MBA Business Administration (Working Professionals) at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Programme overview

The MBA programmes for working professionals award the same MBA degree as the full-time MBA and are oriented toward applied, highly interactive and experiential learning. Concentrations serve different student groups: Aerospace and Defense, Physician Executive, Professional, Executive-Strategic Leadership and Executive-Healthcare Leadership, each completed with an Organizational Action Project in place of comprehensive exams.

Faculty: Haslam College of Business | Duration: 45 graduate credit hours; three consecutive semesters (12-16 months depending on concentration) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

45 graduate credit hours: a 36-hour common structure (Executive Core I, II and III) and a 9-hour management project sequence (Management Project I-III), with a full 15-hour load each semester. Delivery combines on-campus residence periods with synchronous and asynchronous distance learning; the Physician Executive MBA runs three consecutive semesters over 12 months, the Professional MBA over three semesters in hybrid format, and the Aerospace and Defense MBA over three or four semesters in 12-16 months.

Career pathways

Positions of broader management responsibility within the student's own organisation and sector (defense and aerospace, healthcare, general management).

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

Primary consideration is given to professional achievements and recommendations from the applicant's organisation. Applicants submit an online application to Graduate Admissions, an online programme application and transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work; the GMAT may be required, with waivers varying by concentration. No cut-off score for GPA or GMAT; admission is competitive. No specific course prerequisites, but studies and experience should show ability with qualitative and quantitative work. By concentration: Aerospace and Defense is for professionals with five years of work experience, GMAT may be waived with 5+ years of experience or a graduate degree, rolling admission, application due six weeks before the first semester; Physician Executive is for MD, MBBS or DO holders with five or more years of experience, no GMAT required; Professional prefers five years of experience, requires resume, two recommendations and two essays, with GMAT/GRE waivable with 5+ years of experience or a master's/terminal degree; Executive-Strategic Leadership is for managers usually with ten or more years of experience, rolling admission, GMAT may be waived depending on experience; Executive-Healthcare Leadership is for healthcare managers usually with seven or more years of experience, rolling admission, GMAT may be waived depending on experience.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer. Domestic applicants may apply up to two weeks before the start of the desired term unless the programme sets an earlier deadline.

International graduate applicants on F and J visas: Fall online submission April 15 and file completion May 15; Spring June 15 and October 1; Summer October 15 and February 15. Departmental deadlines may be earlier.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utk.edu/

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