FIU launches fully on-line graduate program: the Corporate MBA

MIAMI –– Florida International University’s College of Business Administration is launching a new fully on-line Corporate MBA that will allow companies to offer employees the opportunity to earn an advanced degree on a partial scholarship.

Students whose companies partner with FIU will be eligible for a $20,000 scholarship toward the Corporate MBA, which will take advantage of the innovative web-based Epic Learning Management System, draw upon the expertise of full-time business school faculty members and use academic coaches to ensure that students do not feel isolated from their professors or classmates.

The 18-month program will operate on an 8-week term with multiple start dates. Rather than the GMAT, the Corporate MBA will use four years of work experience as a key entrance criterion, and there is no residency requirement.

“In these tough economic times, FIU is proud to partner with our business community to offer an affordable and accessible MBA so that working professionals can reach their full potential,” said Joyce J. Elam, executive dean of the business school. “We hope this will provide companies with the ability to offer an added retention benefit for their talent.”

FIU’s College of Business Administration is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s leading international business schools by such publications as BusinessWeek, U.S.News & World Report, Financial Times and Hispanic Business, among others.

For more information about the Corporate MBA, visit http://cmba.fiu.edu or call 1-866-223-7720.

Media Contact: Jean-Paul Renaud, 305-348-2716

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About Florida International University’s College of Business Administration:
Florida International University’s College of Business Administration, South Florida’s leading business school with unique expertise in international business, entrepreneurship, and a broad range of financial services, is the largest of the university’s professional schools. Among the college’s nearly 30,000 alumni are some of South Florida’s most successful business leaders and entrepreneurs. More than 6,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate business courses in its R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business, and more than 1,000 graduate students study in its Alvah H. Chapman Jr, Graduate School of Business every year. Another 1,000 business professionals participate annually in one or more of its professional and executive education programs.

For additional information about the college, please visit http://business.fiu.edu/ or contact Luis Casas, director, marketing, communications and recruiting, at 305-348-7399 or Luis.Casas@fiu.edu.

About FIU:
Florida International University was founded in 1965 and is Miami’s only public research university. With a student body of more than 38,000, its 17 colleges and schools offer more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations and law. FIU has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “High Research Activity University” and now qualifies as a “Very High Research University”.  In 2006 FIU was authorized to establish a medical school, which will welcome its first class in August 2009. FIU’s College of Law received accreditation in the fastest time allowed by the American Bar Association.