An “intensive” new one-year full-time MBA program at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is designed to attract a new generation of high-achievers and future leaders to Kansas City from across the nation and around the world.
Unlike most traditional two-year full-time MBA programs, this is one of a handful of top MBA programs in the U.S. that will enable high-potential young adults to complete their MBA in only one year. The Intensive Full-Time MBA will serve as a “career accelerator” – a break that will set students on an express path to achieve their professional goals, whether that is starting their own business, taking on leadership roles in a small business, or rising to the C-suite of a Fortune 500 company.
The bar for admission will be high: Prospective students must have a bachelor’s degree, a minimum of two years’ experience in a for-profit business, and minimum GMAT score of 650. Only about 20 percent of all students taking the GMAT score 650 or higher.
The high bar comes with a correspondingly high return. Admitted students will receive free tuition in each of the first two years of the program, financed by the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation. During their year at Bloch, they will benefit from classes with Bloch’s globally-ranked faculty that blend innovation and entrepreneurship immersion experiences with classic business training. Students will be required to complete 42 hours of coursework during the year, which includes a paid internship and a three-week global experience.
“This is a perfect time to implement a full-time MBA. This program will allow the Bloch School to reach a new level of quality,” said Henry W. Bloch, longtime Bloch School benefactor and chairman and director of the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation. “We want to continue to be recognized as an outstanding school of business, so we need to grow and add new programs that will benefit the Kansas City business community. The new Bloch Intensive Full-Time MBA’s innovative curriculum will transform the way students approach challenges and prepare students to lead in today’s fast changing business world.”
Reviewed 2014-11-18