Take your career to new heights
The UBC Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) program teaches the very latest in theoretical and applied knowledge by integrating an innovative curriculum with new technologies and pioneering teaching methods.
Our 8-day residencies will provide UBC PMBA students with an immersive educational experience, integrating multiple business topics, professional development and experiential activities. As with all elements of our PMBA program, teamwork and strategic thinking will be integral.
The UBC PMBA experience
Your path to success
This UBC Professional MBA (PMBA) curriculum ensures students have the critical skills and knowledge to think about business at a strategic and holistic level. To allow you to focus on your studies, two modules are taught over six weeks, with classes every two to three weekends. And to ensure ease of access, exams are administered online.
Foundation Courses
Courses covered include accounting; introductory finance; foundations of accounting and business economics; marketing; operations; application of statistics in management; building high performance teams; fundamentals of analytics and tech.
Advanced Courses
Specialized courses covered include entrepreneurship; financial statement analysis; strategy in organizations; process fundamentals; marketing research; corporate finance; investment theory and asset pricing; supply chain strategy and analytics.
Professional residencies
Taught by a cross-discipline team, these residencies will span multiple topics in business. The first will focus on leadership and competitive strategy. The second: business development and negotiations. The third: ethics, sustainability, and managing change.
Optional Global Network Week & Courses
Online courses offered by institutions in the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) that can be taken and counted as credit towards the UBC PMBA.
Career support at every step
Mandatory personal and professional development programming, including immersive Career Weeks, networking events, industry speakers, mock interviews and offer negotiations. Optional opportunities for mentoring, training programs and company visits.
Mandatory personal and professional development programming, including immersive Career Weeks, networking events, industry speakers, mock interviews and offer negotiations. Optional opportunities for mentoring, training programs and company visits.
Take the next step in your career