The NIU One Year MBA
Brent Brodeski, CEO Savant Capital Management. MBA alumnus, 1992.
Cross boundaries to reimagine your future. 12 months to your degree.
Mary Vrancic, Digital Marketing Director, McDonald’s U.S.A. MBA alumnus, 2018.
Offered in Chicago and Hoffman Estates, the learning experiences in the One Year MBA program will challenge you to reimagine your future as well as the future of work and engagement. You will learn from faculty who are scholars in their fields, engage with business leaders and work with a diverse group of talented peers. The future belongs to those who are not only ready for it but have the talent and creative insights to shape it. As you begin your journey in our MBA program, continue to reflect on your aspirations and remember, your future is without boundaries.
Join us. Email: mba@niu.edu
Unleash the potential in you. With an eye to creating an integrative mindset to solve business problems and lead teams, our program is designed around the following five building blocks. Courses will map to each block, and co-curricular experiences will enhance your understanding of one or more of them.
Leadership and strategic thinking
Managing operations and technology
The NIU MBA offered me an opportunity to develop and grow my skillsets and strategic thinking. The faculty members in the program challenged me and my colleagues to excel and come together as a collaborative team to address challenges facing national and global organizations.” — Michelle Metry, Executive Director, Clinical Research, Merck MBA alumnus, 2020 Understanding and managing financial resources
Managing with a global perspective
Understanding customers and people
Our faculty experts use a combination of case studies, class discussions, guest speakers and hands-on projects. Recent corporate tours have included the Panama Canal, KPMG, SAP, NASA Research Center and Motorola Solutions. Student projects in the field have included consulting work with start-ups in partnership with Innovation DuPage and MATTER, a health-technology incubator space in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, among others.
Among the top MBA programs. The One Year MBA program is offered by the NIU College of Business. We have the distinction of being among the elite 5% of business schools worldwide to hold a dual accreditation of business and accounting from AACSB. Affirming this outstanding reputation, the NIU College of Business has been featured in the “U.S News & World Report” annual rankings for more than 30 years. Accolades are important, but they don’t tell the full story. We’re much more than a fully accredited AACSB business school with talented individuals, innovative ideas and nationally ranked programs. We are singularly focused on your success. The proof is in our extensive network of trailblazing alumni, talented peers, highly regarded faculty and lifelong Huskies.
An NIU Business alumni network 60,000-plus strong.
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Start your journey with us by connecting with our outstanding alumni to expand your network. With our cohort model, you’ll advance through the program in a lockstep manner with your peers. And this offers another opportunity for you to expand your professional network with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and industries. “My NIU MBA helped me achieve my dreams and my goals.” — Ralph de la Vega President and CEO (retired) of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets
Ralph de la Vega’s journey took him from a 10-year-old Cuban immigrant to a long-standing career as one of the most powerful telecommunications executives in the world. Our MBA program helped prepare de la Vega and many others for leadership opportunities. We’ll help prepare you too.
MBA International Experience in Beijing, China.
The One Year MBA broadens your horizons.
You will gain a rich understanding of global business in the center of where it happens. Our global dimension provides an immersive week-long international experience. You’ll engage with business leaders across continents and get an opportunity to experience different cultures. Prior visits have taken our students to Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.
MBA International Experience in Panama.
Cross boundaries to reimagine your future.
For more information, email mba@niu.edu