WEST
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT
ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY
VICTORIA
royalroads.ca/mba
SALARY BOOST 15% (after graduation)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / ONLINE COURSES / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT / FINE DINING
TUITION $35,760
DURATION Two years
GO HERE IF you're a tree hugger at heart. Four-fifths of the coursework is delivered online, which leaves you more time to ramble through the 565-acre Hatley Park National Historic Site and nature sanctuary, and dream of your new career. you'll also have the option of spending one of three residences in the high-tech mecca of Grenoble, France.
SEGAL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
VANCOUVER
business.sfu.ca/emba
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT / FINE DINING
TUITION $47,500
DURATION 19 months
GO HERE IF you're accustomed to the high life, in more ways than one The 35 students admitted to the program attend an orientation weekend in Whistler, B.C. On class days (every other Friday and Saturday), students stay at the Metropolitan hotel downtown. each year, the class elects a destination for an optional international trip where students will study the cultural, legal and economic circumstances of local companies.
Centre for Innovative Management
Athabasca University
St. Albert, Alberta
athabascau.ca
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / ONLINE COURSES / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Tuition $43,740
Duration 24 to 28 months (intakes in January, May and September)
Go here if you hate commuting. Aside from its popular online EMBA program, Athabasca also offers Canada's first online doctorate in business administration. The former has a one-week residency portion, which you can take at various locations across Canada and even internationally. This year? Singapore.
Haskayne School of Business
University of Calgary
haskayne-emba.com
SALARY BOOST 73% (over three years)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / ONLINE COURSES
Tuition $55,000
Duration 20 months
go here if you seek the best of the West. The Haskayne EMBA, offered jointly through the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, is the only degree in Western Canada that ranks among the world's top 100 programs. The oil boom might have something to do with this: The majority of students who come here work in the energy and technology sectors (even China National Petroleum Corp. sends its execs to study at Haskayne).
Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business
University of Regina
uregina.ca
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Tuition $29,000
Duration 16 months
go here if you want to maximize your profit margin. Regina boasts one of the most affordable EMBA programs-outside Quebec, that is. No wonder some students are fly-ins from Toronto. Other incentives include courses in conflict resolution and change management, as well as a 10-day international study trip (last year, students met with business leaders in Brazil).
CENTRAL
Richard Ivey School of Business
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
iveyemba.ca
SALARY BOOST 66% (over three years)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT / FINE DINING
Tuition $85,000
Duration 15 months (intake in February and September)
go here if you want an audience with the leading lights. Recent guest lecturers have included George Cope, president and CEO of BCE Inc.; Andrew Shaw, president and CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra; and Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty. Serious education requires serious food: During residency, meals are whipped up by Copper Skillet-winning chef Assadang Langsub.
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Toronto
rotmanemba.ca, omniumgemba.com
SALARY BOOST 44% (over three years)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Tuition $85,000
Duration MBA for Executives, 13 months; Omnium, 18 months
go here if you want exposure to the bigger picture: Business managers from around the world are drawn to the Omnium Global EMBA program. In addition to coursework, students meet every two to three months for residential study modules in Brazil, India, Switzerland, Hungary, China and Canada.
Schulich School of Business
York University
Toronto
emba.schulich.yorku.ca
SALARY BOOST 65% (over three years)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT / FINE DINING
Tuition $108,000
Duration 18 months
go here if you long to play in the big leagues: Schulich graduates command an average salary of $170,000, the highest of any Canadian EMBA program. Students complete a two-week residency at the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, and a 10-day international study seminar at partner schools in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Alumni may take elective courses at Kellogg or Schulich tuition-free.
Queen's School of Business
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
business.queensu.ca
SALARY BOOST 32% (over three years)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / ONLINE COURSES / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT / FINE DINING
Tuition Queen's Executive MBA, $84,000; Ottawa Executive MBA, $78,000; Accelerated MBA, $64,000; Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA, $96,000
Duration Queen's and Ottawa MBAs: 15 months; Accelerated MBA: 12 months; Cornell-Queen's: 18 months
go here if you'd prefer to be pampered like a racehorse: Perks
include top-notch catering and a personal trainer who'll develop a custom diet and fitness regimen. You'll also have access to a coterie of career coaches and academic advisers. You might even get to hobnob with a few VIPs (Bill Clinton was a guest lecturer last year).
Telfer School of Management
University of Ottawa
Ottawa
emba.uottawa.ca
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP
Tuition $59,500
Duration 20 months
go here if you want to swim with the VC sharks: First-year students head to Silicon Valley for a high-tech consulting project. Second-year students travel to international hot spots to suss out new markets on behalf of an Ottawa-based company (the destination for 2010 is Chongqing, China). Back home, you'll get access to star faculty, like marketing wizard Guy Laflamme.
QUEBEC/EAST COAST
Centre d'entreprises de la faculté d'administration
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec
usherbrooke.ca
Tuition $29,250
Duration 14 to 22 months
go here if vous parlez français. Sherbrooke's French-language EMBA, the first in Canada and the world, also offers its program at partner schools in Morocco and Algeria. Your bespoke course of study can include electives on sustainable development, marketing communications and the always-helpful crisis management. Students also receive nine hours of one-on-one professional coaching.
Desautels Faculty of Management
M c Gill University/École des hautes études commerciales
Montreal
embamcgillhec.ca
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Tuition $65,000 ($72,000 in 2010)
Duration 15 months
go here if you're the nosy type. In the managerial exchange, each student spends three to five days at a classmate's workplace, observing corporate culture and getting the scoop on day-to-day operations. Being fully bilingual is a must-presentations and class discussions take place in both French and English. Graduates receive a joint degree from both HEC Montréal and McGill University.
ESG UQAM School of Management
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montreal
esg.uqam.ca
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP / ONLINE COURSES
Tuition $5,160
Duration 2 years
Go here if you want a rendezvous à Paris: UQAM's partnership with France's Paris-Dauphine University lets you complete a study module in the City of Lights and receive a degree from both schools. You can also choose to specialize by industry, whether you work in technology, public service or finance. But the real draw? The tuition is subsidized by the Quebec government. Quelle merveille.
John Molson School of Business
Concordia University
Montreal
johnmolson.concordia.ca/emba
SALARY BOOST 53% (over three years)
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP
Tuition $52,000
Duration 20 months
go here if you'd like a shoulder to cry on.
Students work in small groups to develop an independent consulting project aimed at diagnosing and treating a complex issue in their own workplaces. At the end of the program, a leadership retreat gives everyone a chance to reflect on how they'll make the most of their degrees.
Lansbridge University
Fredericton
lansbridge.edu
Tuition $25,000
Duration 2 to 5 years
go here if you've always dreamed of home-schooling. At Lansbridge, all study materials are delivered online, and classes are of the virtual kind. You communicate with peers and professors via several online communication methods, including a voice-over IP system during live lectures.
Sobey School of Business
Saint Mary's University
Halifax
smu.ca/emba
INTERNATIONAL STUDY TRIP
Tuition $42,500
Duration 20 months
go here if you're married to the Maritimes. Designed for Atlantic Canadians, the program plugs you into a who's who alumni network of regional business leaders. The '09 class included high-tech executives, university administrators and the manager of a youth mental-health program. You can see the world, too: Last year, students visited Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.