Asia’s most transformative MBA

Here at NUS, you’ll get one of the most transformative experiences an Asian MBA programme has to offer. You’ll be stretched to your limits, in a great way, as you transform yourself personally and professionally through a multitude of academic and experiential learning opportunities that the programme provides.

Our students come from more than 20 countries and represent a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, converging here for a transformative experience in a dynamic, diverse and enriching environment. The NUS MBA offers a holistic experience, and in recent years, we’ve dialed up our focus on experiential learning even further.

Our unique dual core foundation comprises both academic and experiential modules. Our Academic Core equips students with fundamental MBA domain knowledge in the areas of corporate strategy, finance, marketing, operations, analytics, and leadership. While our Experiential Core – Launch Your Transformation, MBA Survival Kit, MBA Consulting Project – takes our students beyond the typical classroom and helps them build qualities that are highly sought after by recruiters: problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork, communication, adaptability, and interpersonal skills.

Our students also have the flexibility to customise their MBA learning pathways to fit their career aspirations. We’ve added exciting specialisations in the areas of Digital Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and Analytics & Operations, among others. Students may choose to specialise in one area, or select electives from different specialisation areas according to their desired learning pathways.

For those who are interested in gaining hands-on experience in a start-up environment, they can opt to do an Experiential Elective, such as TechLaunch, a unique experiential elective offered with the NUS Institute for Engineering Leadership, which sees students working in cross-disciplinary teams, each assigned a patented technology with the potential for commercialisation.

Our vibrant MBA student clubs amplify the learning experience for students. Our student leaders work with alumni and corporate partners to take charge of enriching the learning experience for the entire cohort. Throughout the MBA, through various activities organised by the clubs – from fireside chats, workshops, talks and more – students pursue new interests, deepen their domain knowledge, and explore career pathways, while they build and strengthen connections with industry practitioners and alumni. We now have a total of 12 student clubs, from industry focused ones such as Consulting, Technology, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Energy, Marketing, Healthcare, to general interest ones such as Diversity & Inclusion, and Sustainability, Ethics & Impact clubs.

What makes The NUS MBA experience such a fundamental transformational experience for our students?

Firstly, The NUS MBA offers highly tailored opportunities for our students to grow both professionally and personally. We offer what most schools do not – a fully integrated experiential learning curriculum that includes both credit-bearing courses, as well as an entire ecosystem that includes opportunities to work in start-ups, interactions with industry through case competitions, industry networking sessions, conferences, mentorship programmes, internships, international study trips and exchange programmes. Students can immerse themselves with the larger ecosystem of the University, taking advantage of cross-faculty electives and outside of the classroom learning.

The unique duration of the programme (17 months) gives our students just the right amount of time to take advantage of the multitude of opportunities available, so they can maximise their personal and professional development, and benefit from a truly transformative MBA experience. At the same time, it is shorter than the 2-year programmes, which many believe takes them out of the job market for too long.

Our strong partnerships with prestigious business schools and networks around the world give our students access to opportunities beyond Singapore, and gain valuable international exposure. We offer double degree programmes with leading partner schools in Asia, Europe, and the US, including Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, HEC Paris, and the Yale School of Management. Through our Global Exchange Programme, our students can choose to spend a full semester at one of our 62 partner universities – all members of the prestigious Partner in International Management consortium – including Kellogg, Yale, LBS, IE, CEIBS and more. We are also the only Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) member school from Singapore, and through this our students are able to take part in a host of exciting opportunities, from investment competitions to electives and exchanges.