Corporate Residency Dalhousie University

Overview

Dalhousie's Business Administration - Corporate Residency (MBA) pathway provides a highly customizable curriculum that ensures our graduates are equipped to tackle society's complex business problems and make a meaningful impact.

Applicants must have less than five years of professional work experience post-grad. This is a direct-entry program, meaning all undergraduate degrees are acceptable, and no experience is necessary for admission. Students can directly enter the profession after graduating.

Our core curriculum equips you with key competencies and knowledge while our electives allow you to specialize in a key area of interest. Paired with our focus on professional development, students gain transferable skills to set them up for a variety of careers. 

Careers

Possible careers include:

• Consulting

• Financial services

• Marketing 
• Sales and services

Programme options

• Year 1 Summer: Following MBA Orientation in the second week of June, the rest of the summer is spent completing four core courses. These provide you with a new appreciation for the world of business and give you the fundamental competencies essential for success in today’s business world. You’ll benefit from personal and professional effectiveness sessions designed to help you prepare for your corporate residency.

•  Year 1 Fall: The term consists of two more core courses and five foundation courses which allow students to develop a strong understanding of key organizational concepts regardless of industry sector. The term ends with a competitive, immersive, team-based integrative weekend session that challenges you to fully integrate all learning to date. Specifically, you’ll build on skills surrounding sales, negotiation, and teamwork. Faculty members and Employer Partners work together on these sessions to ensure the highest level of learning and job preparation.

•  Corporate residency: You will start your 8-month paid corporate residency in January, refining the concepts and skills acquired in the classroom and putting them into practice in a corporate setting. Year One ends with an intensive debriefing of the corporate residencies to harvest the important learnings and celebrate your success.

•  Year 2 Fall/Winter: In addition to completing the final four core courses, Dal’s curriculum allows you to customize your degree by completing 9–15 credit hours of specialized electives that best suit your personal and professional goals. Designed to take your knowledge to the next level, the Dalhousie MBA programme currently offers electives in six specialized areas. You may choose electives from any of the specialized areas or combine MBA electives with graduate offerings from programmes within and outside the Faculty of Management. The official completion of the MBA occurs at the June convocation.