MIT Sloan Fellows MBA Program

MIT Sloan Fellows MBA Curriculum

The MIT Sloan Fellows MBA curriculum is immersive, rigorous, and powerful, helping experienced professionals put ideas into action from day one. Through a world-class curriculum focused on management fundamentals and the program’s three pillars of leadership, innovation, and global perspective, you’ll strengthen your skills, broaden your perspective, and accelerate your impact. Customize your learning experience through a mix of core subjects, cutting-edge electives, industry projects, and independent research opportunities..

Degree Options

With and Without a Thesis

An MBA from MIT

In MIT's rigorous and exhilarating academic environment, most MIT Sloan Fellows MBA students earn a traditional MBA degree.
Thesis and Two Different Degree Options

Students pursuing a thesis, either individually or with a co-author, have the option to earn either an SM in Management or an SM in Management of Technology in place of an MBA. Alumni who have opted to write a thesis emphasize the significant impact their research had in transitioning them to new roles within their organizations.

Begin with an in-depth 360º leadership assessment and a series of executive coaching sessions. Throughout the year, you and your peers will build a common foundation of essential management topics

Improve Your Collaboration
Working together in small, carefully curated groups that reflect the diversity of our community, work together to solve challenges through various academic, professional, and cultural lenses. Combine individual contributions and strengths to achieve the best result for your team.

Coursework
Complete a rigorous summer core schedule, enhancing your general management perspective and preparing you for your customizable Fall and Spring term schedules.

Applied Economics for Managers
Data, Models, and Decisions
Financial Accounting
Leadership and Teams Lab
Marketing and Strategy
Operations Management
Organizational Processes

Continue to build your foundational knowledge with one core subject, core courses, electives, project-focused studies, and optional certificates. If you choose to complete a thesis, now is the time to lay the groundwork.

Put Your Experience into Action
Working closely with peers from more than 30 countries, gain perspective on doing business in key regions around the world. Broaden your insights through in-class and extracurricular experiences with students from MIT Sloan’s portfolio of programs and across MIT as a whole.

Coursework

Financial Management
Electives

January at MIT is Independent Activities Period, a community-wide celebration of knowledge offering 700+ learning experiences. Choose from a selection of Executive Electives or a vast array of short courses in everything from coding to the visual arts—or decide to travel abroad for project-focused research and courses.

Optional Coursework

Negotiation Seminar
Executive Electives*
Short Courses

*Executive Electives are offered exclusively to MIT Sloan Fellows MBA and Executive MBA students and alumni.

With your foundation established, tailor the program to your goals with electives offered at MIT Sloan and across MIT. Reflect on how to position yourself so you are viewed as the leader of choice for the business opportunities you want to attract during your reentry into the business world.

Exercise Your Options
Collaborate with MIT’s research centers, industry organizations, and entrepreneurial incubators on meaningful projects.

Coursework

System Dynamics
Electives

AI and Money
The AI Edge
Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship 101: Systematic Approach to New Venture Creation
Generative AI for Managers
Global Business of Quantum Computing
Global Markets, National Policies, and the Competitive Advantage of Firms
Improvisational Leadership: In-the-Moment Leadership Skills
Management of Service: Concept, Design, and Delivery
Strategic Leadership Communication
U-Lab: Transforming Self, Business, and Society

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STEM Classification

The MIT Sloan Fellows MBA Program qualifies as a STEM-designated program, allowing international students approved for Optional Practical Training (OPT) in the U.S. after graduation to extend their standard 12 months to a total of 36 months.

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