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Specializations

Kellogg specializations are integrated, cross-functional sequences of courses designed to build expertise in high-demand skill sets and industries. You have the flexibility to take courses across any number of specializations and go as deep as you'd like into each one.

These specializations are not recorded on the transcript or diploma.

Analytics and AI

Executives today are expected to make consequential decisions about AI adoption, data strategy, and intelligent systems, often without a technical background. This specialization builds the literacy and strategic frameworks needed to lead at the intersection of technology and business, from foundational concepts to applied organizational transformation. 

  • AI Foundations for Executives 
  • AI in Business and Society 
  • Human & Machine Intelligence 
  • Influencing Decisions through Decks & Dashboards 
  • Unlocking Executive & Enterprise Value with Generative AI 
  • Building and Scaling Intelligent Products: An Entrepreneurial and GenAI Perspective 
  • Winning with Networks

Entrepreneurship

Building and scaling a venture requires more than a good idea - it demands financial fluency, the ability to sell, and the judgment to make high-stakes decisions under uncertainty. This specialization covers the full entrepreneurial arc, from opportunity identification and early-stage financing to launching, leading, and growing new ventures. 

  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Entrepreneurial Selling
  • Launching and Leading Startups
  • Phase 0: Designing, Building and Communicating Compelling New Ventures
  • Early Stage Investing & Fundraising
  • Corporate Social Innovation
  • TechVenture India
  • Creating & Managing Strategic Alliances
  • Governing for Generational Growth
  • Selling Yourself and Your Ideas

Financial Asset Management

Sophisticated financial markets demand both analytical rigor and strategic judgment. This specialization develops expertise across complex transactions, international markets, and investment decision-making - from behavioral finance and private equity modeling to deal structuring and global corporate restructuring. 

  • Competing in Financial Services: Strategy, Technology, and Regulation 
  • Behavioral FinEcon: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions Under Uncertainty 
  • International Finance 
  • Mergers and Acquisitions, LBOs and Other Reorganization Methods 
  • Global Corporate Restructuring 
  • Financial Modeling for Private Equity Transactions 
  • Value Investing 
  • Deal Making in China and Asia 
  • International Real Estate 
  • The World Economy 
  • Governing for Generational Growth

Healthcare at Kellogg

Healthcare presents some of the most complex strategic challenges in business, and some of the greatest opportunities for value creation. This specialization examines the healthcare ecosystem across sectors, from hospital systems and biopharmaceuticals to emerging markets, with a focus on strategy, innovation, and sustainable growth.

  • Managing Health Care Services in a Value Based Setting 
  • Value Creation and Capture in Early-Stage Biopharmaceuticals 
  • Value Creation and Capture in Chinese Healthcare 
  • Growing & Sustaining Success in Biopharmaceutical Firms 
  • Healthcare Strategy

Product Management 

Leading a product organization requires the ability to connect market insight to strategic execution, and to do it consistently across functions and over time. This specialization provides students with a foundational background on the frameworks and technical concepts of product management, as well as with the strategic, analytical, and communication skills needed to drive product vision and product success. 

  • Leading Product Organizations 
  • Building and Scaling Intelligent Products: An Entrepreneurial And GenAI Perspective 
  • Strategic Brand Management 
  • Advanced Marketing Strategy 
  • Designing Brand Experiences 
  • Future Proofing Brands 
  • Luxury Strategy 
  • Marketing in China: Tech, Society, and Beyond 
  • Unlocking Executive & Enterprise Value with Generative AI 
  • TechVenture India 

Contact us about the Executive MBA Program at Kellogg

Chicago and Miami Application Deadlines

Feb. 4, 2026
April 1, 2026
June 3, 2026*
Aug. 12, 2026
Oct. 7, 2026**

 

 * Last deadline for Fall 2026 start 
 ** Last deadline for Winter 2027 start