United States
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
iMBA
Gies College of Business awards the iMBA as a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign MBA with no on-campus requirement. Students set a pace between 24 and 60 months, pay published total tuition and fees of $27,288 as they go, and are not required to submit a GMAT or GRE. Admission materials ask for a bachelor's degree and at least three years of full-time work experience.
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
- United States
- Delivery
- Fully online
- Residency
- Not required
- Duration
- 24-60 months
- Language
- English
- Tuition
- $27,288 published total tuition
- Admissions test
- GMAT or GRE not required
- Business school
- Gies College of Business
Overview
- Official award title
- iMBA
- University
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Business school or department
- Gies College of Business
- Awarding institution
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Awarding note
- Degree-awarding institution recorded as the university that publishes the program. Parchment wording was not separately photographed.
- Country of the award
- United States
- Location recorded
- Champaign, United States
- Executive MBA label
- Not labeled executive
- Named pathways
- No named specialization. This can still be a general MBA.
Study format and residency
- Delivery
- Fully online. Program page states the iMBA is fully online with no on-campus commitments. The diploma is a Master of Business Administration from Gies College of Business and does not say online.
- Intensity
- Flexible pace
- Duration
- 24-60 months
- Teaching languages
- English
- Complete program in English
- Yes
- Language requirement
- TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo required for non-native English speakers who are not exempt under Graduate College rules.
- Live or asynchronous
- Live and asynchronous
- Mandatory residency
- No
- Residency detail
- No on-campus commitment. Courses combine self-directed asynchronous work with weekly live sessions.
- Intakes
- Starts in January, March, May, August, or October. Published 2026-27 deadlines include 3 September 2026 and 1 October 2026 priority dates, 5 November 2026 for a January start, and 14 January 2027 for a March start.
Admissions
- Previous degree
- Bachelor's degree; 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale or equivalent is stated, with holistic review if below that.
- Work experience
- Minimum of 3 years full-time work experience.
- GMAT or GRE
- GMAT or GRE not required
- Test detail
- GMAT/GRE is not required. Applicants may optionally submit a score.
- Geographic eligibility
- Not published. Online delivery is not treated as worldwide eligibility.
Tuition and funding
- Published tuition
- $27,288 published total tuition
- Fee notes
- Page states $27,288 total tuition and fees, pay as you go. An earlier Gies page snippet showed $26,136; the figure recorded is the amount on the current iMBA page checked 2026-10-27.
Accreditation
- Business-school accreditation
- AACSB — accredited. Program page states AACSB-Accredited. Checked 2026-10-27.
- Outcomes
- No salary or employment figure is published here. This directory does not estimate outcomes.
Sources
- iMBA program page · checked 2026-10-27
- iMBA admissions · checked 2026-10-27