Why Choose MIT Sloan in Cambridge, MA | Executive Education

MIT pioneered executive education in 1931, launching the earliest management courses in the US. Today, our programs serve thousands of leaders each year, representing more than 100 countries. From multi-week residential programs to executive certificates, online learning, and intensive Academies, MIT Sloan has continually redefined what executive learning looks like for every generation of leaders.

At MIT, some of the world’s most audacious thinkers are launching change. They are the MIT Sloan Executive Education faculty. Their innovations and inventions reverberate throughout boardrooms, classrooms, and living rooms around the globe.

Our participants embrace the opportunity to be close to these experts—as well as among them—in order to take advantage of the tools and methods learned to navigate the business challenges they face every day. The reputation of our esteemed faculty was built over the last century by such pioneers as Jay Forrester, the father of system dynamics; John D. C. Little, one of the founders of marketing science; Nobel Prize-winning economists Robert Solow and Franco Modigliani; and Arnoldo Hax, who developed the revolutionary Delta Model framework.

The legacy continues today with influential thinkers such as Stephanie Woerner, Bill Aulet, Paul McDonaugh-Smith, Deborah Ancona, and Nelson Repenning. Faculty members Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson were awarded the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

In all of our work and learning, we follow MIT's motto of mens et manus, or mind and hand, as we seek practical solutions to real problems. As participants learn from the world’s leading management thinkers, they will amass a host of new tactics, models, and strategies that they can apply to the biggest challenges in their fields to drive their organizations forward. In our courses, executives will have ample opportunity not only to master the core principles of management, but also to customize their course of study to individual interests and desired career paths.

MIT's world-renowned faculty engage participants in hands-on, highly interactive learning experiences designed to solve real-world business issues. From yoga exercises in the classroom to simulations to competitive games played in small groups, there are many innovative ways participants learn--with both mind and hand--in our courses.

MIT Sloan custom executive education programs are designed to fit your organization’s strategic needs and learning objectives. Whether in the boardroom or across a global virtual workforce, our programs offer flexible formats, cutting-edge topics, and tailored coursework. Collaborating closely every step of the way, we deliver tailored engagements that drive real value and produce actionable results.

Located on the banks of the Charles River in the heart of vibrant Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the MIT Sloan School of Management has much to offer its visitors. Connected to Boston by the MBTA system of trains and buses (the T), the MIT Sloan campus is part of a thriving community.

Surrounded by renowned global corporations like Akamai Technologies, Amazon, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Google, Microsoft, Novartis, and VMware, the area hosts numerous tech and biotech companies, as well as other innovative business ventures.

Whether visiting campus facilities like the COOP bookstore or stopping into the numerous eclectic restaurants and shopping destinations in and around Cambridge, participants will have a pleasant stay when taking in-person courses. From Kendall Square to the numerous beloved neighborhoods of Boston, just across the Charles, MIT is a world-class place to advance an education.