For leaders who want to accelerate sustainable innovation.

Learn more about the Roxbourg Sustainable MBA Degree

1. For Professionals only: Roxbourg Sustainable MBA is a professional higher education degree for leaders in established organizations who want to address social, gender or environmental inequity with concrete projects.

2. Eligibility Criteria: You are ready to scale up a real project that is addressing the basic needs of local communities around the world - clean water, balanced nutrition, breathable air, renewable energy, quality education, reliable healthcare, secure habitat, or self-expression. You already possess a university degree or equivalent work experience.

3. Rolling Admissions: You can apply throughout the year. You will go through several rounds of interviews where you will be requested to share the details of your project. You will need a good internet connection. You need to be sure that you can join the jam sessions (seminars) on the agreed timeslots per week.

4. Fees & Scholarships: Roxbourg is on a mission to make quality higher education affordable for everyone who wants to build a better world. The tuition fee is 6,800 Swiss Francs and you can decide the amount you can pay depending on your circumstances.

5. Learning Method: You will join a Study Group where you will participate in Roxbourg Jam Sessions focused on broadening your understanding of sustainable innovation by leveraging the Roxbourg Library and Google Scholar. The goal of the study group is to support each other to get good done. You will be required to develop your venture plan using the Roxbourg 7.0 Method.

First 100 Days Checklist:
:: Join your Study Group.
:: Learn the Roxbourg Method.
:: Master the Core Subjects by exploring the Roxbourg Library.
:: Start leading group discussions by regularly attending the Jam Sessions.
:: Start updating your website with your offers and your social media with your achievements.
:: Finalize the registration of your venture with local authorities or secure project sponsorship.
:: Start partnership discussions.

Second 100 Days Checklist:
:: Continue to polish and update your website with your offers and your social media with your achievements.
:: Accelerate your venture by closing anchor deals to build capability/capacity to serve more people.
:: Pitch to the Roxbourg Jury in order to graduate (potentially with the Roxbourg Gold Medal).
:: Graduate with the Roxbourg MBA Degree.

6. Graduation Requirements: You can pitch your venture plan to the Roxbourg Jury after you have attended at least 72 out of 90 jam sessions and your Study Group is comfortable with the details of your Venture Plan. In order to graduate with a Roxbourg Sustainable MBA you need to score at least 80% and a score of more than 90% is required to win the Roxbourg Gold Medal.

MBA Graduation Requirements Summary from Roxbourg Policy
:: Attendance and full participation (at least 36 out of 45 sessions per semester) in order to validate a semester.
:: Anchor Deals that enable capability build-up and/or market expansion from Roxbourg 7.0 onwards, mastering the 14 core subjects.
:: Awesome Pitch to the Roxbourg Jury by following the 1-page Venture Plan template and the 58-second Venture Pitch template.

7. Certification: Roxbourg Sustainable MBA graduates receive the highly specialized Master of Business Administration degree from the Roxbourg Institute of Social Entrepreneurship (RISE), La Sarraz, Switzerland which is designed for leaders who want to mobilize all the resources available to them to not just sell more products but empower their communities.

8. Accreditation: All Roxbourg Sustainable MBA graduates are eligible to get accredited as Roxbourg Fellows. The accreditation process is managed by the Swiss Professional MBA Accreditation Program, which is part of the Roxbourg Institute of Social Entrepreneurship (RISE), designed to hyper-accelerate the adoption of Professional Higher Education (PHE) standards.

9. Graduation Ceremony: Roxbourg Sustainable MBA graduates receive the invitation to the graduation ceremony at the GoodFestival. GoodFestival is the world's biggest celebration of sustainable innovation thanks to the City of Lausanne, State of Vaud, and support from 100+ organizations. GoodFestival is a multi-event series taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland since 2016.

10. Good100 Medal: Roxbourg Fellows and Graduates are eligible for the Good100 Medal / Label at the GoodFestival. The Good100 Medal is the highest peer recognition award for all Roxbourg and GoodFestival community members. The Roxbourg Jury evaluates every member based on their contribution to their community and advancing the boundaries of sustainable innovation through the consistent application of wisdom and compassion.