Master of Business Administration

The MBA for Engineers, Scientists, & Changemakers

The Business School at WPI offers a fully online, two-year, tech-focused Master of Business Administration program. In this program, you’ll learn the core principles of business and how to effectively lead at the intersection of business, technology, and people. Featuring 7 focus areas and 18 specializations, across analytics, finance, marketing, operations, and more, WPI’s MBA can be customized to help you advance your unique career goals.

Develop the analytical, operational, and marketing skills needed to oversee successful, competitive, and sustainable business enterprises

Build valuable leadership and communication skills
Choose from 18 specializations to customize your program—or create your own!
Collaborate and network with a cohort of business professionals
Apply the business knowledge gained in classroom to real-world projects with prominent companies
Learn from world-class faculty who are industry and scholarly leaders

No GRE or GMAT required
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Curriculum

The Business School’s rigorous and nationally recognized MBA draws on WPI’s legacy as a STEM university to prepare students to become leaders in a business world driven by digital transformation. Through a series of project-based courses, you’ll learn to empower your teams, make data-driven decisions, and achieve impactful business results. Importantly, our curriculum is designed to ensure you’re ready for your next role on day one.

Core business foundation courses
An integrative business foundation course
Three-course specialization
Two elective courses with an option to declare a second specialization
Capstone project

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Advanced Business Analytics Methods
Applied Analytics
Business Analytics
Data Analytics

Advanced Operations Analytics
Operations Analytics
Operations Excellence
Supply Chain Management

Digital Transformation
Information Technology
Information Systems Design
IT User Experience

Innovation with User Experience (IUX Core)

Entrepreneurship

Organizing and Managing Innovation

Brands, Products, and Consumers

Marketing Analytics

MBA Courses

Note: Those with sufficient coursework or expertise in these areas may petition to take a more advanced course.

MIS 584 Business Intelligence
FIN 500 Financial Management
OBC 506 Leadership
MKT 500 Marketing Strategy
OIE 501 Operations Management

Integrative Business Foundation

BUS 590 Strategic Management
MBA Courses by Specialization

Complete three courses from WPI Business School to solidify a specialty. Students may also petition for a custom specialty. If an MBA foundation course is listed as a required course within the specialty, students can choose another course from the list. The specialization options and the courses required to fulfill them include:

MIS 587 Business Applications in Machine Learning
OIE 559 Optimization for Business Analytics
MKT 562 Marketing Research

Select one of the following:

MIS 587 Business Applications in Machine Learning
MKT 568 Data Mining Business Applications
MKT 562 Marketing Research

Select two of the following:

OIE 559 Advanced Prescriptive Analytics: From Data to Impact
OIE 548 Performance Analytics
OIE 542 Risk Management and Decision Analysis

DS 501 Introduction to Data Science
DS 502 Statistical Methods for Data Science or MA 511/543
MIS 587 Business Applications in Machine Learning
MIS 584 Business Intelligence
MIS 502 Data Management for Analytics
MKT 568 Data Mining Business Applications
OIE 559 Optimization for Business Analytics

MKT 569 Brand and Product Management
MKT 561 Consumer Behavior and Analytics
MKT 568 Data Mining Business Applications
MKT 565 Digital Marketing
MKT 562 Marketing Research
MKT 500 Marketing Strategy

MIS 584 Business Intelligence
MIS 502 Data Management for Analytics
OIE 552 Modeling and Optimizing Processes

MIS 587 Business Applications in Machine Learning
MKT 568 Data Mining Business Applications

Choose one of the following:
- MKT 565 Digital Marketing
- MKT 562 Marketing Research

MIS 500 Innovating with Information Systems
Choose one of the following:
- OIE 558 Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
- OIE 501 Designing Operations for Competitive Advantage
- OIE 544 Supply Chain Analysis and Design
Choose one of the following:
- MIS 576 Project Management
- OBC 537 Change Management
- OBC 533 Negotiations

ETR 500 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Any two from the following courses:
- BUS 500 Business Law, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
- BUS 546 Managing Technological Innovation
- ETR 596 Selling and Sales
- ETR 593 Technology Commercialization: Theory, Strategy, and Practice

MIS 571 Database Applications Design and Development
MIS 582 Information Security Management
MIS 585 User Experience Design

MIS 584 Business Intelligence
MIS 502 Data Management for Analytics
MIS 581 Policy & Strategy for IT and Analytics

