MBA Analytics – STEM Certified
The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is introducing a new STEM-designated MBA in Analytics to equip individuals with these skills and prepare the next generation of leaders in this business domain. MBA graduates often experience significant career promotions and salary increases after completing their degree. In fact, more than two thirds of WPI MBA graduates report getting a promotion.
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master the core principles of business with WPI's 100% online MBA, and learn to lead at the intersection of business, technology, and people. During your time in the program, you’ll develop the analytical, operational, and marketing skills needed to oversee successful, competitive, and sustainable business enterprises. Building on WPI’s history of theory and practice, you’ll have the chance to work on real-world projects with a cohort of business professionals. And because we don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach, you can choose from 20 specializations to customize your MBA experience.
Business Administration (PhD)
As a graduate student in the PhD in Business Administration program at WPI, you’ll work closely with faculty and industry researchers at the forefront of business innovation in one of three areas: entrepreneurship*, information technology, or operations management. Read more about our PhD students.
Application deadline: February 1
Business Analytics (MS) – STEM Certified
Prepare to make data-driven business decisions that solve real-world problems and drive meaningful impact. In The WPI Business School’s Master’s in Business Analytics, you’ll build valuable leadership and communication skills as you work on real-world projects and network with prominent companies. And to ensure you’re ready on day one for your next opportunity, you’ll master today’s top analytics tools, including Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, and more. Learn from world-class faculty who are scholarly and industry leaders and build relationships with like-minded peers in your cohort.
The MSBA is available both on-campus and online.
Executive PhD
Leverage your experience in new and exciting ways, while having a greater impact with our Executive PhD. This degree equips you with targeted skills and gives you real-world settings to apply what you’ve learned—leading to advances in your career and industry. Working with a close cohort of dedicated and passionate peers, this course-based program prepares you for your next career move—whether that includes consulting, teaching, or conducting research. Your new experience applying qualitative and quantitative skills imparts the valuable knowledge you’ll need as a credible thought leader. Learn more here.
Financial Technology (FinTech) (MS) – STEM Certified
Utilize unstructured data, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence (A.I.) insights to drive new financial thinking and processes that deliver innovative financial products and strategies for long-term productivity improvements and economic growth. With these skills, you’ll be invaluable to established firms and startups as we move rapidly to a digitized and data-intensive world.
FinTech PhD
The future of finance is already here, and the industry is undergoing a transformative shift, demanding a new generation of professionals. WPI’s FinTech PhD program stands out as a unique and strategic offering. It provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary education that seamlessly connects finance, technology, computer science, and ethics. By tapping into the expertise of our distinguished faculty and leveraging the resources of our state-of-the-art FinTech Innovation Hub, students actively participate in cutting-edge research and apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios.
Information Technology (MS) – STEM Certified
WPI’s Master of Science program in Information Technology is meeting the market demand for IT professionals who can leverage existing and emerging information technology and analytics tools and use that information in business applications. Being able to lead and collaborate helps IT professionals keep their careers on track. The demand for IT professionals who understand business and business analytics has never been higher. Across sectors, organizations are in need of IT managers who not only possess technical expertise but can also apply business principles and analytics to guide complex systems and understand how IT affects individuals and society. As a student in the MSIT program you will learn to use existing and emerging information technology to drive businesses forward. Learn more about the MS IT here.
The MSIT is available on-campus and online.
Operations and Supply Chain Analytics (MS) – STEM Certified
WPI’s MS in Operations Management and Supply Chain Analytics prepares students with the leadership skills to facilitate organizational improvement. Students explore a full range of operational topics, including risk management, lean process design, modeling & optimization, and global strategy. By learning to identify operational efficiencies of a supply chain students will be able to conduct demand forecasting, evaluate vulnerabilities and risk, and more. Students receive the skills and hands-on project management techniques necessary to design and manage an effective supply chain.
The MSOSCA program is available on-campus and online.
Interdisciplinary Programs
These programs are listed with engineering, science, and mathematics on the application form.
Certificates
Custom Certificates
Students may customize their own four-course, 12-credit graduate business certificate. Those interested in a customized certificate may provide a rationale for certificate makeup to the executive director of business programs at business-prog-office@wpi.edu.
