When discussing international MBA programs, our focus has tended to be on European programs, but today we wanted to focus on our neighbors to the north. For applicants in the early stages of school selection and thinking about what they want from an MBA, here are four strong Canadian programs that might be worth investigating:
Queen’s University
Full-time program duration: one year (12 months)
Options: Queen’s offers a full-time MBA for Science and Technology, a part-time program for students with an undergraduate degree in business, and several executive options – one of which allows students to earn MBAs from both Queen’s and Cornell’s Johnson School of Management over the course of 17 months.
Business school site: http://business.queensu.ca/
University of Western Ontario / Ivey School of Business
Full-time program duration: one year (12 months)
Options: Ivey offers a fairly standard full-time program (with an emphasis on what they call “cross-enterprise” leadership) with a set of Health Care electives and scholarship opportunities for aspring entrepreneurs, as well as two executive programs geared toward those interested in doing business in Canada and Hong Kong.
Business school site: http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/
University of Toronto / Rotman School of Management
Full-time program duration: two years (20 months)
Options: In addition to a full-time program that stresses “Integrative Thinking” across business functions, Rotman offers a three-year part time program, a one-year EMBA program based out of Toronto and a second global EMBA program offered in conjuction with the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Business school site: http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/index.html
York University / Schulich School of Business
Full-time program duration: two years (20 months on average with summer break)
Options: Also based near Toronto, Schulich offers a standard and international MBA (both full-time), part-time programs with flexible courseload options, and an executive MBA offered in partnership with Kellogg.
Business school site: http://www.schulich.yorku.ca/
