Master of Business Administration
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Curriculum
Successful MBA candidates are lateral thinkers who apply a creative and abstract approaches to solving business problems.
Career-First Course Design
Courses are grouped into Specializations that include readings, lectures, hands-on projects, and more. The program culminates in a capstone project that simulates a real-world business scenario. The courses are designed to help students apply new skills directly to their careers.
Future-Forward Leadership Capacity
Gain leadership skills as you learn to improve existing processes. Learn to develop and implement a vision for the future. Choose courses from two out of three advanced-leadership pathways: innovation, digitalization, and globalization.
Global Online Classrooms & Projects
iMBA live classroom sessions unite students from as many as 90 different countries. Students bring real-time perspectives from the front lines of the business world. Faculty work with students via interactive classes, projects, and office hours.
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Graduate Certificates
These graduate certificates stack directly into the Master of Business Administration (iMBA). Each of the high engagement courses that comprise these certificates carry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate credit.
Graduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership and Management
Become a confident all-around leader and learn in-demand skills for managing people and teams and developing and implementing organizational strategy.
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Graduate Certificate in Accounting Data Analytics
Learn how to synthesize and communicate data-intensive information, findings and conclusions, and develop the job-ready skills to solve accounting and business challenges.
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Specializations
These are the courses you can start today as you consider whether to apply to the iMBA.
Strategic Leadership & Management
Gain leadership and business skills that make an immediate impact. Practice everyday leadership and learn to manage people effectively. Learn to implement management strategies in the real world. Make businesses more efficient by applying principles of organizational design.
Learn more about this SpecializationManagerial Economics & Business Analysis
In order to effectively manage and operate a business, managers and leaders need to understand the market characteristics and economic environment. In this Specialization, build a solid understanding of market operation and the macro-economic environment by studying real-world examples. Identify economic factors that impact business decisions and develop an analytical framework using statistical tools.
Learn more about this SpecializationValue Chain Management
Learn to produce and deliver goods and services that customers value while generating a surplus for owners. Value chain management focuses on understanding what customers want, measuring inputs and outputs to assess value, and generating higher value for customers and greater surplus for businesses.
Learn more about this SpecializationFinancial Management
This Specialization covers the fundamentals of strategic financial management, including financial accounting, investments, and corporate finance. Evaluate major strategic decisions, understand capital markets, and develop an integrated framework for value-based financial management and decision-making.
Learn more about this SpecializationDigital Marketing
This Specialization explores several aspects of the digital marketing environment, including topics such as digital marketing analytics, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and 3D Printing. The Digital Marketing Specialization gives you a richer understanding of the new digital marketing landscape and the skills and tools used to digitally create, distribute, promote, and price products or services.
Learn more about this SpecializationEntrepreneurship and Strategic Innovation
In a marketplace characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, innovative skills are necessary for today’s industry leaders. Agile thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset are critical to thriving in uncertain business environments. This Specialization addresses how to recognize and question assumptions and constraints, as well as ways to identify and capitalize on opportunities. Learn to change the rules of the game by creating innovative value propositions and discovering new market positions that leverage sustainable competitive advantages.
Learn more about this SpecializationGlobal Challenges in Business
This Specialization teaches you to understand how businesses function in the global marketplace and how ethical decision making is essential for every responsible business. Learn how businesses can play a helpful role in helping to address challenges like poverty and pollution.
Learn more about this SpecializationBusiness Analytics
As our world becomes increasingly digital, business leaders need specific skills to help them make sense of all the data around us. The Specialization is provides a well-rounded and interdisciplinary education in data science, analytics and business decision making.
Learn more about this SpecializationMergers & Acquisitions (New Addition!)
This specialization focuses on the theory and practice of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Learn to value, price, and choose the optimal financing mix for an M&A deal. You will deepen your understanding of financial modeling and capital structure while learning how to use financial accounting and finance to express the economic realities of complex organizations.
Learn more about this SpecializationProgram Length
The average time commitment per week to complete a for-credit course is 10-15 hours. There are 3 terms per year: Fall (Aug-Dec), Spring (Jan-May), and Summer (May-Aug). Most students complete the degree in 24-36 months.
Flexibility
Complete your degree online in 24-36 months. Lectures and quizzes are available on-demand, and you can schedule time to meet with professors and teaching assistants (according to their office hours). You can access classes from your mobile device, and download videos and readings for offline work.
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