Overview

Students have the opportunity to complete a dual degree program with the M.A. degree in Translation and the M.B.A. degree in Business Administration. A separate application must be submitted for each program. Students can view admission requirements for each program on their respective catalog page.

This Translation - Master of Business Administration program from Kent State University is suitable for those whose career goals include assuming middle or executive management positions in international business or language industry enterprises or those interested in starting their own business in the language services industry.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

Translate authentic, industry-relevant content, both general and domain-specific, using appropriate tools and approaches

Define and describe the roles and responsibilities of various language industry stakeholders and various forms of language service provision, and demonstrate an understanding of the basics of entrepreneurship and translation as a business

Engage in effective research and information retrieval for a variety of language industry-relevant tasks

Utilize a range of computer-assisted technologies, including machine translation, for language industry-relevant tasks and demonstrate an understanding of the place, benefits and limitations of those technologies in a given project scenario

Demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical considerations in various project scenarios

Successfully communicate and mediate communication across languages and cultures in multilingual, multicultural contexts

Apply theory to inform and justify their decision-making

Critically reflect on their work and that of others

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Financial Accounting for Decision Making

Managerial Accounting for Decision Making

Macroeconomic Environment of Business

Managerial Economics

Law and Ethics

Managerial Finance

Analytics for Decision Making

Operations, Service and Supply Chain Management

Leadership and Managerial Assessment

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Online

Disciplines

Master in Business Administration (MBA) Translation & Interpreting View 80 other Masters in Translation & Interpreting in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.75

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
Minimum 2.750 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000 point scale
Official transcript(s)
Goal statement
A CD or MP3/wav file with a five-minute oral sample in the applicant's first and second languages (conversational, not read from a script)
Writing sample(s) in applicant's second language,1 which should be accompanied by a signed declaration that the sample is original work and that the applicant received no help in its preparation
Three letters of recommendation
English language proficiency

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Tuition Fee

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International

19954 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 19954 USD per year during 12 months.
National

19954 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 19954 USD per year during 12 months.
In-State

10706 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 10706 USD per year during 12 months.

Online: $21,400 per full program

Living costs for Kent

1036 - 1710 USD /month

Living costs

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