Professional MBA

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Locations Offered

In person at Tulane University, New Orleans

Time to Completion

3 Years

Credit hours required

9 Terms
18 Courses
54 Credit Hours

Application Deadlines
  • Priority Decision: November 1
  • 2nd Round: February 1
  • Final Round: May 1 *international students should apply by May 1
Year-round applications accepted. GMAT waivers for eligible candidates; all considered for fellowships.

Transform Your Experience Into Expertise

In just three years, you can earn a Professional MBA (PMBA) from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business. Refine your years of business experience into formal business knowledge and expertise by taking evening courses delivered on a part-time basis.

Accomplish your goals with a robust, broad-based curriculum covering business topics in strategic management, statistics and modeling, economics and more. You'll have the option to earn a specialization or concentration that aligns with your interests.

For Rising Stars Who Aspire to More

You've proven yourself a rising star in the workplace and now you are ready for more. Whether moving up, shifting roles or industries, or creating a new business, a respected PMBA from Tulane will open new doors for you.

Join a diverse cohort of peers from industries like energy, consulting and finance; classmates may include engineers, health professionals, and military veterans. This melding of diverse individuals provides new perspectives and enhanced opportunities for learning.

More About the PMBA

An Executive MBA Class

Take a Proven Path to Success

At Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business, you’ll become a well-rounded leader with enduring skills to take on complex challenges now and in the future, no matter what new tools and technology the future may bring.

  • Learn from business professionals who bring real-world experience to the classroom.
  • Gain insights from renowned researchers and practitioners.
  • Develop communication skills and strategies to become a more effective leader.
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Forge Your Tomorrow While Working Today

We’ve designed the program to meet the demands of rising professionals. If you have two or more years of work experience, Freeman’s Professional MBA program will accelerate your career without disrupting your life.

  • Take evening courses with the flexibility you need.
  • Almost half of our students receive partial, merit-based fellowships.
  • Enjoy optional travel abroad to explore how technology, economics and culture shape global business.

Find Success Wherever You Go

Gain an international business perspective, enriched by our relationships with 30 international partner schools in 13 countries. Study international business first-hand and learn from peers around the world.

Dive Into an Advanced Business Curriculum

3 Years | 18 Modules

Year 1

  • Fall
    • Strategic Management
    • Business Stats and Models
  • Spring
    • Accounting Measurement, Reporting, and Control
    • Marketing
  • Summer
    • Managerial Economics
    • Business Communications

Year 2

  • Fall
    • Analysis for Financial Management
    • Managing People in Organizations
  • Spring
    • Business Ethics and Leadership
    • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Summer
    • Global Business Projects
    • New Venture Planning

Year 3

  • Fall
    • Select Two Electives from Concentrations and Specializations courses
  • Spring
    • Select Two Electives from Concentrations and Specializations courses
  • Summer
    • Select Two Electives from Concentrations and Specializations courses

Concentrations & Specializations

Students in the PMBA program may elect to complete a concentration or specialization. Students may declare up to two concentrations and/or specializations while earning their PMBA.

Students must complete 12 credit hours from the listed electives to earn concentration in a particular area. To earn a specialization, students must complete 9 credit hours from the listed electives in a particular area.

Analytics
  • Accounting Analytics
  • Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling
  • Econometrics & Forecasting
  • Financial Modeling
  • Modeling & Analytics
  • Organizational Research Methods & Analytics
  • Research & Analytics
  • Social Media & Online Marketing
  • SQL Data Fund & Business Intelligence
  • Web Analytics

Energy
  • Advanced Energy Trading & Finance
  • Energy & Environmental Economics
  • Energy Accounting & Valuation
  • Energy for Sustainable Development
  • Energy Fund & Trading
  • Energy Investment Banking
  • Energy Markets, Institutions & Policies
  • Energy Modeling
  • Energy Regulation
  • Energy Risk Management
  • Renewable & Electric Power Marketing
  • Renewable Energy Project Development & Finance
  • Trading: Wholesale Electric Markets

Entrepreneurial Hospitality
  • Entrepreneurial Hospitality Seminar
  • Hospitality Real Estate Development
  • Marketing Planning & Implementation
  • New Product Development in the Hospitality Industry
  • Strategic Consulting Organization

Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation Technology Commercial
  • Management of Tech & Innovation
  • New Product Development in the Hospitality Industry
  • Research & Analytics
  • Venture Cap & Private Equity

Finance

Concentration Requirements:

  • Advanced Financial Management
  • Investments OR
  • Investments & Asset Pricing

Plus 6 credit hours from the following:

  • Selber Course on Distressed Debt 1
  • Selber Course on Hedge Funds 1
  • Burkenroad Reports for Financial Analysis 1
  • Darwin Fenner Student Fund 1
  • Econometrics & Forecasting
  • Energy Risk Management
  • Financial Modeling
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Risk Management & Applications to Energy Firms
  • Risk Management & Applications to Finance Firms
  • Valuation
  • Venture Cap & Private Equity

International Management
  • Global Business Project
  • Global Negotiations
  • Global Strategy & Competition
  • Global Supply Chains
  • International Finance
  • Leadership & Ethics
  • Managing People Internationally

Real Estate
  • Business of Real Estate Development
  • Cases In Real Estate
  • Hospitality Real Estate Development
  • Real Estate Financial Products & Incentives
  • Real Estate Industry Seminar
  • Real Estate Planning, Finance & Development

Strategic Management & Innovation
  • Competition & Strategy
  • Corporate & Coop Strategy
  • Executive Leadership
  • Innovation Tech Commercial
  • Management of Technology & Innovation
  • Negotiations
  • Strategic Human Resources Management

Explore the PMBA

The Tulane Professional MBA program gave me the business foundation I was seeking in a format that didn’t interfere with providing care for my patients.

- Dr. Adrian Baudy (PMBA ’19), assistant professor, Tulane University School of Medicine