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 Overview
The Illinois MBA is a community of professionals and educators focused on one thing: transforming you into one of the best business leaders anywhere. During the first year of the program, our world-class faculty presents the fundamental areas of business in an integrated style, ensuring that you understand how to utilize principles of accounting, finance, marketing, economics, quantitative analysis, etc., in order to make sound business decisions. By engaging your professors and classmates in this academic environment, you will gain the situational decision-making experience you need to develop into an effective business leader.
Programs
- Full-time MBA: After completing the first-year integrated curriculum, you can direct your knowledge toward a specific area of interest. The Illinois MBA offers concentrations in finance, marketing, general management, operations management, and information technology. Students also have the option of specializing in two of these areas.
- Part-time (Evening) MBA: The evening program is designed specifically for working professionals looking to enhance their current career. Through this general management focus, you will be prepared for positions of increased responsibility.
Campus and Facilities
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--centrally located between Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis--is a meeting place for great scholars, great ideas, and great accomplishments across a broad range of disciplines. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) rated the University of Illinois 25th among all universities worldwide. With 25 Nobel Laureates and 21 Pulitzer Prize winners, the University of Illinois has long been recognized as a leader in scholarly research and technological innovation.
The College of Business and Illinois MBA will add to the university's already prominent campus when the new Business Instructional Facility opens in the summer of 2008. Designed by celebrated architect Cesar Pelli, this impressive, more than 160,000 square foot learning facility will bring greater educational and career opportunities to Illinois MBA students.
Type of program
Full- and part-time MBA
Degrees
MBA
Length of program
21-30 months
Tuition
In state: $16,500
Out of state: $25,400
Scholarships
Merit-based
Entry requirements:
- GMAT score
- TOEFL score (where applicable)
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
Application deadlines
Full time: March 15
Part time: October 15
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