A Foundation for Leadership. A Platform for Impact.
The BIBS MBA curriculum is designed to evolve with you.
The first year builds the analytical and leadership fundamentals every effective manager needs. The second year gives you the freedom—and responsibility—to apply those fundamentals through electives, experiences, and deeper exploration.
A Curriculum That Grows With You
Together, the two years are designed to prepare you not just for your next role, but for a lifetime of leadership—grounded in fundamentals and shaped by experience.
First-Year Curriculum: Building the Fundamentals
Your first year establishes a shared foundation across the MBA class, ensuring every student develops core capabilities in analysis, leadership, and management.
Through required courses, collaborative learning, and guided coaching, you'll gain the tools and frameworks needed to make sound decisions in complex environments.
Analytical and quantitative foundations
Build core competencies in data analysis, financial modeling, and quantitative reasoning that underpin all business decisions.
Financial and economic thinking
Understand how markets work, how firms create value, and how to evaluate investment opportunities with rigor and insight.
Leadership development and self-awareness
Develop your capacity to lead with authenticity, navigate conflict, and build high-performing teams through reflection and feedback.
Teamwork, communication, and decision-making
Practice the interpersonal and strategic skills that enable you to influence outcomes, motivate others, and drive results.
Sample First-Year Courses
* Course offerings and titles subject to change
Second-Year Curriculum: Putting Learning into Practice
In your second year, the curriculum becomes more flexible and personalized.
You'll choose from a wide range of electives to deepen expertise, explore new directions, and apply your learning to real-world challenges.
Elective-driven exploration
Design your own path by selecting from dozens of electives across disciplines— from entrepreneurship and technology to social impact and global business.
Applied projects and experiential learning
Work on live consulting engagements, launch ventures, and tackle real business challenges that bridge theory and practice.
Career-focused specialization
Build depth in areas aligned with your career goals, whether that's finance, marketing, operations, or a cross-functional specialty.
Global and cross-industry perspectives
Engage with faculty, guest speakers, and study opportunities that broaden your understanding of business across borders and sectors.
Sample Elective Areas
With over 100 elective courses available each year, you'll have the flexibility to explore broadly or develop focused expertise in your areas of interest.
The Case Method
Much of your learning at BIBS happens through real business cases—challenging you to step into leadership roles and make decisions with imperfect information.
Learn about the case methodFaculty & Research
BIBS faculty are leading scholars and practitioners who bring cutting-edge research and real-world experience into every classroom.
Meet our faculty