Future Domestic Students

TRU offers students one of the most flexible MBA programs in Canada. You can pursue your degree on-campus, online, or study through a combination of on-campus and online courses on a full-time or part-time basis. Regardless of your method of study, you receive a rigorous academic experience combined with high quality interactions with faculty, fellow students and industry professionals.

Options include a two-year program; an accelerated one-year program; part-time, online and blended study; and a graduate diploma in business administration.

Two-Year Program

The TRU MBA program consists of 5000-level and 6000-level courses. Students complete all core courses and then choose an additional 4 electives to complete the course-based option of program completion or apply to complete the program by project or thesis. Students may receive course waivers for 5000-level courses if the degree committee determines they have equivalent recent undergraduate or graduate course work in the area from an acceptable institution.

The 5000-level courses are the same as those offered in the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (GDBA) program. Students who successfully complete each 5000-level course with an overall GPA of  B (3.0) or better can apply to be awarded a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.

Please note: course numbers ending in "1" are online courses

MBA completion options — choose one

*Once in the MBA program, students can apply for thesis or project option of completion.  Students are required to find their own supervisor.

Accelerated One-Year Program

Applicants who hold a recent, acceptable undergraduate degree in business or commerce may qualify for admission directly into the second year of the MBA program. To qualify for the accelerated option, specific undergraduate pre-requisite courses must have been recently completed with a minimum B grade in each course. Please note that graduates of three-year degrees in business or commerce will not generally qualify to be accepted to the accelerated option.

* Equivalent courses taken at other approved educational institutions may be substituted. To receive a waiver, an official course outline (not just a course description) must be submitted for review unless a pre-approved equivalency has been established.

Part-Time, Online and Blended Study

In the online MBA courses, you study the same rigorous curriculum as the on-campus courses and often have the same instructors but you aren't tied down with set class times. TRU's online MBA courses are paced, meaning you have set start and finish dates and fixed assignment deadlines as you would in the on-campus courses.

The TRU MBA program also gives you the flexibility to combine on-campus and online MBA courses to fit your needs. Because all TRU MBA students study the same courses and the same curriculum, you can choose to blend online and on-campus courses to customize your MBA experience.

Part-time study options are available for both the online and on-campus learners. Part-time students are able to select an individualized course load each semester and must complete the MBA program within seven years of the start of the program.