Master of Business Administration
Our Competitive Advantage: Customized Programs
The URI MBA allows you flexibility to design a curriculum that is best for your career objectives and lifestyle needs, and best leverages your academic background. In person classes in Providence, RI with many online classes available.
What makes Flexibility a benefit – what is flexibility and why is it important?
- Life can be unpredictable
- Work/life balance differs for every student
- Job situations and career objectives can change
- Create your MBA schedule each semester, based on what is going on in your personal life/work to create a balance
“I was looking for a high quality program that also included flexibility due to the demands of my career. Many other programs in the area do not allow for a flexible schedule.”evening M.B.A. graduate
Flexible Areas in Each Program
| Evening MBA | One Year MBA |
| Complete at your own pace within five years | Complete in either nine months or one calendar year |
| Select among courses that are in-person, online, blended, and weekend | Choose among immersive consulting projects |
| Enroll in MBA courses before you fully apply | Take internships or additional elective courses in spring and summer |
| Ability to waive MBA core courses | Ability to waive prerequisite courses |
| Enroll Fall, Spring, or Summer semesters |
Flexible Areas in Both Programs
Specialize in a functional area. Choose to focus your electives and concentrate in Finance, Marketing, Organizational Leadership or Supply Chain Management.
Enroll in elective courses from outside of the College of Business
- Take advantage of the vast resources across the University. Choose graduate courses from other disciplines such as Oceanography, Fashion Merchandising, International Relations, Computer Science, or Psychology.
- Option to bundle a graduate certificate with your MBA degree in areas such as Cyber Security, Forensics, Community Planning, Labor Relations, Fashion Merchandising and Human Resources by leveraging your electives.