Business / MBA Degree Programs in Indiana

Mendoza College of Business, The University of Notre Dame:
The Mendoza College of Business is one of the colleges at the University of Notre Dame, which is located in Notre Dame, Indiana. It is a highly ranked American business school offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs including The Notre Dame MBA. The College also offers a broad range of custom programs for businesses and organizations, as well as certificate programs for executives and nonprofit managers and leaders. These programs are offered through the Executive Education and Nonprofit Professional Development departments.

Undergraduate Majors:
- Accountancy
- Finance
- Marketing
- Management with majors in: (Consulting, Entrepreneurship & Information Technology Management)

The Notre Dame MBA:
MBA students are required to select a concentration track based on career interests. One-Year MBA students choose a track at the end of their summer session. Two-Year MBA students choose a track at the end of their first year. MBA Student Services uses the tracks to recommend elective course selections, and MBA Career Development assigns an industry coach to best assist each student in his or her job search.

Concentration Tracks:
- Business Leadership
- Consulting
- Corporate Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Investments
- Marketing

One-Year MBA:
For students who are not making dramatic career changes and possess the prerequisites for a business undergraduate degree, our accelerated One-Year MBA format gets them back into the workforce more quickly. An early summer start means you have even greater focused attention from our faculty. The small class size and intense summer sequence also ensures a tightly knit group of classmates. The material covered during the summer classes is tailored for the accelerated nature of the program. Your prior business education provides you the opportunity to jump right into your concentration track courses the next fall and spring with the Two-Year program students returning for their second year.

Two-Year MBA:
The curriculum provides a balanced mastery of all functional areas of business. Further, students are exposed to the complexities of global business through a series of engagements with leaders worldwide. Immersions in Asia, Latin America and other locations provide opportunities to experience other cultures first-hand. Signature lecture series, such as Ten Years Hence, bring in internationally renowned experts to discuss some of the most vital trends and issues facing the current age. During Interterm Intensives, our MBA students analyze, investigate and offer solutions for real-life problems presented by executives from large global organizations, including Boeing, GE, Hewlett-Packard, Starbucks, Nestle, Walgreens and OfficeMax.

The Notre Dame Executive MBA:
The Notre Dame Executive MBA curriculum integrates functional areas, including finance, accountancy, marketing, law and other disciplines. The intensive quantitative and qualitative aspects and the personal insights students gain, make them more valuable in the marketplace, more confident in their ethical decision making and more whole as a person.

South Bend-Cincinnati Executive MBA:
The Notre Dame Executive MBA program in South Bend, with an off-site classroom in Cincinnati connected via real-time, interactive video technology, delivers an extraordinary business education experience. Our concise, 21-month program is ranked 20th by BusinessWeek in its biennial survey of the world’s top Executive MBA programs. The Thursday through Saturday, once-a-month schedule allows our executive students to meet all of the demands placed on them: continual performance in their careers, family and personal responsibilities and their new individual dedication to grow themselves through the program.

Chicago executive MBA:
The Notre Dame Executive MBA program in Chicago, a 17-month, Friday/Saturday biweekly program, has flourished since being established in 2001. Today, the executive-format program is the third largest in the Chicago area, and is ranked 20th by BusinessWeek in its biennial survey of the world’s top Executive MBA programs. Classes are held in the Chicago Commons, our executive education facility at Michigan Avenue and Jackson in downtown Chicago. The facility opened in 2008 and provides our students with a state-of-the-art learning environment.

Master of Science in Accountancy:
The M.S. in Accountancy program is a one-year, two-semester (30-hour) degree program, which is offered on a full-time, regular academic year basis. Admission is granted on a rolling basis for fall or spring semester entry.

Master of Nonprofit Administration:
The Master of Nonprofit Administration (MNA) degree in the Mendoza College of Business delivers an education that in 2009 was ranked 5th in ethics by the Aspen Institute-Beyond Grey Pinstripes. Our program, which draws students from an array of undergraduate majors and varied work backgrounds, is designed for individuals with at least two years of post undergraduate nonprofit work or volunteer experience, and we strongly encourage an interview for entrance into the program.

Further Programs:
The College also offers a broad range of custom programs for businesses and organizations, as well as certificate programs for executives and nonprofit managers and leaders. These programs are offered through the Executive Education and Nonprofit Professional Development departments.