Meet the needs of a business world driven by technology, innovation, and sophisticated analysis. The MBA program combines a classic business foundation with an innovative and ever-changing curriculum to produce graduates who meet the needs of growing technology markets and become dynamic industry leaders. The program shapes business leaders who understand finance, marketing, accounting, and operations, and also know how to translate business necessities to engineers, scientists, and technologists in a language they understand.
The MBA is the Lally School's premier program and offers students both depth and breadth in management education with an emphasis on innovation and technology management. The focus on innovation is concerned with business model, product, process, organizational, financial, and technological innovation, in new start-ups and within larger organizations. The focus on technology management means the development and/or adoption of new technologies, processes, and methods for solving business problems, making decisions, and creating business opportunities.
The curriculum provides a strong grounding in managerial fundamentals while highlighting the strategic role that technology plays in enhancing business performance and creating sustainable competitive advantage.
In addition, it includes a non-pay consulting experience (Practicum) course in the final semester in which students apply their learning in technology and innovation to help solve a local organization's problems. Individual faculty supervise teams of students who work with large companies, local agencies, and small business start-ups. If they choose, students can complete the 45-credit hour MBA in one year from September to August. The MBA includes 11 required courses (33 credits) and four electives (12 credits) for a total of 45 credits. The four electives can be customized to complete one of the following tracks: business analytics, finance, information systems, marketing, supply chain management, or technological entrepreneurship.
Life Sciences Entrepreneurship: The new MBA life sciences entrepreneurship (LSE) concentration is designed to facilitate commercialization in New York state by developing entrepreneurs with the mix of skills and expertise needed to successfully grow innovative life science startups into commercially viable enterprises. From the demands of regulatory approval to the time-intensive process of bringing a product or service to market, the program presents unique challenges as well as tremendous opportunities for our MBA students. The MBA LSE concentration is offered in partnership with the Schools of Engineering and Science at Rensselaer and with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. For additional information, view the curriculum.
