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Business Administration - Career Advance (MBA)

A pathway to advance your career.

Program Type
Master
Faculties
Locations
Program Options
Course-based
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Why choose this program?

The Career Advance pathway is designed for mid-career working professionals who wish to advance their career.

As a student in this program you will benefit from:

  • flexibility to complete your degree in as little as 2.5 or as many as 7 years听

  • opportunities to network with like-minded professionals

  • a balance of theory, analysis, and day-to-day practice to prepare you to respond strategically to complex management issues

Applicants must have鈥痜ive or more years of relevant professional work experience and鈥痳eside in Canada.

If you have less than five years of professional work experience, you may wish to consider our Corporate Residency MBA.听

Careers

Graduates of this program advance careers in these industries and more:听

  • Financial services and banking

  • Consulting

  • Marketing

  • Healthcare

  • Public Sector

  • Entrepreneurship and innovation

Program options

Designed with the working professional in mind, the Career Advance MBA pathway gives you the freedom to learn from anywhere and at your own pace.

Our curriculum embraces your existing expertise and uses a balance of theory, analysis, and day-to-day practice to prepare you to respond strategically to complex management issues and devise innovative, relevant, and real-world solutions to your organization鈥檚 challenges.

All graduate programs at 海角社区app are collaboratively delivered by a home Faculty and the听Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Admission requirements

You'll need to meet the听Faculty of Graduate Studies minimum requirements听as well as any program-specific admission requirements before you can apply.


Program-specific requirements

This program requires you to meet the following criteria:

  • Four-year bachelor鈥檚 degree recognized by 海角社区app University

  • Minimum GPA of 3.0/4.3 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours (2 years) of study

Applicants who apply under the鈥疎quitable Admissions Policy鈥痺hose GPA is between 2.7 and 3.0 will also be considered. For additional information, please see the Application Instructions.

If you do not have a four-year degree but have鈥at least 10 years of professional experience, you may be eligible for admission through our Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) process. For additional information or questions about the PLA process please contact鈥mba@dal.ca.鈥

Minimum of 5 years professional experience post undergraduate degree.

Only domestic applicants are eligible to apply for the MBA Career Advance pathway. International applications are not accepted.

  • If required, TOEFL iBT scores of at least 100, or IELTS (Academic) scores of at least 7.5.

  • Note:听the language competency test may be waived if the applicant has completed a degree that meets both of the following requirements:鈥

    • 听The degree is from a recognized university where the language of instruction is English.鈥
    • 听The university (or campus location) where the degree was obtained is in a country where English is an official language.

Please contact鈥mba@dal.ca鈥痠f you are unsure whether you are required to provide this documentation.

Financial information

Fee format听

Per-course fee, charged as you register.

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