Focus on a discipline or customize your own
As part of the MBA program you can choose one of five career tracks. 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.
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?
ESG Consultant/Analyst, Climate Consulting, Impact Investing, Carbon Accounting, Venture Capital, Supply Chain, Climate Strategy. - Companies hiring UBC grads
BC Hydro, Elemental Energy, ChopValue, LeadingAhead Energy, UCS Forest Group, Solar Earth Technologies.
Technology and Analytics Leadership
The Technology and Analytics Leadership career track is designed to give MBA graduates the skills to drive change and lead in the evolving digital age. You will learn to lead in technology industries, consult with dynamic technology companies and deepen your skill in data analysis and visualization.
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Popular courses
Data visualization; AI Commercialization; Business Development for Scaling Up; Fintech; Customer Analytics; Automation; Economics of Strategy & Innovation; Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning. -
Where can it take you?
Technology Consulting, Product Management, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence/AI. -
Companies hiring UBC grads
Amazon, Deloitte, Lululemon, Salesforce, IBM.
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, Financial Advisory, Management Consulting, Financial Technology (fin-tech), Venture Capital, Governance and Business Regulation. -
Companies hiring UBC grads
RBC, BMO, BOSA, BCI, CIBC, Deloitte, Lululemon, Nicola Wealth, City of Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health.
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
Tech Product Management, Process Fundamentals, Brand Management; Market Research; Supply Chain, Business Development, Integrated Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing. -
Where can it take you?
Category Management, Marketing, Brand Management, Business Analytics, Product Management, Product Marketing, Procurement and Sourcing, Logistics. -
Companies hiring UBC grads
Amazon, Aritzia, Earth's Own, Fortis BC, Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR), Fraser Health, Lululemon, Sage.
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 (founder, board member), work in a start-up or in a fast-growth company, Venture Capital, Private Equity or as an "intrapreneur" - corporate innovator within a larger company. -
Companies hiring UBC grads
Appara, Article, ChopValue, DaaNaa, KPMG (Ignition Group), NYA Ventures (The 51 Fund), Hiive.
Our graduates have created their own successful companies, like Komo Comfort Foods, Laid Back Snacks, Susgrainable, Tocha Foods, Marble Mountains Media, Zerone AnalitQs.
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 Management Consulting, Internal Consulting, Business Transformation, Change Management, and Corporate Development, 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: McKinsey, Cascadia, City of Vancouver, EY, IBM, WorkSafeBC, UBC, Deloitte, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).