Our MBA program includes relevant digital components and we collaborate with digital leaders such as Riipen, the Digital Marketing Institute, Salesforce (Trailhead), Tableau and IBM to keep our students updated with upcoming technological trends. We’ve partnered with leading business and tech companies such as Salesforce, Amazon, Shopify, Facebook and many others to incorporate their latest technology and expertise into the MBA program courses at UCW.

Our MBA program is delivered by a team of dedicated and highly knowledgeable professors with many years of industry experience. The MBA program is available on campus or online.

Students can also qualify to earn certifications, including Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR), Certified Digital Marketing Professional (CDMP), Certified Digital Marketing Associate (CDMA) and more.

The MBA degree program has been refined to allow you to acquire more specific knowledge and skills in one of nine elective areas by choosing courses from one of the following subject areas: Business Analytics, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Marketing, Digital Marketing and Project Management.

95% of our MBA students are working or have a job lined up within one year of graduating

Graduates of the MBA program will be able to:

• respond strategically to business challenges and opportunities.
• assess ethical implications of business activities.
• develop, implement and evaluate solutions to business problems.
• formulate business decisions and systematic analysis that reflects critical thinking.
• demonstrate effective skills to collaborate with diverse groups of people.
• lead teams through the resolution of problems and successful completion of projects and tasks.
• integrate personal values and perspectives into problem solving and take responsibility for decisions.
• communicate ideas persuasively (written and oral) as a result of thorough analysis of information.
• gather, analyze and synthesize information for a business context.

In September 2021, UCW received 5 stars rating from the QS Stars higher education rating system, the world’s most popular source of comparative data on university performance.

As part of the QS Stars audit process, institutions receive an overall rating of between zero and 5+ stars, as well as a rating in at least eight of 13 key areas. We have achieved 5 stars in Teaching, Employability, Online Learning, Academic Development, Social Responsibilities and Inclusiveness and 4 stars for Internationalisation.

UCW also received 5 Stars in the Specialist Criteria category for its Master of Business Administration degree program. UCW is the third university in Canada, and the first in British Columbia, to receive a 5 Star rating from QS Stars. There are only a total of seven institutions in the United States and Canada to receive a 5 Star rating.

Program Structure

Tier 1: Analytical Foundations

• Business Environment, Ethics & Strategy
• Leadership in the Global Context
• Human Interfaces
• Research Methodologies & Inquiry

Tier 2 Management Principles & Practices

• Managerial Accounting
• Human Resource Management in the Global Environment or Canadian Human Resource Management
• Marketing Management
• Operations Management
• Prerequisites: Completion of Tier 1

Tier 3 Business Applications

• Financial Management
• Consulting Practice
• Project Management
• Two electives

Tier 4 Integration & Implementation

• Consulting/Research Project or
• Strategic Management
• One elective