MBA Artificial Intelligence for Business at University of Pennsylvania

Programme overview

The Artificial Intelligence for Business major is designed to address two broad topics: (1) the (more) technical understanding of methods and how they are being applied by firms to solve business problems and (2) the (more) conceptual understanding of how the technology impacts firms and society, including economic, social, and ethical issues that AI deployment introduces. Reflecting this conceptualization, the major has two pillars, F&I: Foundational Methods (or F) Impact and Ethics (or I) Courses from Pillar F cover foundational skills needed to understand, work with, and/or evaluate AI systems.

Duration: 19 course units | Study mode: full-time | Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 19 course units in total. Listed required courses include STAT 7230 Applied Machine Learning in Business; FNCE 7370 Data Science for Finance; HCMG 8530 Management and Strategy in Medical Devices and Technology; MKTG 7120 Data and Analysis for Marketing Decisions; MKTG 7680 Contagious: How Things Catch On; OIDD 6620 Enabling Technologies.

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Entry requirements

Wharton PhD courses will count towards the 15 CU minimum of Wharton coursework but are not graded on the MBA curve and will not be factored into a student’s Wharton GPA. Second Year Requirement: Students must satisfy the following requirements during their second year in the program: (1) maintain a Wharton GPA that is greater than 2.33 in each semester of their second year, and (2) have no more than 4 CU of Wharton courses with a grade less than or equal to 2.33 (C+ or lower) in their second year.

USD 87,970 a year (2026-27). Wharton MBA tuition for 2026-2027 for full-time attendance at the Wharton School; one MBA tuition rate applies across majors. Excludes General Fee ($4,268), Clinical Fee ($770), housing, food, books and health insurance. Source

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