University of Miami Courses & Fees

The full-time two-year MBA Program (The Miami MBA) is innovative, flexible, and career-focused. Candidates with an undergraduate degree in any field with work experience who seek advanced business expertise as a springboard to their career are encouraged to apply. The curriculum not only prepares students for leadership in business, but it adds a valuable dimension to other professions.

The Miami Business School's full-time MBA program is 56 credit hours and is completed in less than two calendar years. The curriculum provides a framework that accelerates growth. Students gain new perspectives and have the opportunity to prove and polish their leadership skills. They learn to think critically across subjects, linking their knowledge of management, economics, and marketing with finance, business law, and technology.

Students are required to complete one two-credit elective from an approved list of courses in the areas of accounting, finance, and management Science.  

The University of Miami School of Law and the Miami Herbert Business School offer a joint degree program in law and business. Upon completion of this program, a student earns the Juris Doctor degree from the School of Law and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Miami Herbert Business School.

Independently, the JD degree requires the completion of 88 credits, while the MBA degree requires 56 credits. Students enrolled in the JD/MBA dual-degree program benefit from a total of 16 shared credit hours, reducing the overall required course load to 128 credits for both degrees.

The University of Miami Herbert Business School offers a joint M.D./M.B.A. degree program in partnership with the Miller School of Medicine. The business curriculum prepares future physicians for the business complexities related to running a private medical practice or heading a group practice, as well as prepare medical students for careers in health sector management, leadership and policy.

The M.D./M.B.A. program adds an additional year to the four-year medical school curriculum. The M.B.A. coursework ranges from financial reporting and corporate strategy to the legal aspects of health administration.

MD/MBA candidates have the option of choosing a Research Track (project based which provides practical hands on experience) or an Elective Track (provides business electives). Please refer to the curriculum for details.

The University of Miami School of Law and the Miami Business School have created a triple degree program - a JD, an LLM in Taxation, Estate Planning, or Real Property Development, and an MBA-  which can be completed in just four years and two summers.

This program offers a combination of legal and business degrees to students who were undergraduate business majors. These credentials are ideal for anyone with a long-term goal of servicing top corporate clients or becoming a senior executive at a bank, real estate company, or financial institution. They also serve as significant assets in today’s competitive marketplace to any attorney starting out in tax or real estate law.

Students are able to complete both the LLM and JD degrees in seven semesters and can complete an MBA degree with an additional two semesters or fewer, if summer school courses are taken. 

The University of Miami Herbert Business School Executive MBA in Health Management and Policy Program prepares graduates for positions of leadership in health care and health-related organizations. The program focuses on the post-graduate educational needs of professionals already fully employed in the health care industry, as well as those aspiring to careers in the field. Combining its strengths in graduate business education and its close relationships with the South Florida health care community, the program teaches practical administrative skills as well as broad strategic and theoretical perspectives to students who wish to expand their knowledge of management and administration as applied to the health care industry.

The MHA program helps students understand business principles and their application to the health care sector. Students enrolled in the Master in Health Administration (MHA) program hone skills in business fundamentals such as finance, accounting, human resources, and process improvement, and gain knowledge in health care specific areas including the structure, organization, policy, and delivery of health care; health economics; and information technology; among others. Students also gain a comprehensive lens through which they can approach solutions in their careers through first-hand experience of daily operations and opportunities to improve processes. Students have access to C-suite leaders in the classroom and other venues. Each student will also have the opportunity to participate in an off-site internship experience. Graduates of the program are prepared to be leaders in the management and administration of health care systems, physician groups, insurance companies, medical device companies and health care facilities. 

The Master of Science in Business Analytics program is an intensive experience that develops well-trained business analysts armed with the skills necessary to understand, manage and make use of big data in a business context. Over the course of 10 months, students learn how to turn abstract data into meaningful information with which to predict consumer behavior and forecast revenue and expenses for virtually any business model and any industry sector.

The Master in International Business (MIB) program seeks to develop global leaders. To this end, it offers to a select group of globally-minded students from throughout the world with rich experiential learning opportunities in Miami and other locations worldwide. The program incorporates a rigorous academic curriculum focusing on best practices by both global startups and leading multinationals in addressing their emerging opportunities and challenges. Students are exposed to South Florida’s rich multicultural business community and the hundreds of international conferences that it hosts every year.  Students may focus their professional development efforts on developing both regional competencies and functional expertise of their choice.  MIB program activities in and out of classrooms are designed to help its students bond, as well as expand their professional network with participants of other graduate business programs.

