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* Application Fee Waivers Available
* Scholarships Available
The Executive MBA program is designed for working professionals who are looking to take their career to the next level.
The Executive MBA program combines rigorous academic study with professional development programming and a unique global business experience and will be a foundation upon which you will build the rest of your career.
The UTA Executive MBA has transitioned to a true weekend program, Saturday classes only, optimized for the working professional student.
– Earn your degree in 17-months
– True Weekend Format: Classes meet Saturdays from 8 am to 5 pm
– Global Business Immersion Trip
– A UTA Exclusive: The “Leadership Laboratory”
– Build your career and executive presence with top Executive Coaches
Application Deadlines
ROUND 1 EARLY APPLICATION: MAY 15
Begin online application by this deadline to be eligible for a $10k scholarship – if admitted.
ROUND 2 REGULAR DECISION: JUNE 1
Remaining scholarships may be available
FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 1
- Immediate ROI
- Student Experience
- Curriculum
- Leadership Laboratory
- GlobaI Immersion Trip
- Financing your EMBA
- Admissions
Immediate Return on Investment
Executive MBA participants pursue their degree while simultaneously maintaining their full-time careers. As a result, they can immediately apply what they learn over the weekend on the following Monday morning. This immediate return on investment makes the Executive MBA extraordinarily valuable for program participants.
Learn it on Saturday and apply it on Monday!
Whether you want to advance in your current industry, shift roles, or build a new business, UTA’s Executive MBA Program can help you achieve your goals. Your transformation begins on day one.
The Executive MBA program enables students to take their leadership skills to new heights. The curriculum focuses on strategy, decision-making, and the relationships between key functional business areas. UTA Executive MBA participants learn cutting-edge, high-level business models, concepts, and procedures they can begin applying immediately. This knowledge is enhanced through team-based deliverables and collaborative projects with fellow classmates.
The Cohort Experience
The UTA Executive MBA program is designed around an intimate cohort model. As a participant in the program you will work, study, and learn as a member of a collaborative cohort of successful experienced professionals who are driving growth and change within their organizations and industries.
This is the cornerstone of the program with each member of the cohort contributing their own unique skills and experience to the discussion. In doing so they learn through exposure to perspectives and insights from a broad variety of industries and functional specialties and contribute their experience to the learning or others. Learning in a cohort magnifies the knowledge and skills of the individual into a powerful community of learners.
The value of the Executive MBA is that it further develops leadership skills by focusing on strategy, decision-making, and relationships between business functional areas. The curriculum is designed to allow UTA Executive MBA participants to learn cutting-edge, high-level business models, concepts, and procedures that they can apply immediately. This knowledge is enhanced through team-based deliverables and collaborative projects with fellow classmates.
OPENING SESSION COURSES
- Foundations of Qualitative Analysis
- Leadership Laboratory Module 1 (see section Leadership Laboratory)
SEMESTER ONE
- Making Strategic Decisions with Financial Data
- Strategic Pricing – Strategies and Tactics
- The Digital Transformation of the Enterprise
- Leadership Laboratory Module 2
SEMESTER TWO
- Financial Management for Executives
- Strategic Cost Management
- Leadership Laboratory Module 3
- Negotiations and Professional Communications
SEMESTER THREE
- Designing Global Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage
- Marketing and Customer Value Creation
SEMESTER FOUR
- Strategic Sales Management and Professional Selling
- Leadership Laboratory Module 4
- Experiencing the Global Environment (Global business immersion trip)
- Competitive Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Intrepreneurship
*Course sequence and content subject to change by EMBA administration.
LEADERSHIP LABORATORY
A new and novel course that we have designed at the UTA Executive MBA program that will position you for success.
This unique course is integrated throughout the entire program and synthesizes individual managerial, leadership, and organizational development models into one Leadership Framework course that will position our graduates for maximum effectiveness and success as High-Performance Leaders in high-performance organizations.
This course introduces students to a Leadership and Organizational Framework model that they will use to build their executive presence and careers. In addition, course participants also engage with a broad variety of key leadership topics.
