A Customized Online MBA with Global Perspective
Standing out in today’s competitive job market requires the right combination of skills, attitude and experience—and the credentials to prove it.
With the Yeshiva University Customized Online MBA, you’ll have all that and more.
Empower your next career move with a degree built in the center of startups, tech and finance from the YU Sy Syms School of Business. Learn entrepreneurship, strategic management, organizational behavior, business ethics and more to expand your skill set and make your career goals a reality.
Program Details
- 36 credits
- Optional one-week residency in New York and culminating capstone experience
- 7-week courses
- The flexibility to complete in as little as 24 months
- Shabbat observant program*
- Three opportunities to start per year
- YU undergraduate students are eligible for early acceptance and frozen tuition rates through the MBA Pathways program
*Day of rest observed by the Jewish community from sunset on Friday to nightfall of the following day.
MBA HIGHLIGHTS
The Customized Online MBA with an Entrepreneurial Edge
Not everyone can be an entrepreneur, but everyone can benefit from thinking like one.
Innovation is at the core of everything we do at YU, and that includes a targeted emphasis on developing your entrepreneurial mindset. Under the guidance of the Dean of the Sy Syms School of Business Noam Wasserman, you’ll learn how to adjust your thinking and habits to optimize results. Whether it’s strategic planning based on real-world products or the unique, immersive capstone experience, you’ll graduate with a new skill set and perspective for whatever career path you pursue.
Video Transcript
What we really try to do for the Syms MBA program is, first give students a real broad foundation and really essentials of business, from data to marketing to accounting.
Noam Wasserman:
One of the key things about being able to learn entrepreneurship is developing your entrepreneurial mindset. That is a mindset that will help you excel in whatever domain you are in, whether it's in large companies, whether it's in your personal life, any of the ways in which you're going to be able to learn how to make better decisions, how to deal with uncertainty, how to be able to perceive opportunities and pursue them.
Shifra Rabinowitz:
I'm using the skills that I gained in Yeshiva University everyday. I'm so grateful for my experience. Learning how to craft a message and learning how to speak to other people. Learning how to connect to people, even when there's such a big cultural difference. Those are all skills I gained in Yeshiva. I think my favorite thing about being a Yeshiva University student is the humanity that is built into all the programs. I was nervous coming into the MBA program. I was the only person in my class who was not already working in finance or marketing or the CEO of their own company or doing something that was already so deep in the business world. I'm coming from the nonprofit world. I'm coming from the helping space and I wasn't sure if I belonged. But from day one, the professors and the directors of the program made me feel like I belong and they made sure to pull me aside to make sure that I was understanding material that was new to me and they made sure to show me how this is applicable to the nonprofit world as well as for the profit world. You're so much more than you think you are. You're capable of so much more than you think you are.
Apply by January 3 for a Generous Tuition Reduction
Save $9,123 on your tuition when you apply for the Customized Online MBA program at YU’s Sy Syms School of Business. The tuition reduction is granted to new students accepted for the spring term in 2025.
The entrepreneurial mindset…will help you make better decisions, deal with uncertainty, perceive opportunities and pursue them.
More Options, More Opportunities
YU Undergraduate Early Assurance MBA Pathways Program
Available only to our undergraduate students, the MBA Pathways program gives you direct admission into the Customized Online MBA program if you apply during your senior year. Your admission will be deferred by one year until you gain the required work experience, and your tuition will be frozen at its current rate for up to one year. For example, if you graduate in Spring 2024, you can begin the Customized Online MBA in Fall 2024 with the Spring 2024 tuition rates.
If you’re interested in applying, please review the eligibility requirements and schedule time with an admissions outreach advisor.
Joint Semikha + Online MBA Program
Learn the leadership and organizational skills to excel as a rabbinic and community leader while you earn your Customized Online MBA from YU Sy Syms School of Business. Fully integrated with the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) schedule and program, the Customized Online MBA fulfills the RIETS corequisite—completed within your four years of Semikha with 1-2 courses per semester.
Learn more by reviewing the Semikha program description, or schedule time with an admissions outreach advisor.
