Your MBA Adventure Awaits

The UVic MBA program provides an intense, integrative, international and experiential learning environment. Even if your undergraduate degree isn't in business, your MBA is closer and more affordable than you might think.

Our location in Victoria, BC, even offers you the chance to be adventurous, as it not only gives you opportunities to connect with a diversity of people but to also drink in the astonishing beauty of our natural landscapes 365 days of the year.

Join us and earn your MBA in 17 months of daytime study or 24 months of weekend study. Admitting only 45 Daytime MBA and 20 Weekend MBA students each year, you will enjoy an intimate learning experience with tremendous access to resources such as our Executive Mentor program, networking opportunities, career and professional development resources and co-op (paid internship) options.

Program features

• Client-based consulting projects, including a two-week international consulting project in Asia or Latin America
• Team-based cohort learning model that connects you to future business leaders from around the world
• Two award-winning specializations - Entrepreneurship, Service Management 
• Executive Mentorship Program that connects you with experienced business leaders
• One or two co-op (paid internship) work term(s) possible, and career development opportunities
• Double degree and study abroad options
• Best value in Canada - one of the most affordable MBA programs

Find out why the UVic MBA may NOT be for you: https://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/gill/mba/responsibleleadership.php 

Program Info

Program Format: Daytime MBA (Full-time)
Length of Program: 17 months 
Starting Dates: Mid-August 
Minimum years of work experience: 2 ~ 3 years 
Application deadlines: May 31
Courses conducted in: Victoria, B.C, Canada

Program Format: Weekend MBA (Part-time)
Length of Program: 24 months
Starting Dates: September
Minimum years of work experience: 6 years
Application deadlines: May 31
Courses conducted in: Victoria, B.C, Canada

Accreditation(s): AACSB & EQUIS
Ranking(s): University of Victoria (UVic) is ranked 3rd in Canada in the comprehensive category by the Maclean's 2015-2016 University Rankings.

The UVic MBA is ranked one of the top 50 MBA programs in North America by the QS TopMBA.

For the second year in a row our MBA students have won the Corporate Knights' Business for a Better World case competition in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  

Student Body

Full Time MBA: Number of Nationalities: over 15
Male to Female ratio: 54:46
Age Range: 23 ~ 45
Average Age: 29
Average GMAT: 606
Degree Background: 90% non-business degrees, 10% business degrees
Length of Work Experience: average 5.3 years

Weekend MBA:
Male to Female Ratio: 43:57
Average Age: 38
Length of Work Experience: average: 12+ years
Academic Background: 100% non-business degrees

Admission

Full Time MBAUniversity Degree: Prefer people with non-business degrees
GMAT: 550 + (or GRE)
English test(s) for international applicant: TOEFL iBT = 90 | IELTS = 6.5 
References: 2 reference letters
Personal Statements: 2 
Work experience: minimum 2-3 years
Language fluency: TOEFL iBT = 90 | IELTS = 6.5

Weekend MBA
University Degree: Prefer people with non-business degrees
GMAT: 550 + (or GRE) 
English test(s) for international applicant: TOEFL iBT = 90 | IELTS = 6.5 
References: 2 reference letters
Personal Statements: 2 
Work experience: minimum 6 years
Language fluency: TOEFL iBT = 90 | IELTS = 6.5

Costs

Application fees: $115 CAD
Scholarship availabilities: Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships
Tuition fees (Full time): $32,669 CAD (Canadian students) | $35,352 CAD (International students)
Tuition fees (Weekend): $32,669CAD (Canadian students) | $35,352 CAD (International students) https://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/gill/mba/tuition/index.php   

Meet our MBA students and alumni

https://www.uvic.ca/gustavson/gill/mba/mbas/index.php 

Contacts

Name: Sandy Huang
Email: huangyt@uvic.ca
Telephone: +1 250 853 3749
Website: http://www.uvic.ca/gustavson