Executive MBA Online from Zagreb, Croatia
Build your next chapter without leaving the life you have built in Zagreb. Offered in exclusive partnership between the University of Cumbria and Robert Kennedy College, the Executive MBA gives you the opportunity to develop your leadership and strategic thinking online while continuing to work and live in Croatia. Its ideas and frameworks can be applied across industries and internationally.
Earn a British degree with international recognition
Graduates earn a British degree awarded by the University of Cumbria. It is a qualification you can present as you pursue opportunities in Croatia and abroad.
Whether you aim to advance within your organisation, move into a new sector or work across borders, the degree can help you communicate the scope of your postgraduate study to an international audience.
Complete your studies 100% online in as little as one year
You can study the Executive MBA entirely online, with the possibility of completing it in as little as one year. There is no need to relocate or put your career in Zagreb on hold to pursue your ambitions.
That flexibility makes it possible to connect what you study with the decisions you face at work. A concept explored during the programme might offer a new perspective on a challenge you are managing now.
Study on a schedule that works for you
The programme does not require you to be online at specific times and dates. You can plan your studies around professional responsibilities, family commitments and the rhythms of daily life.
For a busy executive, control over when to study can make continued learning more achievable. Make progress early in the morning, after work or whenever you can give an idea your full attention.
Keep learning wherever life takes you
Study from Zagreb, elsewhere in Croatia or anywhere else your work and travels take you. Your learning does not have to stop when your location changes.
Through the mobile app, you can download study materials and watch lectures offline. That means a journey can become an opportunity to revisit a lecture or prepare for your next stage of study, even without an internet connection.
Show what you know through open-book assessments
Instead of relying on classical question-and-answer exams, the programme uses open-book assessments. You can draw on relevant materials as you develop and support your responses.
This approach gives you room to engage thoughtfully with the ideas you study. Rather than focusing on memorising answers, you can concentrate on analysing a question and making a reasoned case.
Learn from internationally educated faculty
Your tutors and faculty bring educational backgrounds that include world-renowned institutions such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis.
Learning with faculty shaped by different academic environments can broaden your perspective. Their guidance can help you test assumptions, consider alternative approaches and strengthen the way you express your ideas.
Join a community spanning more than 130 countries
The student community includes people from over 130 countries. Studying alongside peers with varied professional and cultural experiences can introduce you to perspectives beyond your own industry or market.
Alumni work for international organisations including DHL, Louis Vuitton, Bosch, CK Hutchison, BASF, Nestlé, Unilever, Daimler, BMW, Audi, the United Nations, Google, ICRC, the World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens and Sony.
Plan your payments with interest-free instalments
The programme's fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments. This gives you a way to spread the cost of your studies over time.
With a payment schedule you can plan around, you can focus on the work ahead: developing your capabilities and considering where they might take you next.
Put your ambitions to work in Zagreb
Zagreb's technology and business-services sectors offer opportunities for professionals who can connect strategic goals with delivery. The Executive MBA can help you examine how organisations make decisions, manage change and lead teams—capabilities relevant to growing digital businesses and established companies adapting to new technologies.
In pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and other industries with international supply chains, leaders must balance operational demands with longer-term priorities. Studying management from an international perspective may help you approach questions about growth, collaboration and organisational performance with greater confidence.
Zagreb is also a centre for finance and a gateway to Croatia's wider tourism and hospitality economy. Whether your next step involves leading a team, working with partners abroad or exploring a different sector, the programme offers space to develop ideas you can carry into the next stage of your career.
Take the next step from where you are
Your ambitions can extend far beyond your current location, even as you continue to call Zagreb home. Request our course catalogue to explore the Executive MBA and consider what your next chapter could look like.