At a Glance

Completion Time
2
Years
Courses
6
Credits Required
45

Degree Details

Eager, ambitious, and ready to earn an MBA from wherever you are? The BU Questrom Online MBA provides a high quality, accessible opportunity to further your education and career by offering an innovative curriculum that focuses on the themes that drive business in the 21st century.

An Online MBA Designed For You

Designed with the global online learner in mind and rooted in insights gained from over 3,000 international industry professionals, the BU Questrom Online MBA offers an innovative curriculum that focuses on the themes that drive business in the 21st century.

Requirements

Whether it’s 10 or 10,000 miles from Boston, earn your BU MBA wherever you are.

Degree Requirements

The BU Questrom Online MBA requires 45 credit hours of coursework comprised of six 7.5-credit semester-long integrated modules. The curriculum is designed so that you take one module a semester and each module builds on the one before it. No more worrying about what courses to take and when.

Application Requirements

  • Online Application
  • Resume 
  • Written Essay 
  • Transcripts 
  • Letter of Recommendation 
  • Proof of English Proficiency 

      Other optional elements:

  • GMAT/GRE – optional 
  • Kira Talent Assessment – optional 

Visit the Application Checklist for more information.

Curriculum

Completed in as little as two years, this high-quality, rigorous, engaging MBA is 100% online. The program is delivered through 6 consecutive modules, each designed to build on the one before it. Students take one module per semester on the path to graduation.

Instead of studying subjects in silos with separate courses in marketing, accounting, finance, etc., you’ll study real-world problems as they emerge— ensuring your development of the most relevant skill set to tackle challenges in a multi-faceted professional landscape.

Dates & Deadlines

Spring Semester

October 1, 2025

Application Deadline

Spring Semester

October 30, 2025

Decision Release

Fall Semester

May 13, 2026

Application Deadline

Fall Semester

June 12, 2026

Decision release

Advance Your Career

Questrom’s Online MBA prepares you to advance in your career, preparing you to lead teams and advance toward Senior leadership roles. OMBA alumni work across many industries and job functions, but share the common ambition to make a difference in their organizations.

Take Advantage of Career Resources at Questrom

Online MBA Students will have access to the BU and Questrom online networking platforms and recruitment sites. You can also take advantage of tools and resources available online through BU’s Center for Career Development. Questrom and OMBA’s Alumni network is huge, and our students take pride in the sense of community that they are able to build and develop through the online program.

Recent graduates have found job opportunities and career paths in organizations such as:

  • Pfizer
  • Verizon
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Microsoft
  • Takeda
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Fidelity Investments
  • PWC
  • Northrup Grumman
  • Bain Capital

  • Goldman Sachs
  • Mastercard
  • Bank of America
  • Philips
  • National Grid
  • Moderna
  • Merck
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Amazon
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Apple
  • Pratt and Whitney
  • Tesla
  • U.S. Department of State
  • RTX
  • Tesla
  • T-Mobile
  • Deloitte
  • Google
  • Intel
  • JP Morgan
  • BCG

The bridges BU creates through live sessions, office hours, and various peer-to-peer communication channels creates a sense of community among students and faculty that makes the learning experience more enjoyable. In fact, the experience has been so engaging that I often forget that each one of my classmates and professors is in a different country around the world, because of how close we all feel.

Rana Hetta, MBA `24

High Quality

Developed and taught by the same world-class faculty who teach in our top-ranked, on-campus MBA programs, the online MBA will provide you with a rigorous learning experience. You’ll create relationships with a virtual class of driven professionals – just like you. In the end, you’ll have the same, highly sought-after credential as those in our on-campus programs: an MBA from Boston University Questrom School of Business.

Innovative

At Questrom, we consider teaming and live sessions to be integral parts of the Online MBA experience for both students and faculty within our learning community. Weekly live sessions introduce new concepts and review assigned self-paced material, while teaming builds an executive leadership skill that is essential in today’s economy. You’ll find a number of engaging elements in the live sessions including case discussions, polling, debates, and live interviews with industry experts. And in keeping with our mission of creating value for and sharing knowledge with the world, we are able to offer the Online MBA at the competitive price point of just $25,000* total tuition.

 * The following tuition, fees, and other expenses have been established for students starting in Fall 2024 & Spring 2025 and are subject to change

Questrom Online MBA Facts

Designed with the global online learner in mind and rooted in insights gained from over 3,000 international industry professionals, the BU Questrom Online MBA ensures development of the most relevant skill set to tackle challenges in a multi-faceted professional landscape.

2,000 +

Enrolled Students in the OMBA program

$ 25,000

Total Tuition

65 +

Countries Represented

I chose the MBA for 3 reasons. The flexibility, the price, and the integrated thematic modules. Questrom means community – that was something that surprised me. Meeting my peers was really rewarding.

Kaitlin Dumont, MBA ‘23

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