I was in class with doctors, finance professionals, HR professionals, engineers. There are a lot of group projects and you’re working hands-on, and as you’re working with these various individuals, you’re learning about them: their backgrounds, what they do professionally, personally. It really is an eye-opening experience.
The Catalyst for Your Career
If you want to gain momentum on your five-year plan, then you’re in the right place. With your future in mind, every aspect of our Customized Online MBA program is carefully designed for career growth. The core business classes cover several aspects of business administration and principles (finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, etc.), while the elective courses allow you to pursue your interests in specific subjects (e.g., negotiations, risk management and startups).
Our Customized Online MBA courses support these three curriculum pillars:
Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship and Management of Change
- Founder’s Dilemmas
- Startup Finance
Essential Business Skills
- Financial Management
- Decision Models and Management Controls
- Data Mining for Business Analytics
Navigating Relationships
- Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
- Negotiations
- Business Law, Regulation and Ethics
Program Takeaways:
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic business management
- Organizational behavior
- Financial management, reporting and analysis
- Marketing
- Business ethics
- Data management
I gained a lot in terms of soft skills: a deeper understanding of how business relationships work, the effect that company cultures have on their employees, how to hire and identify opportunities. I'm definitely more knowledgeable, more aware of impacts.
Expand Your Network
Build a vibrant professional network that spans the globe. Connect with cohorts, faculty, mentors and alumni who have worked at major companies around the world.
Immerse Yourself in Global Innovation: The YU Startup Residency Program
As a student in the YU Sy Syms Customized Online MBA, you will also have the option to participate in a five-day residency with a tech company in New York City. Combining coursework, team projects, cultural activities and on-site company visits, you’ll receive an intensive education in how companies can innovate in a fast-changing world. Through this elective course, you’ll encounter and solve issues surrounding innovation, product development and scaling for a global marketplace.
Our Faculty, Your Mentors
At YU Sy Syms, we believe who you learn from is as important as what you learn. Here, you’ll find an impressive lineup of experienced business professionals and published researchers who foster a tight-knit community of graduate business students. Our faculty have worked for major corporations and successful startups, been published in award-winning journals and appeared in major media outlets. Most importantly, they know what it takes to succeed in 21st-century business.
Aside from the business education benefits, mentorship is also at the core of the faculty's approach in the online MBA program. Students will enjoy a significant amount of face time with their professors, and the close relationships you form with them can be the foundation upon which your success is built.
Dr. Noam Wasserman
Dean, Sy Syms School of Business, founder & author
Dean Wasserman quite literally wrote the book on entrepreneurialism. His two bestselling books “The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup” and “Life Is a Startup: What Founders Can Teach Us about Making Choices and Managing Change” are the foundations of graduate business courses not just at YU Sy Syms, but also at Harvard Business School and Stanford Engineering.
Your Network Knows No Bounds
Connections are at the core of the YU Sy Syms education, and the online master's degree in business administration is no exception. As an online graduate student, you'll join a powerful community of innovators, entrepreneurs and values-driven business professionals, no matter where you live and work. Small, virtual class sizes mean you can create meaningful bonds with your cohort, as well as receive more personalized attention and feedback from your professors.
Once you graduate from the online MBA program, you will also join the Yeshiva University and Sy Syms School of Business alumni communities. Both of these groups are known for their inclusiveness and compassion, and they can serve as effective springboards for new professional opportunities throughout your career.
Experience Online Excellence
At YU Sy Syms, we know that the best online MBA programs aren’t created by simply moving existing business courses online. They’re built from the ground up, designed with the needs and strengths of online students in mind, and carefully crafted to produce the optimal learning environment for busy professionals.
Our online curriculum is structured to generate a cohesive learning experience across all core courses and elective courses. The digital learning management system (LMS) ensures that all of your work is intuitive, accessible and collaborative, with the opportunity to connect with your classmates through discussion boards and group assignments. All course content is available 24/7, can be completed on your own time, and can easily be tracked and monitored in real time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is an online MBA degree worth it?
With these advantages, as well as the ability to continue working while you earn your degree, you’ll find that a Customized Online MBA from Yeshiva University is well worth your investment.
What GPA do I need for a Customized Online MBA?
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