Wisconsin Professional MBA Quick Guide

WANT.

Become a trusted leader

Gain the skills and connections you need to reach new professional heights

Learn from top UW–Madison faculty and dedicated career coaches

Apply new insights at work right away + reap benefits for your whole career

Develop a lifelong network of peer professionals

the flexibility you need to balance your life, work, and professional development.

• Online class once a week

• On-campus classes one weekend a month

• Collaborate in both settings

Visit business.wisc.edu/graduate/ mba/professional/curriculum for more details.

PERSONALIZED CAREER COACHING GIVES YOU AN EDGE

Work one-on-one with a career coach to map out your future and chart your specific path to personal success. Develop strategies to get where you want to go in your career.

50% in person, 50% online

“The program’s career service team was extremely helpful. I met one-on-one with a career coach and was impressed with how much support and guidance was offered. She helped me prepare for job interviews and was a dedicated resource in helping me achieve my career goals.”

Joel Coleman (MBA ’18) Senior Inside Sales Representative, Exact Sciences

• Visioning and career goals

• Personal branding and marketing

• Professional résumés and bios

• Personal career advisory board

• Job search strategies

• Employer research

• Interview preparation

• Compensation negotiation

YEAR ONE

Core cohort experience

Be part of a curated team of individuals from diverse professional backgrounds. Learn and work together as you take foundational business and leadership courses.

YEAR TWO AND BEYOND Customize your MBA

Take between one and four additional years to complete your degree. Select three-month-long units of coursework and earn badges in business disciplines important to you and your career growth.

A total of four badges are required to complete the program. Each badge consists of three courses.

“Your MBA team is very much like the quintessential cross-functional team that you might find in a company where everybody has different skill sets. It really shows how people can lean in and lean out depending on what the topic is.”

Felicia Kamriani (first-year student) Senior Digital Media Designer, Google Fiber

Badges

New badges may launch each year giving students opportunities to earn different badge credentials in the coming years. Additional fees will apply for the Global Business badge.

FUNCTIONAL CORE

Admissions and tuition

Tuition for the Professional MBA is by the credit hour. Each credit hour is $1,700 plus UW segregated fees. Segregated fees are estimated to cost $140 per credit.

Standardized tests are an optional part of your application. We accept the GMAT, GRE, and Executive Assessment.

• Applications to start the program in September 2023 open in September 2022.

• Applications to start the program in January 2024 open in January 2023.

Accelerated options

Qualifying UW–Madison alumni are eligible to waive credits of MBA curriculum requirements in the functional core and elective badges. Waving these requirements may reduce the overall amount of time and money needed to complete your MBA.

View admissions details and accelerated option information at business.wisc.edu/graduate/ mba/professional/admissions.

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CLASS PROFILE

Class profile statistics are from the Professional MBA incoming Fall 2021 class.

U.S. minority students

U.S. minority is defined as an individual who identifies as one or more of the following racial and ethnic groups: American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, African American/Black, Hispanic/ Chicano/Latino(a)

you establish. There is no better time than now. Go for it! You will absolutely have no regrets.”

Erin Harried (MBA ’22) Web Merchandiser, Colony Brands, Inc.