Penn State Executive Programs - Smeal College of Business
Penn State Executive Programs partners with client organizations to address their most pressing business challenges and to build organizational competitiveness and leaders capable of addressing these challenges. We support individual leaders through open-enrollment programs in a variety of general and functional management topics. Through our custom-designed engagements we work collaboratively with our clients to determine strategic options and develop a plan of action.
Succeed in the New Future of Business
Penn State Executive Programs prepares leaders to succeed in dynamic business environments. We connect the research, knowledge, and faculty of the Smeal College and Penn State to today’s leaders and the critical challenges they face.
Whether working with individuals in open-enrollment programs or organizations in custom solutions, Penn State Executive Programs is recognized for its outstanding ability to apply new knowledge to real problems for measurable results.
With Penn State Executive Programs you will:
- Work with thought leaders who possess a wealth of experience and practical knowledge about the global business environment
- Apply the latest thinking, processes, and tools to create innovative solutions
- Build a network of peers from leading organizations
- Visualize, plan, and execute the new future of your business
The Smeal College of Business is dedicated to providing an education that is extraordinary for our rapidly changing world, engaging in research that impacts the global economy, having an ongoing and deep dialogue with society, and surrounding all of it with a community that holds diversity, honor, and learning as key ingredients. Penn State Executive Programs is committed to providing leaders with the expertise they need to succeed in today’s dynamic environment.
Respected and Ranked
BusinessWeek and The Economist have recognized Penn State Executive Programs as being among the top ten executive education programs worldwide. The Economist Intelligence Unit, the research division of The Economist, ranked Smeal as the #1 provider in the world for customized executive education programs.
Penn State is ranked #1in supply chain education by practitioners and academics alike, and most recently by Gartner.
For the second year in a row, Penn State Executive Programs has won Chief Learning Officer magazine's Learning In Practice Gold award for Excellence in Academic Partnerships. Learn more.


