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Online Executive MBA
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Key Information
Campus location
Rochester, NY, USA
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
17 months
Pace
Part time
Tuition fees
USD 41,424 / per year
Application deadline
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Introduction
The online executive MBA is designed for mid-to-upper level professionals seeking to hone their business and leadership skills in order to enhance their performance, assume greater responsibilities, and effectively position themselves for future opportunities. The flexibility of the online format cultivates collaboration yet allows for distance learning. At RIT, we know that executives want more than a simple transfer of business and management theory and concepts. They want a high level of engagement with faculty and especially with their peers. They want the opportunity to discuss, argue, compete, and collaborate with other seasoned managers on strategic and topical issues and projects. These are the essential features of the online executive MBA, and one that has direct and immediate applicability to their own professional development.
The executive MBA is a challenging cohort-based program designed to accelerate the careers of mature, high-performing professionals with significant business experience. It is ideal for creative, innovative individuals with established careers who are looking for proven and effective methods and strategies to propel them further up the career ladder. Students master executive skills such as strategic and cross-functional thinking, client consulting, and leadership. They learn from knowledgeable and professional instructors and from the successful, motivated, diverse peer group enrolled in the program. The curriculum encourages analytical thinking and problem solving and places a strong emphasis on collaboration and group interaction. Students leave the program with a solid network of influential peers.
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Scholarships and Funding
RIT awards more than $37 million in merit scholarships and assistantships to graduate students each year. Scholarship awards range from 5% of tuition all the way up to full tuition. Awards are based on an applicant's academic excellence. Many things are considered when awarding scholarships - undergraduate grades, graduate placement test scores, and your research and work experience all factor in.
Graduate assistantships are offered to full-time matriculated graduate students to serve as teaching, research, or administrative assistants. Graduate Assistants receive wages (determined by the department making the appointment) in exchange for work performed. Many graduate assistants also receive tuition remission (i.e., tuition support) in addition to receiving wages for assistantship duties.
Graduate students can be awarded both scholarships and assistantships. These funding opportunities are the same for both US and international applicants.
RIT awards more than $30 million in merit scholarships and assistantships to graduate students each year. Scholarship awards range from 10% - 40% of tuition. Our median scholarship amount is around 30% of tuition or $13,000. Awards are based on an applicant's academic excellence. Many things are considered when awarding scholarships - undergraduate grades, graduate placement test scores, and your research and work experience all factor in.
Graduate assistantships are offered to full-time matriculated graduate students to serve as teaching, research, or administrative assistants. Graduate Assistants receive wages (determined by the department making the appointment) in exchange for work performed. Many graduate assistants also receive tuition remission (i.e., tuition support) in addition to receiving wages for assistantship duties.
Graduate students can be awarded both scholarships and assistantships. These funding opportunities are the same for both US and international applicants.
Optional Co-Op: cooperative education is paid work assignments with corporations and organizations around the U.S. and abroad. Co-op allows students to spend one or more semesters employed in a full-time, paid position related to their academic program before they graduate. Many students use co-op earnings to help finance their education.
Work-Study: graduate students studying full-time may apply to work part-time on campus. RIT has more than 9,000 jobs available each year, and students typically work 10 – 20 hours per week. International students studying on an F-1 or J-1 visa may work up to 20 hours per week on campus and 40 hours during break periods.
Curriculum
The curriculum focuses on core business concepts, providing fundamental skills, knowledge, and perspectives in accounting, statistics, leadership, finance, negotiations, and economics. The program develops skills in cross-functional analysis with an emphasis on strategy, marketing, technology, and international business. Interdisciplinary examples, case analyses, and an applied orientation are key components of the program. Students attend classes for 15 months on alternate weekends (all day Friday and Saturday). In addition, all students attend a three-day orientation at the start of the program and a seven-to-10-day international study trip in their last semester. There is one online course each semester.
The program reinforces practical experience through domestic and international client consulting projects; personal coaching in career development planning, communications, and team building; a competitive business simulation model; and an international study trip.
Online Executive MBA degree, typical course sequence
Residency
- MGMT-806 Team Building and Ethics
Courses
- ACCT-801 Accounting and Organizational Goals
- ACCT-802 Managerial Accounting
- DECS-810 Statistical Analysis for Managers
- DECS-864 Systems Support for Operations
- DECS-875 Business Simulation
- ESCB-840 Microeconomics & Pricing
- FINC-845 Valuation and Capital Budgeting
- FINC-846 Financial Planning and Analysis
- FINC-850 International Finance
- INTB-820 International Business
- INTB-825 International Study Seminar
- MGMT-800 Leadership Development I
- MGMT-801 Leadership Development II
- MGMT-805 Current Topics Seminar
- MGMT-810 Leadership
- MGMT-818 Strategic Thinking I
- MGMT-819 Strategic Thinking II
- MGMT-860 Executive Leadership Series
- MGMT-861 Managing Technology, Innovation, and Research
- MGMT-889 Capstone Consulting Project I
- MGMT-890 Capstone Consulting Project II
- MKTG-851 Marketing Strategy
- MKTG-865 Managing New Product Commercialization
Career Opportunities
Industries
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Food and Beverage
- Higher Education
English Language Requirements
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