Hands On MBA Degrees
There are only two schools in all of North America that offer a hands-on practicum with their MBA degree.
Dalhousie
Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, offers a twenty-two-month program that prepares graduates for employment using an eight-month internship at a company. The student first spends six months learning everything from interview skills to proper professional dress and presentation skills, and then are required to pass an interview in order to be offered their internship. During the course of the internship, the student works not only at the company, but also with a coach who helps them to hone their skills on the job.
Laurier
Laurier School of Business and Economics offers an MBA program that also gives students a practical as well as theoretical education, using a “required integrated applied research project”. This means that students are actually working as consultants in various businesses, and are expected to work towards solving a specific problem for the company.
The advantages of this practical education are significant, as evidenced by the fact that a high percentage of these internships lead to eventual job offers by the company they interned with.