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Master of Business Administration (iMBA)

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University of Illinois Gies College of Business logo

Master of Business Administration (iMBA)

University of Illinois Gies College of Business

Accredited degree

Offered by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

24-36 months

18 courses total (dependent on specializations), 10-15 hours per week

$26,136 USD total cost

Each time you take a course, pay tuition for that course only ($363/credit)

GMAT/GRE not required

Minimum requirements of a Bachelor’s degree and 3 years working experience

100% online

Mixture of self-paced content with engaging live classroom sessions

Careers

In this program, you can prepare for a thriving career. A survey of 2025 iMBA graduates showed that 62 percent had received a promotion, job offer, or accepted a new position during their time in the iMBA program. Graduates also saw their pay increase by an average of 25 percent during the course of their studies.

Below are a few highlights of how you can advance your career with the iMBA program.

Job-relevant curriculum
Courses are grouped into specializations, structured so that learning mirrors how you’ll actually use skills on the job—and many students apply what they learn immediately in their careers. After finishing your specializations, your new skills will come together as you complete your capstone projects.
Connect with alumni around the globe
When you join us, you join not only your iMBA class of outstanding faculty and students, but a University alumni network in the hundreds of thousands, with 58,000 from Gies Business alone.
A degree hiring managers values
Something vital to consider while evaluating an MBA program is how employers and recruiters perceive that program’s university and business school. Both UIUC and Gies College of Business are esteemed in multiple industries.
MBA Program Of The Year For 2022
In 2022, Poets & Quants named our iMBA program the MBA Program Of The Year For 2022, "for being a true pioneer in the stackable degree field and bringing out the fastest-growing MBA program in the world."

Applications for the Fall 2025 cohort are open!

  • Final deadline (October start): August 7, 2025

Upcoming events

Additional resources

Questions? Please contact Gies College of Business at giesonline@illinois.edu or attend an upcoming event.

Fall 2025 deadline: August 7

Don’t miss your chance to join the cohort!