MIS 583 UX Applications

MIS 585 UX Design
MIS 586 UX Methods

MIS 583 User Experience Applications
MIS 586 User Experience Research Methods
MKT 561 Consumer Behavior and Analytics

Select one of the following:
- MKT 561 Consumer Behavior and Analytics
- MKT 565 Digital Marketing
- MKT 568 Data Mining Business Applications
- MKT 500 Marketing Strategy

Select one of the following:

OIE 558 Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
OIE 554 Global Operations Strategy

Select two of the following:

BUS 546 Managing Technological Innovation
FIN 500 Financial Management
MIS 576 Project Management
OIE 558 Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
OIE 554 Global Operations Strategy
OBC 537 Leading Change

Choose one of the following five courses:

OIE 558 Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
OIE 501 Operations Management
OIE 548 Performance Analytics
OIE 542 Risk Management and Decision Analysis
OIE 544 Supply Chain Analysis and Design

BUS 546 Managing Technological Innovation
ETR 500 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
ETR 593 Technology Commercialization: Theory, Strategy, and Practice
FIN 500 Financial Management

MIS 576 Project Management
OBC 537 Leading Change
OBC 533 Negotiations
OBC 505 Teaming and Organizing for Innovation

MKT 569 Product Management
Select two of the following:
- BUS 546 Managing Technological Innovation
- ETR 593 Technology Commercialization: Theory, Strategy, and Practice
- MIS 576 Project Management
- MIS 583 User Experience Applications
- MIS 585 User Experience Design
- MKT 565 Digital Marketing
- OBC 535 Managing Creativity in Knowledge Intensive Organizations
- OBC 533 Negotiations
- OBC 505 Teaming and Organizing for Innovation

MIS 576 Project Management
Select two of the following:
- BUS 546 Managing Technological Innovation
- OBC 537 Leading Change
- OBC 535 Managing Creativity in Knowledge Intensive Organizations
- OBC 533 Negotiations
- OBC 505 Teaming and Organizing for Innovation

Select one of the following:

OIE 553 Global Purchasing and Logistics
OIE 549 Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations Management

Select two of the following:

MKT 561 Consumer Behavior and Analytics

OBC 533 Negotiations
OIE 533 Global Purchasing and Logistics
OIE 548 Performance Analytics
OIE 549 Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations Management

9 credits; requires approval from the program director

Students must complete two elective courses offered by The WPI Business School. There are over 50 elective options that cover a wide array of in-demand business skills and applications for MBA students to specifically tailor their degree to fit their career goals. Any specialty course can be counted as either a specialty or elective course, but not both.

Capstone

Students must complete a capstone project experience as follows:

BUS 599 MBA Capstone Project

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Meet Our Renowned Faculty

Rosanna Garcia

Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Business School

I love teaching entrepreneurship because of the amazing innovations that students ideate and then create businesses around. I like the quote attributed to both Homer (the philosopher, not the father of Bart) and Steve Jobs, "The journey is the reward." I'm honored to be able to guide the WPI students through their journeys of not only learning about business ownership, but also actually building something - whether it’s a prototype, a minimally viable product (MVP) or a company. Being in a university setting provides students with a safety net to fail fast and pivot thei

Sharon Johnson

Professor, The Business School

I enjoy teaching at WPI because students bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm to their learning; I am also inspired by their optimism. My teaching also reflects topics that motivate me: detailed process design in our Industrial Engineering program, exploring the implications of operational excellence in our graduate programs, and advancing health care systems.

Purvi Shah

Associate Professor, The Business School

Professor Shah has 'done' marketing and now she 'teaches' marketing at the WPI Business School. She has a diverse industry experience in the marketing/brand management function of mid-size to large corporations across consumer goods, retail, and real estate verticals. In academics, she aspires to play her role as a researcher (knowledge creation) and teacher (knowledge dissemination). Her research questions, in the context of discovery, attempt to explain and understand interesting and challenging marketing phenomena that have not received much research attention.

Diane Strong

Professor & Department Head, The Business School

WPI provides an environment that values both teaching and research, which is ideal for me. I enjoy teaching at WPI because students are interested in learning and willing to work hard. My teaching focuses on how business, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations can best use computing technologies, such as database systems, electronic health records systems, and mobile apps. Students in my classes learn to design computing applications that meet the needs of organizations.

The MBA for Engineers, Scientists, & Changemakers

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Curriculum

Make WPI’s MBA Your Own!

MBA Courses

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

Connect with Business School Student

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