Together with significant input from the program faculty, this has created a pedagogical partnership, which works to keep the EMBA Program fresh, responsive, and innovative. The school's International Study Trip is a two-week field study which combines visits to emerging and standing market economies and is integrated into the second year of study. Trade, market, and management practices are highlighted in discussions with local managers, government representatives, and academic experts. The destination, which differs each year, is chosen with input from the class and reflects a combination of their particular theoretical interests and the international expertise of the school's faculty. Pittsburgh's FLEX-EMBA Program combines distance learning with classroom time.
Distance learning is facilitated through software packages, facsimile, the Internet, and e-mail.
The program will soon be expanding to locations in Prague, Dublin, Sao Paulo and, in time, South Africa or Nigeria. Non-degree executive education programs are also available in distance learning classrooms. The school welcomes the participation of spouses in the International Study Trip.