
- Marketing and Behavioural Economics in HLS
- Negotiations
- Data Analytics
- Capstone Project
Class sessions provide meaningful opportunities for leaders from across the healthcare and life sciences sector to learn about each other’s organizations, to develop networks, and to explore new ways to create the healthcare organizations and health systems of the future.
Creative Destruction Lab
Build something massive
Since its launch in 2012, the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) has become one of the world's fastest-growing venture labs, creating over $30 billion of equity. Early-stage ventures from all over the world apply to work with the CDL, with many coming out of the research programs of leading global universities. Selected MBA students, along with some of Canada's most successful entrepreneurs, play a vital role by providing strategic insights and business development support. Of particular interest to students is the CDL's health stream, focusing on science and technology solutions aimed at improving human health and wellness.