Program schedule & delivery
18 months. 5 countries. The program is delivered in a blended model, with unparalleled peer-to-peer real-world learning.
The world: your classroom
The 18-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
18 months | 6 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 |
Fall 2023
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October 22- November 1, 2023 |
| Module 2 |
San Francisco
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Winter 2023
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January 20 -27, 2024 |
| Module 3 |
Singapore |
Spring 2024
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April 13-20, 2024 |
| Module 4 |
London, UK |
Summer 2024 |
July 7-13, 2024 |
Module 5
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Tel Aviv
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Fall 2024
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November 10-16, 2024 |
| Module 6 |
Toronto |
Winter 2025 |
February 20 - March 1, 2025 |
* Curriculum, locations and dates subject to change
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 six 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 blended model, primarily face-to-face, supplemented with online learning. Online learning includes pre- and post-module work for the residency courses in addition to full courses between modules. 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 $3.1 billion of equity value in under five years. 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.