TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama, in conjunction with the University of Alabama in Huntsville, officially launched the new Huntsville Executive MBA program with an orientation this week.
The Executive MBA program is designed for working professionals who wish to pursue an MBA while balancing family and career. Selected applicants have an average of 13 years of work experience with a solid record in leadership and management in their respective companies. The inaugural Huntsville class consists of 25 students with backgrounds that include manufacturing, law, engineering, defense and telecommunications.
The new degree is the result of a cooperative agreement between UA and UAH. Classes are held on the UAH campus.
“The population growth and the high educational level of residents in the Huntsville area make an executive MBA program a much needed offering in addition to the Tuscaloosa program,” said Susan West, assistant dean and head of the Manderson Graduate School of Business at UA. “The UA degree has always had strong demand in this territory, and we wanted to find a way to make it more convenient to our customers residing there. UA Huntsville will offer three to four of their outstanding faculty that will help us to tailor this to the unique needs of the Huntsville community.”
The Huntsville classes will meet Friday evenings and Saturdays, every other week, for 21 months. During the final semester, students in both the Tuscaloosa and Huntsville classes will come together for an international study abroad trip, meeting with senior management at corporations and government officials.
Applicants must have at least five years of professional work experience. For more information about the program or to schedule an interview, contact Donna Blackburn at 205/348-8748 or send an e-mail to dblackburn@cba.ua.edu.
The Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration was established in 1919 and, in 1929, became the 38th school to earn admission into the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. The excellence of the UA business school has been acknowledged on a national level. The undergraduate program is ranked 29th among public universities by U.S. News, and the Culverhouse School of Accountancy is ranked 15th among public universities by U.S. News. The graduate accounting program is ranked 15th and the undergraduate program 14th by Public Accounting Report.
The Manderson Graduate School of Business has earned three top-10 rankings in the most recent issue of The Princeton Review’s “Best Business School” guide: Fourth for campus facilities, fifth for quality of professors, and eighth for administration. Forbes magazine ranked UA’s business graduate program 21st among regional schools for return on investment last year, and U.S. News and World Report placed the program 60th in its annual graduate schools rankings released this spring.
Contact
Bill Gerdes, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8318, bgerdes@cba.ua.edu
Carmen Brown, Executive MBA Program, 205/348-8748