The Oxford Executive Diplomas

What is an Executive Diploma?

The Oxford Executive Diploma is a postgraduate qualification, designed for experienced professionals and executives looking to deepen their expertise in a specific area of business while maintaining their full-time jobs. These master’s-level programmes provide participants with advanced knowledge, practical insights and networking opportunities.

Delivered in a part-time format of four, four-day modules taught in Oxford over one year, the diploma programmes enable busy executives to continue with their full-time work commitments without compromising on the learning experience.

Our five Executive Diplomas offer a deep dive into specialist areas also covered by the Executive MBA:

Quick facts

January 2026

Start date

One year

Duration

Part time

Format

Oxford, UK

Location

£34,310

Cost

About you and your class

You and your peers will be experienced professionals from around the world with an average of over 15 years’ work experience.

Executive Diploma participants are typically seeking to:

Advance their career
Deepen their specialist knowledge
Equip themselves with the practical tools for success
Gain a highly credible, academically rigorous qualification to credentialise their experience
Rapidly develop, launch and scale their ventures
Reflect on their experience and revitalise their approach

Typical class profile

42

Participants

18

Sectors represented

22

Nationalities

41

Average age

37%

Female participants

Where are they now?

Alumni stories

Find out how past students have transformed their careers after completing their diploma. Explore their journeys and see how an Oxford Executive Diploma could elevate your own career.

The impact travels with you

Deni Bocheva, Strategy and Innovation
From AI for Business to building a new industry

Magdalena Skowronek, AI for Business
Two diplomas and an Executive MBA

Jan Baan, Organisational Leadership

I secured a new job with a scaling FinTech – a career move that I have been targeting for seven years. Achieving this ambition can be directly attributed to my experiences and learnings from the Diploma in Strategy and Innovation and my cohort.

Alastair Pike

Head of Product Management, CellPoint Digital

Benefits

Benefits of Oxford

To you

Gain an accredited, master’s-level University of Oxford qualification
Expand your global professional network
Study part-time and immediately apply your learnings
Learn from world-leading faculty
Access the latest research and insights
Join one of the world’s most prestigious alumni networks
Benefit from associate membership of an Oxford college
Enjoy other exclusive Oxford benefits

To your organisation

Retain and nurture top talent to support organisational development and succession planning
Benefit from participant diversity that encourages thinking beyond the bounds of individual organisations, geographies and sectors
Gain practical solutions to address their greatest challenges through the findings from your Final Integrative Assignment (FIA)

The teaching and the lessons I’ve learned will stay with me, as will the friendships and connections. There’s still much to continue to digest, roll around, process, apply-learn-and-reapply around strategic thinking. What a wonderful thrill!

Abigail Stockham

General Radiation Oncologist, Mayo Clinic

The Oxford experience

As an Executive Diploma participant, you will benefit from a variety of unique Oxford experiences. These include:

Dinners with your cohort at historic Oxford colleges
An Oxford-style debate
Executive insights sessions to enrich your learning
Executive impact workshops to help you elevate your presence
Social events such as punting, college visits and walking tours
Associate college membership
Membership of the prestigious University of Oxford alumni network and Oxford Business Alumni (OBA) Network
A traditional Oxford end-of-course celebration event with family and friends

Alumni networks

A pathway to Oxford's Executive MBA

Whilst the Executive Diplomas are stand-alone postgraduate qualifications, the programmes also offer a route towards the Oxford Executive MBA. Should diploma participants choose to pursue the Executive MBA, and gain a place on the programme, they will receive exemptions from four module assessments, as well as a fee reduction. Attendance will be required at all modules, regardless of assessment exemption.

The Oxford Executive MBA pathway

Upcoming events

Discover that Oxford Saïd offers far more than just world-class teaching.

We are pleased to host a variety of events throughout the year, from thought-provoking research seminars to fireside talks, programme-specific taster lectures to coffee and conversation events.

With a range of online and in-person sessions, there’s something for everyone.

Attend an event

Scholarships and funding

We are pleased to offer a variety of prestigious awards to recognise outstanding talent across our diploma community.

These include:

Corporate discount

Are there colleagues within your organisation who could benefit from enrolling on an Oxford Executive Diploma?

We are pleased to offer a discount to organisations that enrol multiple employees on to any of our Executive Diplomas:

10% fee reduction: when you enrol two employees
20% fee reduction: when you enrol more than two employees

These discounts are subject to successful application and are applicable to any Executive Diploma programme starting in 2025.

Elevate your organisation’s skills, knowledge and impact, whilst maximising your budget.

Terms and conditions apply, speak to Kate Richards-Whitworth, Associate Director of Recruitment and Admissions to find out more.

This programme, this place, this campus will be a really formative part of the next 10-20 years of your life. Embrace the opportunities and pursue your ambitions, because Oxford Saïd is totally the right place to support you to do just that.

Hiba Sanduqa

Senior Director of Business Performance, Etisalat UAE