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Find a New Path
“I found myself wanting to make a big career transition out of finance into marketing, and really believing and knowing I needed to do that with an MBA at Anderson. My MBA is an ongoing difference-maker in my life.”
Amber Jackson (FEMBA ’15)
Director, Sales & Retail Development - Warner Bros. Consumer Products
DISTINCTION: FEMBA is a top-ranked MBA offering at UCLA Anderson. U.S. News and World Report has ranked FEMBA “#1 in SoCal” for 24 years (and counting), “Best in the West” for 13 years and “Best in the U.S.” for 2 years.
THE SAME MBA DEGREE: FEMBAs enjoy the same faculty, diploma, alumni network and student clubs offered in the full-time program. Like the full-time MBAs, FEMBA students can also participate in on-campus recruiting and work with their own dedicated career services team to fully realize their professional potential.
THE VALUE OF FIRSTS: FEMBA students also benefit from programs and features that originated at UCLA Anderson, like the Global Access Program, International Studies & Exchanges and the uniquely adaptive Flex hybrid schedule. FEMBA students utilize their new skills right away, gaining precious practical experience and graduating with three years’ more work experience than their full-time peers.
More Options, Fewer Obstacles
We appreciate the significant challenges FEMBA students overcome to achieve their goals — from busy jobs to personal commitments to lengthy commutes, the stakes are often as high as their ambition. That’s why the FEMBA program offers three scheduling options to complete core courses and even more flexibility during the elective phase.
9:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
2:00 – 5:15 p.m.
6:30 – 9:45 p.m.
The hybrid schedule affords students the combined option of on-campus attendance (meeting one weekend per month) and online study.
Electives are even more flexible — customize your second- and third-year schedules.
The first half of the program consists of 44 units of core courses, while the second half consists of 36 units of elective courses (scheduled in multiple formats) that may be taken with full-time MBA students during regular hours or up to 8 units outside of UCLA Anderson.
For the required capstone project, choose between being part of a consulting team working for an international tech company with the Global Access Program (GAP) or creating your own business from the ground up with the Business Creation Option (BCO). Students wishing to fast-track have the option of finishing their degree in 27 months, while those needing more time to complete course requirements because of personal or career reasons can extend their studies over five years.
Part-Time Program, Full-Time Resources
In addition to the state-of-the-art facilities of one of the world's leading research institutions, FEMBAs have access to thousands of graduate-level electives.
Besides enjoying the same on-campus recruiting as our full-time MBAs, FEMBAs’ career center offers coaches, executives-in-residence and personalized training to help students identify and achieve their goals.
The UCLA Anderson network comprises more than 39,000 alumni and students in 100+ countries from all four MBA programs, plus the Ph.D., MFE and MSBA. Engage your peers for career advice, partnerships or a new opportunity.
FEMBAs actively participate in Anderson’s 50+ professional, identity and interest clubs, often in leadership roles.
FEMBAs’ academic and social bonds last far beyond the program’s duration. Nearly all classes (core and elective) place an emphasis on teamwork, which nurtures a collaborative and community-oriented culture.
Because of career-related time constraints, FEMBA students often value on-campus extracurricular offerings even more highly than their full-time peers. Fortunately, FEMBA is especially social, featuring classes, clubs, happy hours, parties, trips, the annual FEMBApalooza and more to help students cultivate and nurture constructive relationships throughout the program and beyond.
FEMBA students can participate in international programs, allowing them to gain first-hand experience from week-long international studies and exchange programs with partner universities in more than 20 countries. FEMBA students are also required to participate in GAP, during which they are paired with international, high-growth companies in a market-entry consulting project. GAP teams write investment-quality business plans and present to venture capitalists.
Flexible and At-Your-Own-Pace options available when your career or life require them.
| Summer | Fall | Winter | Spring | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | June – August | September – December | January – March | April – June |
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Leadership Foundations - Mandatory 1-week on-campus intensive typically held the last week of August |
Data & Decisions - Organizational Behavior |
Managerial Economics - Financial Accounting |
Marketing Management - Foundations of Finance - Optional Elective |
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Elective - Elective - 1-week Elective Block |
Operations & Technology Management - Business Strategy |
Elective - Elective |
Elective - Elective |
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Global Access Program or Business Creation Option - Elective |
Global Access Program or Business Creation Option - Elective |
1st YEAR26 – 30 Units |
SummerJune – AugustLeadership Foundations Mandatory 1-week |
FallSeptember – DecemberData & Decisions |
WinterJanuary – MarchManagerial Economics |
SpringApril – JuneMarketing Management |
2nd YEAR36 – 44 Units |
SummerJune – AugustElective |
FallSeptember – DecemberOperations & Technology |
WinterJanuary – MarchElective |
SpringApril – JuneElective |
3rd YEAR18 – 26 Units |
SummerJune – AugustGlobal Access |
FallSeptember – DecemberGlobal Access |
WinterJanuary – March |
SpringApril – June |
Optional one-week Global Immersion or International Exchange electives are available between quarters in more than 20 different countries.
Baxter BioScience
Chevron
Cisco Systems Inc.
Ernst and Young LLP
Fox Entertainment Group
MGM Studios Inc.
United Technologies Corporation
Yahoo! Inc.
Abbott
Activision Publishing
AIG
AT&T
Deloitte
General Electric (GE)
Honeywell Aerospace
Johnson & Johnson
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Medtronic
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oracle Corporation
Pacific Gas & Electric
Raytheon
Southern California Edison
Tesla Motors
The Business & Science of Microbrewing
Diego Benitez (FEMBA ’19), Founder|Owner|Brewer, Progress Brewing
What’s it like for a chemistry Ph.D. to found a thriving microbrewery, now be opening a wine bar, and already be changing management style, thanks to Professor Corinne Bendersky’s Organizational Behavior course in his first quarter of business school?