MBA + Blue Certificate and Dual Degree options

The URI Blue MBA is the first program of its kind in the United States, and provides the knowledge and skills needed to develop business models to ensure an environmentally sustainable world for a broad range of industry sectors, companies and organizations.

To maximize flexibility and meet you where you are, URI’s Blue MBA is available 100% online, in-person, or in a blended format. The blended format allows you to to take some classes in person and some classes online. For example, you could take all of your classes online and then participate in person in a Global Immersion experience – maybe in Costa Rica, or Indonesia – or you might choose to come to Rhode Island to take an short class that allows you to experience the extraordinary things that are happening at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography. 

URI College of Business’ interests in the Business of Water are broad, spanning topic areas and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including:

  • business roles and responsibilities that pertain to water and social justice 
  • water governance and global water management
  • clean water and sanitation
  • the impacts of microplastics, responsible consumption, and production 
  • climate change and coastal resilience
  • the need to finance infrastructure
  • water-related risk management 
  • trade channels
  • the impact of water on food and health 

The College strategically allocates resources to support initiatives and to share knowledge across disciplines in the College, at the University, in the region, and around the world. In the Blue MBA you will apply critical and strategic thinking to current, real-world problems like coastal resilience and ocean innovation opportunities through coursework led by faculty from URI’s internationally recognized Graduate School of Oceanography and Marine Affairs department.

The Blue MBA is flexible, it combines the URI MBA with one of these academic options:

The URI Blue MBA is a collaboration between the College of Business, Graduate School of Oceanography, Marine Affairs.