Corporate MBA Programs for International Managers

The University of Illinois at Chicago offers an accelerated Master of Business Administration degree for professionals in Asia who wish to further their careers by earning a degree from an AACSB-accredited program in the United States.

UIC was among the first in the U.S. to offer an intensive, 12-month program to carefully selected groups of managers in both the public and private sectors in Asia. Established in 1995, the Corporate MBA Programs Office, in collaboration with the U.S./Asia Executive Development Office, has recruited groups of students from Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, several provinces in China including Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, and Ningxia, as well as from other countries such as Korea and Thailand.

This prestigious program is well suited to young professionals and mid-level managers who have already begun their careers and find it difficult to be away from the workplace for more than one year. Students develop a full range of contemporary management skills and the cultural awareness to compete effectively in a global economy. A key advantage of the program is its flexibility in tailoring the MBA to the needs and interests of specific groups. See, for example, the customized curriculum of our Financial Markets & Risk Management and Banking Programs, in which students also benefit from UIC's close ties to major financial exchanges, located within walking distance from the campus.

The faculty members at UIC are practitioners and scholars, executives and teachers, researchers and consultants. They bring extensive business experience and knowledge into the classroom. Students in the accelerated MBA program have a unique opportunity to benefit from both corporate and academic expertise.

Questions about non-academic aspects of the program or new collaborative relationships may be referred to the U.S./Asia Executive Development Programs Office.

About UIC

The University of Illinois at Chicago is a major research university located in the heart of one of the world's greatest cities. The largest university in the Chicago area, UIC has 25,000 students, 74 bachelor's, 77 master's and 60 doctoral degree programs in 15 colleges, including engineering, architecture and the arts and health sciences.

Growing numbers of students are attracted to UIC, and they reflect the global character of Chicago. UIC's student body-aproximately 65 percent undergraduate and 35 percent graduate and professional-is recognized as one of the nation's most diverse. In fact, more than one third of UIC students speak English as a second language. The university considers this diversity among its greatest strengths.

UIC's hallmark is its Great Cities Commitment through which UIC faculty, staff and students engage in hundreds of programs with community, corporate, government and civic partners to improve the quality of life in Chicago and other metropolitan areas around the world.