Business Administration University Canada West

Overview

The ACBSP and NCMA - accredited Master of Business Administration (MBA) program from University Canada West will prepare you for success on a global level. You will learn how to take challenging situations in a stride, apply pragmatic solutions to problems and ultimately drive the success of your organization through intelligent decision-making.

UCW wins the National and BC MBA Games

UCW’s MBA Games Team placed first in the 2023 BC MBA Games and 2024 national MBA Games. In 2024, UCW became the first university to hold both the national MBA Games and BC MBA Games trophies at the same time.

This 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.

The 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.

Accreditation

ACBSP and NCMA