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Executive Master or Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) is an advanced level of master's degree

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

designed specially for mid-career executive professionals. Common titles of the degree are executive master of arts, executive master of science or area specific titles like executive master of business administration

Executive Master of Science in Business Administration

Executive Master of Science in Business Administration , a postgraduate degree focusing advanced-level conceptual foundation in a student’s chosen field such as operational excellence in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical, emerging markets, and marketing that's aimed to broaden management...

, executive master of communication etc.

Structure

Executive master's programs are usually attended by full-time working professionals, therefore the programs are scheduled to match this condition. Most executive master's programs run several full days (not more than a week) per month for the period of two or three years.
According to the Bologna system

Bologna process

The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...

, program participants are required to gain 60 ECTS

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

This page describes ECTS-credits. For information about the ECTS grading system go to ECTS grading scale.European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System is a standard for comparing the study attainment and performance of students of higher education across the European Union and other...

to complete the degree.

Executive Master of Science in Communication

Executive Master of Science in Communication (EMScom, MScom) is designed for corporate communication professionals with a significant experience in the sphere. EMScom programs run on the same level as EMBA and usually consist of short learning sessions, evenly distributed throughout the total number of years required (for example: 7-day-sessions every two months during two years).
Courses: Typically, one third of the program will cover general management topics (as in general EMBA). The other two thirds deal with the whole bandwidth of themes specific to corporate communication. Required topics in general management include:

Organizational behavior
Corporate strategic management
Marketing management
Financial management
Leadership
Statistics

Theme specific courses include:

Communication law
Digital communication
Media theory and management
Brand management
Change management
Organizational identity and reputation management
Advertising management
Financial and investor relations
Stakeholder management
Crisis management
Public affairs
Sponsoring and marketing partnerships

Admission

Applicants for an executive master program must have:

Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

;
4-15 years of work experience in their area of study;
Leadership potential

Admission requirements may slightly differ from country to country. Some universities may require GMAT

Graduate Management Admission Test

The Graduate Management Admission Test is a computer-adaptive standardized test in mathematics and the English language for measuring aptitude to succeed academically in graduate business studies. Business schools use the test as a criterion for admission into graduate business administration...

, GRE

Graduate Record Examination

The Graduate Record Examinations is a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many graduate schools in the United States, in other English-speaking countries and for English-taught graduate and business programs world-wide...

or other standardized mathematical test scores.

Graduation requirements

The number of credits required for graduation within the Bologna process

Bologna process

is 60 ECTS

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

. The number, however, may differ from one credit system to another. By the end of the program participants of the program are required to have completed a thesis or a field project, on which they should usually spend 350–500 hours.

Europe

There are several universities in Europe, offering EMScom or an equivalent program.
In 1999 Università della Svizzera italiana, also known as University of Lugano, launched the first Executive Master of Science in Communication program in Switzerland. Working language of the program is English.
The Technical University of Munich offers EMBA in German and English.
In France an equivalent program is offered by the Paris-Sorbonne University

University of Paris

The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...

in French.
The Rotterdam School of Management

Rotterdam School of Management

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is the international business school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam located in Rotterdam, Netherlands...

offers Master of Corporate Communication on an executive level in the Netherlands.

Australia

The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Melbourne offers Australia's only Executive Master of Arts.

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