Action Learning

What differentiates UB MBAs from other MBAs? Corporate Champions, our emphasis on real-world, action learning.

Take advantage of UB’s thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem — and bring your game-changing ideas to life.

Acquire experience in the functional areas and industries that interest you most. Work on challenging, real-world projects to refine your skills and competencies, while gaining an edge in the job market with a meaningful internship. Build your network through collaboration with colleagues and supervisors. Work with our internship experts in the Career Resource Center.

Only the UB MBA prepares you with the MBA LeaderCORE certification and micro-credential. 

Corporate leaders today want business school graduates who are equipped with skills beyond industry knowledge and technical ability. Such graduates are “management ready” with the ability to create value for their organizations.

Be prepared to get dirty, think critically and expand your team-building skills. Are you ready to begin your UB MBA journey?

Test your ability to solve complex, real-world business problems and satisfy your competitive nature. Advance your skills and create valuable career connections with peers from other b-schools, and corporate partners who sponsor MBA competitions.

The best managers and executives are also great mentors, developing and nurturing talent. The Team Mentor program is a unique opportunity for first-year students to work with someone who has experienced the same challenges and can provide you with guidance and opportunities to make the most of your UB MBA experience.

Amplify your skills while making a real impact. As a paid student assistant in our Projects Clinic, you’ll dive into hands-on, real-world projects alongside our community partners. Multiple short-term projects throughout the semester offer you a dynamic experience working with diverse organizations. 

Collaborate, innovate and make a positive impact on our community—and society. Through UB's Social Impact Fellows program, advanced graduate level students from the School of Management, School of Social Work, School of Public Health and Health Professions, and the College of Arts and Sciences create social innovation in Western New York. Together, our students collaborate, address pressing social issues and make an impact on our nonprofit community.

The Terese Kelly Investment Group offers real-world experience to students, allowing them to pitch companies to serious investors and make decisions with real money. Graduates have secured roles at prestigious firms like Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg, while gaining exposure to executive boardrooms and financial capitals around the world, with the added benefit of their success directly impacting resources available to them and their peers through the fund's structure as an endowment owned by the Department of Finance.