How to choose a CTO program
Pick on the things the pages state: what it costs, how long it runs and where you have to be. Fee, length and format say nothing about teaching quality or career outcomes, so this page does not rank programs.
By published fee
Lowest first, inside each currency. There is no conversion, so compare only within one list.
Fee against length
10 programs publish a fee. One panel per currency: there is no conversion, so compare dots inside a panel only. Each panel's fee axis starts at zero.
- Online only
- Campus or in-person time
GBP
- Imperial College Business School: GBP 8,000, 8 months
- Cambridge Judge Business School: GBP 19,000, 8 to 9 months
INR
- IIT Madras Pravartak: INR 2,80,000, 7 months. Extra: plus GST
- IIM Lucknow: INR 5,35,000, 10 months. Extra: plus applicable taxes; optional alumni registration fee INR 10,000 + GST
- ISB Executive Education: INR 6,31,000, 24 weeks. Extra: plus GST
- IIM Kozhikode: INR 6,78,000, 12 months. Extra: plus GST; application fee INR 1,500 + GST
USD
- CTO Academy: USD 4,450, 12 months. Extra: or 4 installments of $1,200, one every 3 months
- Wharton Executive Education: USD 23,000, 9-12 months. Extra: US$250 registration for the optional on-campus event; fee excludes accommodation, travel and visa costs
- UC Berkeley Executive Education: USD 29,000, 12 months
- MIT Professional Education: USD 34,500, 12 months
No published fee
These pages show no fee, so they are not in the lists above: NUS School of Computing, Coursera.
By format
How the programs are taught
Grouped from the format each page states. 12 programs: 3 online only, 9 campus or in-person time.
Online only
Imperial College, CTO Academy, Coursera
Campus or in-person time
Wharton, UC Berkeley, MIT, Cambridge, NUS, ISB, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, IIT Madras Pravartak
Online only
- Imperial College Business School: Online
- CTO Academy: Online, start anytime, weekly live sessions
- Coursera: Self-paced online
With a campus or in-person part
- Wharton Executive Education: Blended (Online + In Person)
- UC Berkeley Executive Education: Blended
- MIT Professional Education: Online, in-person and live virtual
- Cambridge Judge Business School: Blended
- NUS School of Computing: Primarily a self-paced online programme supplemented with some live sessions, plus a 1-day campus networking immersion
- ISB Executive Education: Online + Live Sessions, Masterclasses and Office Hours, plus a 1-day campus visit
- IIM Kozhikode: Live online sessions with IIMK faculty, plus a 3-day campus immersion
- IIM Lucknow: Live online sessions with faculty, plus a 3-day campus immersion
- IIT Madras Pravartak: Weekly live online sessions, plus two campus immersions
Before you choose
Ask each school for the profile of its current cohort and for a graduate you can speak to. Check the official page for the latest fee and dates. If you are weighing cost, read the cheaper routes.