The Global Executive MBA program is aimed at senior executives who want to further their business acumen and enhance their understanding of conducting business globally. The format flexibility and length of the program will permit students to earn their MBA. The 17-month program blends face-to-face on-campus modules, which include executive presentations, case studies and group projects, with distance learning. It covers four focus areas (Global Strategy and Execution; Managing Global Operations and Decision Making; Global Multi-Cultural Leadership; and Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology) through eleven courses or modules, as well as an Integrated Project carried out in nine on-campus residencies and eight Inter-Residencies (distance-learning). The Global EMBA is lock-step in nature. Students will progress together through a sequential pattern of courses. The students will obtain their MBA after the successful completion of 45 credit hours over an 17 month period.

The University of Miami Business School's Global OneMBA® program empowers students with the knowledge, insight, leadership skills, global understanding, and the support network to drive their career forward. The program delivers a truly global curriculum built and simultaneously delivered by all five partner schools. Students also benefit from global residencies on four continents. The five partner schools that make up the OneMBA® consortium are:

• USA: Miami Business School, University of Miami
• Brazil: FGV São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV)
• China: School of Management, Xiamen University (SMXMU)
• Mexico: EGADE Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey
• The Netherlands: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)

This program is designed for J.D. students who have an interest in the regulatory and business side of the media industry.  The program includes a set of essential business courses (e.g., accounting for decision-making,  corporate strategy and organization, and foundations of marketing management) as well as an array of industry-specific courses (e.g., content strategy, audience research and analysis, and issues in media management).

Required courses in the M.S. program are held on Saturdays and weekday evenings offering flexibility to the program’s students.  No prior business or media management experience is required. 

Created in partnership with the Miami Herbert Business School, the Master of Science in Media Management is designed to prepare students for careers on the business side of the industry, such as content distribution and audience research. Students will acquire a solid background to understand and operate in the different segments of the rapidly changing media industry by being exposed to both business principles and key aspects of media management, technology, economics, programming, distribution, measurement, and law. The program allows students to cultivate their own topical interests in required media management courses and electives.

Dual MSIE/MBA Weekend Executive program makes it possible to earn two separate degrees at the same time, a Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (MSIE).

It is a 57 credit hour program that starts every January and is completed in two years and one semester.  Classes are held on Saturdays and during intersessions.

A bachelor's degree in any engineering discipline, an acceptable GRE score, and  at least 3 years of work experience is required.

Master of Science in Management of Technology is an academically challenging program that allows you to gain significant training in both technology and management. The course includes a 30-credit hour curriculum with 15 credits in Technology oriented courses and 15 credits in Management topics. A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited university is acceptable.

Students will be introduced to the legal and governance frameworks on topics such as coastal fisheries management, marine protected areas, port management, tourism development, environmental impact assessment, and oil exploration.

The MPS in Fisheries Management and Conservation (FMC) allows students to develop the professional skills required to be a fisheries scientist with curriculum options in various relevant areas of interest, such as fisheries management, fisheries surveys, and quantitative fisheries.

The goal of the MS program in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami is to prepare students for successful careers in the biomedical industry, academia, or government (FDA, US Patent Office), or for further study in doctoral or health-related programs.

The educational objective of the program is to provide students with the technical and intellectual skills required to solve complex technical or scientific problems at the interface of engineering and medicine or biology.

The Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAE) offers a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering (MSCE) with three areas of specialty:

• Structural Engineering and Structural Materials
• Environmental Engineering
• Water-Resources Engineering
   

The educational objectives of the Master of Science program in Civil Engineering are to produce graduates whom:

1. Have advanced technical knowledge in at least one specialty area of civil engineering
2. Have advanced capability to apply knowledge to engineering problems.

The Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (CAE) offers a Master of Science degree in Architectural Engineering (MSAE).

The educational objectives of the Master of Science program in Architectural Engineering are to produce graduates whom:

1. Have advanced technical knowledge in at least one specialty area of Architectural Engineering 
2. Have advanced capability to apply knowledge to engineering problems

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department offers the Degree of Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (M.S.E.C.E.) with a thesis option (24 course credit hours and 6 thesis credit hours) or a non-thesis option (30 course credit hours and no thesis credit hours).  The M.S.E.C.E. program offers five tracks: audio engineering, data analytics, Microdevices and Photonics, cybersecurity, and a general ECE track.