Centre for Innovative Management Athabasca University

Athabasca University Offers an Online Executive MBA and an Online Doctorate in Business Administration

In 1994, Athabasca University (AU) logged on with the world's first fully interactive online Executive MBA program. Today, the AU MBA is Canada's largest Executive MBA program, and has taken a place among the most respected Executive MBAs in the world.

In 2009, the Faculty of Business continued the tradition by launching Canada's first online Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program. This program is designed to develop highly qualified management talent who will foster innovation and competitive advantage for business and government in Alberta, Canada, and world-wide.

In both programs, students representing a broad cross-section of industries, companies, and geographic locations bring an exceptional diversity of experience, perspective, and expertise to the rich online classroom interaction.

The 24-hour online format makes it feasible and practical to work on a high quality graduate management education while meeting commitments to work and family. Using electronic communication, students are able to share documents, presentations, designs, procedures, and processes across geographic and organizational boundaries at any time, night or day. AU MBA students study in Canada, the US, Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and other regions around the world.

Athabasca's Leadership and Management Development Courses Are Tailored to Fit Professional Needs

Athabasca University (AU) offers leadership and management development courses online to help professionals who have management positions and lengthy professional backgrounds gain more aptitude and effectiveness in their fields. All of the course work provided includes sessions and study information online for easy scheduling of student participation. The courses present management theory that operates concretely in the workplace delivered by faculty members with lengthy professional and academic backgrounds. Professors and students interact in the courses as peers in a tried and true interactive learning style. All of the leadership and management development courses made available at Athabasca are for single students, businesses, organizations, and professionals groups.

Comprehensive Expertise Is a Hallmark of the Faculty of Business's Faculty Members

The launch of the AU online MBA in 1994 broke down the barriers of time and space for both learners and faculty members. Because of the unique delivery system, AU is able to employ faculty members from virtually anywhere.

As experts in their respective fields and in the use of interactive technologies for teaching, the faculty members and academic coaches ensure that the Faculty of Business graduate management students gain proven business theory and practical implementation skills in all critical management areas.

Faculty members reside in and work from locations that stretch from sea to sea and beyond, while a core group of academics work from the Faculty of Business central offices in St. Albert, Alberta. They ensure that Faculty of Business graduate management students engage in up-to-date courses, study relevant issues, and develop the right skills for leading and managing within students' organizations.

• Degrees Offered
• Major Degree Levels Offered
• Business Administration Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Information Technology Management Master of Business Administration (MBA) [policing concentration]
• Management Graduate Diploma in Management (GDM)
• Project Management Graduate Diploma in Management (GDM)
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• Degrees Awarded
• Master's Degrees 179
• Doctoral Degrees Not reported
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees 180
• * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.

• Earning Your Degree
• Part-time study available? Yes
• Evening/weekend programs available? Yes
• Distance learning programs available? Yes
• Terminal master's degree available? Not reported

• Degree Requirements
• Master's Degrees Alternate accepted and applied project
• Doctoral Degrees Not reported
• First Professional Degrees Not reported
• Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

• Acceptance Rate
• Applied297
• AcceptedNot Reported
• Acceptance RateNot Reported
• Enrolled33
• Applying
• Application Fee - Domestic $200
• Application Fee - International $200
• Electronic applications accepted? Yes
• Applications processed on a rolling basis? Yes
• Application Deadlines
• Type Domestic International Priority Date
• Fall deadline June 15th June 15th Not Reported
• Winter deadline October 15th October 15th Not Reported
• Spring deadline February 15th February 15th Not Reported
• Entrance Requirements
• Master's Degrees3-8 years of managerial experience, 3 years with undergraduate degree, and 5 years managerial experience with professional designation, 8-10 years management experience (on exception)
• Doctoral's DegreesNot Reported
• First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
• Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
• International DegreesNot Reported

• Tuition & Fees
• In-state tuition *Not Reported
• Out-of-state tuition *Not Reported
• International student tuitionNot Reported
• * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
• Fees
• Per-academic year feesNot Reported
• Per-term feesNot Reported
• One-time feeNot Reported
• * Fees for full-time graduate students
• Financial Support
• Financial award applicants must submitNot Reported
• Application deadlines for financial awardsNot Reported
• Types of financial support availableScholarship and/or loans

• Faculty Breakout
• Total Faculty11
• Full-time Percentage82%
• Part-time Percentage18%
• Female Percentage55%
• Male Percentage45%

• Existing Research
• Focus of faculty researchHuman resources, project management, operations research, information technology management, corporate stewardship, energy management
• Externally sponsored research expenditures last yearNot Reported