Impactful executive education since 1984

Avance Executive Education is a management development unit of the Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, designed to develop both private and public organisations and their managers.

Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Executive Education is a university-level executive educator, operating across the country. Since 1984 we have created impactful learning environments for managers, experts and organisations. Our vision is to be a national pioneer of impactful executive education, with a mission to educate leaders that change the world. At the core of our mission is a commitment to fostering continuous learning and curiosity. Graduates of our EMBA programme emerge as leaders ready to share their insights and inspire positive transformation within their organisations.

Our main product is AMBA,  AACSB  and BGA-accredited Executive MBA programme (Master of Business Administration), where the students lay the foundation for their own and their company's success. The EMBA programme offers a transformative learning journey that equips participants with advanced, higher-education-level skills in general management. For us, each participant is not just a learner but an active contributor and creator of value. Our innovative study methods are designed to deliver real-time benefits to participants' organisations, providing impact even while studies are ongoing.

Expertise—and especially management expertise—is an increasingly vital factor in organisational success. At the core of our approach lies a dynamic pedagogical framework designed to catalyse meaningful transformation. Together, these elements equip our students to become influential trailblazers in their fields.

This framework is built around four cornerstones:

• Expertise
• Self-Knowledge
• Networks
• Change Management

Our Executive MBA programme is the only Finnish-taught MBA education that has been internationally AMBA accredited (Association of MBAs). Only a little over 200 education units world-wide have been awarded with the AMBA accreditation. This guarantees that our EMBA students receive education that has been internationally recognized as high quality training.

In addition to the EMBA programmes, we tailor education and development projects with our customers. Themes of the tailored programmes could include e.g.: sales management, use of social media, processing and coaching strategic projects, further development of communication and cooperation skills, executive group work etc. Those who participate in the tailored programmes can, if they wish, continue their studies in the open EMBA programme.

Expertise  is now more important than ever. Invest in success!

Ari Manninen, Director
Avance Executive Education
School of Business and Economics
ari.manninen(at)jyu.fi
tel. +358 40 586 8887