Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The MBA program provides a professional management education for students with baccalaureate degrees in any discipline. Calculus is the only prerequisite. The MBA is an innovative and rigorous program with a technical and quantitative instructional focus. Highly qualified candidates from all academic backgrounds enter the program, which is designed to foster teamwork and a closely knit class. It is offered in both full-time and evening formats.

Excellence in management education has long been a hallmark of Georgia Tech. The Georgia Tech MBA helps students develop the skills they will need to effectively lead in the high-tech, global businesses of the twenty-first century, and the vision and ingenuity to become valued leaders in their fields. At Georgia Tech, MBA students are exposed to the social, environmental, political, and international factors shaping the global marketplace. Some of the primary advantages of the MBA program include a close community that promotes enriched student-faculty relationships; classmates with diverse educational and work experiences; small class sizes that foster group cooperation and a true understanding of the business environment; an innovative curriculum that keeps pace with the rapidly changing environment of technology and management; and a wide range of educational, social, and professional opportunities in the metro Atlanta area.

During the summer term between the first and second academic years, full-time MBA students work in summer internships with companies ranging from major employers to small entrepreneurial ventures. Summer internships enhance permanent employment opportunities.

The MBA program requires 54 hours; 30 semester hours are core classes. The core courses develop a common body of knowledge essential to all MBA students. The remainder of the curriculum consists of electives, which provide flexibility for students to build competence in one or more concentration areas. This freedom permits students to fashion a curriculum directed toward their own educational and career goals.

MBA elective areas include accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, information technology, international business, marketing, operations management, organizational behavior, and strategic management.

For the full-time program, entry is in the fall semester only, and enrollment is strictly full time. For the evening program, admission is offered in both fall and spring semesters.

Applicants to the MBA program should note that supplementary application materials are required by the College of Management, in addition to those requested by Georgia Tech's Office of Graduate Admissions and Enrollment Services.

Applications and viewbooks are available online at www.mgt.gatech.edu/mba.

For more information, call 404.894.8722 or contact the:

College of Management Graduate Office
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-0520

The undesignated Master of Science degree program serves students whose educational and career goals may not be best served by the MBA program. Under these circumstances, the student may pursue a specially tailored master's-level curriculum that satisfies the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) common body of knowledge requirements and provides a coherent concentration of elective courses chosen in consultation with an academic advisor. This specialized degree program is designed primarily for students who are admitted to Georgia Tech on approved foreign education programs. Admission to this program must be approved by the MBA Admissions Committee prior to enrollment.