Degrees for Full-time Students
MBA - Global Management
About the
Program

Truly Global
Perspective

Ask any recruiter today and you're likely to hear that a top-notch MBA by itself isn't nearly enough. The attribute most sought after by employers combines global knowledge, awareness, sensitivity and experience. You need a truly global perspective. A comprehensive understanding of global markets. The skills and experience to work with diverse cultures and companies. Because even if the company that hires you isn't global, their suppliers are.

World-Class Education

Rankings

Recognized Leadership

Thunderbird's top-ranked MBA in Global Management is taught through a global lens, by Ph.D.'s from around the globe, to students from 50 different countries. The MBA-IM from Thunderbird -- ranked #1 in Global Business year after year by U.S. News and World Report -- prepares you to take on the world.

Curriculum

MBA Programs: Traditional or Accelerated

The traditional MBA in Global Management is a 15 or 20 month global MBA designed for professionals with varying undergraduate backgrounds and work experience. 60-credit full-time program.

The accelerated MBA in Global Management is an 11 or 16 month global MBA for those who majored or minored in business or have competency in accounting, data analysis/statistics, finance and management; or those with 5+ years work experience, including one year managing budget and staff. 46.5 credit full-time program.

Student Profile

Ulviyya Abdullayeva, Azerbaijan '06

Sitting at Thunderbird's Pub with friends from 15 nations and who speak 30 languages is a memory Ulviyya Abdullayeva won't soon forget. "Earning a Thunderbird MBA is not only an education, but a life-changing experience," says this Azerbaijan native.