Canada
Athabasca University
Master of Business Administration
Athabasca University's Faculty of Business offers an online MBA for executives that is asynchronous and paced, usually over 2.5 to 3 years, with a faster route for recent business graduates. Standard admission is an undergraduate degree plus three years of managerial experience. Face-to-face residencies exist only as optional electives.
The school’s page presented this as a current program. Last checked 2026-10-27. Confirm the details with the school before you apply.
- Country of the award
- Canada
- Delivery
- Online, campus optional
- Residency
- Not required
- Duration
- Not confirmed
- Language
- English
- Tuition
- Tuition not published
- Admissions test
- GMAT or GRE rule not published
- Business school
- Faculty of Business
Overview
- Official award title
- Master of Business Administration
- University
- Athabasca University
- Business school or department
- Faculty of Business
- Awarding institution
- Athabasca University
- Awarding note
- Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program. Parchment wording was not separately photographed.
- Country of the award
- Canada
- Location recorded
- Athabasca, Canada
- Executive MBA label
- Yes, the school uses an executive label
- Named pathways
- No named specialization. This can still be a general MBA.
Study format and residency
- Delivery
- Online, campus optional. Athabasca describes the MBA as online, asynchronous, and paced. In-residence electives are optional and blend online study with about five days face-to-face.
- Intensity
- Part-time
- Duration
- 2.5 to 3 years. Accelerated entry can finish in as little as 19 months. Accounting or supply chain routes may finish sooner.
- Credits
- Structure page states Phase 1 as five foundational courses and refers to 15 credits for the diploma pathway, Phase 3 as 18 elective credits, and a 6-credit capstone. A single MBA credit total was not stated.
- Teaching languages
- English
- Complete program in English
- Yes
- Live or asynchronous
- Asynchronous
- Mandatory residency
- No
- Residency detail
- Optional 6-credit in-residence electives include about five days face-to-face, usually in a major Canadian city, within a 10-week course.
- Intakes
- 15 June 2026 for August 2026; 15 October 2026 for January 2027; 15 March 2027 for May 2027.
Admissions
- Previous degree
- Standard entry: undergraduate degree. Accelerated entry: undergraduate business degree within the past 10 years with GPA of 3.0 or higher in the last 60 credits.
- Work experience
- 3 years of managerial experience for standard and accelerated entry.
- GMAT or GRE
- GMAT or GRE rule not published
- Geographic eligibility
- Not published. Online delivery is not treated as worldwide eligibility.
Tuition and funding
- Published tuition
- Tuition not published
- Fee notes
- No tuition figure was recorded from the official page reviewed.
Accreditation
- Accreditation
- No accreditation is listed on this profile. That does not mean the school is unrecognized.
- Outcomes
- No salary or employment figure is published here. This directory does not estimate outcomes.
Sources
- Entry routes · checked 2026-10-27
- Structure · checked 2026-10-27
- Student life · checked 2026-10-27