In addition to the MBA core curriculum, you can choose one of four career tracks or the option of a custom track*. Each track focuses on a specific discipline while broadening and deepening your understanding of business. If you prefer, you can also work with us to develop a custom career track tailored to your interests.
*Track completion is dependent on a series of scheduling factors and must be discussed with your program advisor early in the degree.
Discover the UBC Master of Business Administration
Climate
The new climate career track equips MBA students with the knowledge and skills to make a positive impact on the business landscape of the future. Learn to navigate the interconnections between the business world and the natural world with climate-focused courses and future-minded career development opportunities.
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Ethics & Sustainability; Sustainability & Innovation; Impact Investing; Indigenous Relations & Climate Economy; Supply Chain Management; Applied Methods in Technology Start-ups at CDL Climate - Where can it take you?
Corporate consulting; Business strategy, development and analytics; ESG corporate governance - Companies hiring UBC grads
PwC, Amazon, Elemental Energy, Recycle Smart
Finance
Become an expert on topics including: mergers and acquisitions, capital budgeting, strategic financial management, corporate restructuring, credit analysis, private equity, and venture capital.
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Popular courses
Corporate finance: planning and valuation; banking, currency and capital markets; fintech; venture capital; corporate finance; investment management; risk management; mergers and acquisitions -
Where can it take you?
Financial analysis, commercial banking, corporate finance, asset management, investment banking, risk management, securities sales and trading, financial and management consulting, financial technology, financial innovation, venture capital, executive leadership, governance, market and business regulation. -
Companies hiring UBC grads
BMO, Bosa, BCI, CIBC, Colliers, Deloitte, InvestX, JP Morgan Chase, Lululemon, Nicola Crosby, RBC
Product and service management
Discover how to transform market insights into market opportunities, and develop the skillset required to develop, introduce and sustain products and services in the private and public sectors.
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Popular courses
Brand management; process fundamentals; market research; supply chain management -
Where can it take you?
Marketing management, category management, brand management, business analysis, product management, product marketing, business intelligence, sourcing, logistics -
Companies hiring UBC grads
Amazon, Aritzia, Microsoft, TELUS, PwC, RBI, Stemcell
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Learn a systematic process to validate market gaps and validate hypotheses for viable new ventures. Or become an ‘intrapreneur’ who builds innovation and manages creative product development within organizations— from early stage startups to established market leaders.
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Popular courses
Technology entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial finance; growing and exiting a venture; Creative Destruction Lab – start-up venture analytics; sustainability and innovation; new product development; social entrepreneurship -
Where can it take you?
Create your own company, Work in a fast-growth, early stage company, Venture capital and seed financing, or as an ‘intrapreneur’ - corporate innovator within a larger company -
Companies hiring UBC grads
Appara, Article, ChopValue, DaaNaa, Hootsuite, KPMG (Ignition Group), TTT Studios.
Our graduates have created their own successful companies, like Cartems Donuterie, HeadCheck Health, Komo Comfort Foods, Laid Back Snacks, Susgrainable.
Custom
You also have the option of creating a customized MBA, which enables you to explore multiple sectors. This is a particularly valuable option for those considering a career in consulting, where deeper knowledge across various industries and business function is an asset.
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By tailoring your courses, you can further explore your interests and combine knowledge acquired from different career tracks. Companies that have hired MBAs have who opted for the customized track include: Bain & Company, BCLC, Cascadia, City of Vancouver, EY, IBM, KPMG, Monitor-Deloitte.