This full-service program caters to needs of business leaders so they can focus on their families, professional commitments, and course work. Iowa's MBA staff handles students' course registration, books, residency week lodging, travel, parking, food, in-country trip expenses, and graduation arrangements.

The program includes an exciting international seminar that includes a week of study in China during the student's final semester and highly qualified and engaging classmates who share valuable insights and knowledge to enhance the overall learning experience.

Course work for the Executive M.B.A. is presented over 21-24 months. The program begins in mid-August (Iowa City) or in mid-January (Des Moines) with a five-day residency. It continues with classes one day each week on alternating Fridays and Saturdays (Iowa City) or on Friday and Saturday every other week (Des Moines). A second five-day residency is held at the beginning of the second year. Students have a four-week winter break and summers off.