Online MBA

Building Careers and Fostering Success

At the Robert H. Smith School of Business, we’ve transformed online education by supporting our Online MBA with state-of-the-art technology and world-class experts in business and research. Not only can our approach set you apart, it can also help you develop into a highly marketable, highly skilled business leader.

Our top-ranked Online MBA program, led by globally influential faculty, offers flexibility while providing the same academic rigor as our internationally recognized on-campus MBA programs.

  • Choose whether to take classes online or in person
  • Expand your network with Smith's 70,000+ alumni, part of the 400,000-strong University of Maryland alumni community
  • Stay relevant in business with our STEM-certified curriculum

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Online MBA Program Quick Facts

Start Dates
August 2024, January 2025

Duration
24 Months

Upcoming Deadline
November 1

Prerequisites
No GMAT
Required

Scholarships Available

Merit scholarships up to $20,000 are still available for students entering the program in Spring 2025. 

Contact admissions for details

 

How the Smith Online MBA Works

The Smith School's Online MBA program is crafted and delivered entirely by the top-ranked full-time faculty and staff here at the school. While many business schools use outside for-profit management companies to design and administer their online programs and outsource teaching to adjunct faculty, we use tuition money to continually advance our program, and in turn our students' and alumni's careers and ambitions. Faculty who teach in our program are the same faculty who teach our in-residence MBA courses.

Learn in Class and on Your Own

Your work will be evenly divided between online classroom learning and self-paced learning on your own time. This only adds to the customized flexibility of the Online MBA experience.

Opt in to On-Campus Opportunities

If your schedule allows you to travel to one of our three campuses in Rockville, Md.; Baltimore, Md.; or Washington, D.C., you can add on-campus courses, a certificate or experiential learning to your course load.

Specialize to Suit Your Goals

The Online MBA allows you to either pursue a general degree or specialize in one of four career tracks: Finance, Information Systems/Business Analytics, Marketing, or Supply Chain Management.

Elective Areas

Finance

Information Systems/Business Analytics

Marketing

Supply Chain Management

On-Campus Options to Boost your Experience

The Online MBA benefits include allowing students to add in-person courses, learning experiences or even a degree certificate during their time in the program.

The Center for Global Business organizes graduate-level Global Learning Opportunities, including international courses, consulting projects and competitions.

The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship has opportunities and resources for student entrepreneurs at any venture stage, whether you're just starting or have a business already.

Smith’s Certificate in Technology Management meets Saturdays in Washington, D.C., and prepares students to identify, transition and leverage emergent technology across markets. 

Flex MBA

What's the Right Fit for You?

Would you benefit from learning and networking in person at one of our campuses? You might want to consider the Flex MBA. The Smith part-time Flex MBA will accelerate your career with a robust STEM curriculum while fitting into your life and work schedule.

Smith OMBA Alumni Profiles

Isaac Meyer, MBA '18 shares more about his Smith experience alongside faculty who outline how we designed the online MBA to meet the needs of working professionals with flexibility and transformational learning experiences. 

Academics

Our STEM-designated curriculum signals to future employers that you have the analytical savvy to take on any new business problem. Develop skills in leadership and strategic thinking that will equip you to tackle uncertainty, make data-driven decisions, and inspire others.

Our innovative curriculum developed directly from real-world business experience will broaden your overall perspective and understanding of the diverse world of business. Career-focused specializations provide a detailed examination of the business areas that most interest you.

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Experiential Learning

At the Smith School, you can enhance your education through experiences beyond traditional classroom learning. Be a part of a consulting team that helps a local company solve a business problem. Travel abroad to consult for an international firm. Manage an equity fund worth more than $1 million. Grow your business savvy and prepare to advance, change careers or launch a new venture. Whatever your passions or career goals, you can nurture them at Smith.

Action Learning Projects

Online MBA students participate in a 4-credit Action Learning Project, sourcing real issues from their employers for student consulting groups to solve. Students collaborate with and present final solutions to their clients at the end of the course.

Global Equity Fund

Managed by a team that includes MBAs and Smith Business Master’s students, the Global Equity Fund seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation by capturing the superior returns that equity investments have historically provided.

Learn more or apply to join the Global Equity Fund.

Smith’s Online MBA was highly reputable and consistently ranked a top-tier online MBA program. I was blown away by the programs, resources, faculty and staff, and opportunities that Smith had to offer during undergrad. It was a no-brainer to continue my education in business at Smith.

Mike Barbalace
Mike Barbalace, MBA '24 Account Director & Transaction Manager Savills, Inc.

Learn From Influential Faculty

Our amazing faculty are educators who are passionate about research, teaching and mentorship. Their commitment to creating a vibrant, intellectual community where you’ll be challenged to learn and grow is unmatched.

Suresh Acharya

After a lengthy career designing and building statistical and optimization solutions across many sectors, Acharya continues to work with Fortune 500 companies in delivering practical algorithmic solutions.

Rosellina Ferraro

Ferraro's marketing research has most recently focused on buying decisions, and how that's become a group-sourced effort as social media, online reviews and opinionated friends all weigh in.

Tej Anand

Anand spent the last 20 years of his career as a senior business-technology executive in companies such as Golden Books, CA Technologies. Medco Health Solutions and CareCentrix.

Jennifer Marr

Marr's research examines the dynamics of status hierarchies and motivational goals. In particular, she is interested in how people react to and recover from setbacks involving status loss at work.

Humberto Coronado

Coronado is reimagining the way supply chain students learn about warehouse management, using virtual reality technology for a completely new immersive learning experience.

Rachelle Sampson

Sampson has received several awards for her research and teaching, including the inaugural Panmure House Prize for research into long-term investing and the relationship with innovation.

Career Support to Get You Where You’re Going

As an Online MBA student, you'll have access to lifetime career services once you graduate. Our Office of Career Services has dedicated academic advisors, career coaches and programming that will provide you with abundant networking opportunities. You’ll find career resources you can access well beyond graduation, and a career curriculum that will prepare you to impress.

  • Career development curriculum
  • Experiential learning opportunities
  • Leadership assessments
  • On-campus and virtual career coaching
  • Automated job search system
  • Workshops (résumé building, personal branding, case interviewing and networking strategies)
  • Mock interviews
  • Career coaching
  • Networking opportunities
  • Online recruiting system

Admissions

We welcome ambitious, highly motivated professionals who seek a rigorous academic program taught by our world-renowned faculty. Learn more about admissions requirements for the Online MBA.

Information Sessions

Admissions, Info Session

UMD Smith MBA/MS Open House

Saturday, October 19, 2024
8:30 AM EDT
View Event UMD Smith MBA/MS Open House
Admissions, Info Session

Flex & Online MBA Virtual Information Session

Friday, October 25, 2024
12:00 PM EDT
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Admissions, Info Session

Flex and Online MBA Virtual Info Session

Thursday, November 7, 2024
6:30 PM EST
View Event Flex and Online MBA Virtual Info Session

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