Topics include:
Leading Effective Teams – both as a team leader and individual team member. Development of personal and organizational mission, values, and core competencies. This will include a 360 analysis of each students’ current strengths and weaknesses. Understanding key attributes and characteristics of successful organizations. How to integrate the technical business skills being learned in other classes into a comprehensive strategic direction for the organization and one’s career. | How to build effective relationships for success in such key areas as recruiting and developing talent, building quality customer relationships, corporate governance, and stakeholder management. How integrate data and information into an effective business strategy and for improvement of operational processes that lead to greater business success. Participants will engage with important leadership topics such as Sustainability, Ethics, Diversity and Inclusion, Cross-Cultural management, etc. Participants will learn/focus on practical professional competencies in areas of leadership and workforce development including such topics as Recruiting and Hiring, Training, Compensation, and Motivation. |
We live in a global economy and your future success will be influenced by your ability to navigate the international business environment.
UTA’s Executive MBA students will experience and study global business directly. The China immersion experience, the global component of UT Arlington’s Executive MBA program, is an unmatched, one-of-a-kind opportunity to intimately understand and explore the nuances of international business.
This experience is a highlight for the program participants and is made unique by the fact that that UTA established an Executive MBA program in China in 2002. UTA’s 3,600 alumni of this program hold senior positions across the Chinese economy and give our students unparalleled access to this global giant.
This uniquely broad alumni network in China provides their US-based counterparts with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to make high-level connections and experience China from an insider’s perspective.
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AUGUST 2022 – SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE
The Executive MBA program offers great value and is very affordable compared to other AACSB-accredited programs.
Tuition for 2022 is $75,900.
EXECUTIVE MBA 2022 – 2023 TUITION
Application Fee | $75 | Due with Application |
Tuition Deposit | $1500 | *Due upon acceptance |
First Payment | $18,600 | Due Oct 1, 2022 |
Second Payment | $18,600 | Due Feb 1, 2023 |
Third Payment | $18,600 | Due July 1, 2023 |
Fourth Payment | $18,600 | Due Oct 1, 2023 |
FINANCIAL AID AND LOANS FOR EMBA STUDENTS
Executive MBA students are skilled financial managers and most often seek to finance the program by taking advantage of the favorable financial aid and loan programs available today. We suggest applicants discuss these opportunities with the Program Director and our specialized financial aid advisors today.
To take advantage of these programs the first step is to complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The University of Texas at Arlington school code is 003656.
VETERANS’ EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
Veterans bring valuable leadership experience to the Executive MBA cohort and we encourage them to apply. In fact, the program has many alumni who had distinguished military careers. One of the reasons they choose this program is that UTA is ranked No. 1 in Texas and No. 20 in the nation as “Best for Vets” by Military Times magazine, a premier publication to the U.S. veteran community.
The UT Arlington Executive MBA program accepts the educational benefits provided to veterans through the Post-9/11 GI Bill. This process starts with the Executive MBA application fee being waived for all veterans. For more information, the UT Arlington Office of Veterans’ Affairs can be reached at 817-272-3017 for more information.
NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY LEADER SCHOLARSHIP
Increasingly, non-profit managers and community leaders have increasingly started to seek the education that an Executive MBA provides. The UTA Executive MBA program seeks to encourage these managers and professions to seek the education that an Executive MBA program provides.
Apply Now
We’re excited that you’re ready to take your leadership and career to the next level with an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington!
We use the Texas common application system. When you’re ready to begin the online application, click the “GET STARTED!” button below. Our team is happy to assist you with any questions you may have along the way. Questions? Contact Nancy Fletcher at nancy.fletcher@uta.edu
August 2022 Rolling Application Deadlines:
First Round: May 15, 2022
(Early application – begin online application by this deadline to be eligible for a $10k scholarship if admitted).
Second Round: June 1, 2022 (regular decision)
Final Application Deadline: August 1, 2022
Application Steps
Step One
Complete your online application at applytexas.org. (NO FEE FOR FALL 2022)
Ensure that you choose EXECUTIVE MBA – DOMESTIC as your program selection.
All Executive MBA Applicants will qualify for a $75 Application Fee Waiver. (Please contact michael.wollman@uta.edu for instructions)
Step Two
Order transcripts from all previously attended colleges to be sent directly to UTA’s Graduate Admission Office at admission@uta.edu.
If you are UTA alumni, no need to order your UTA transcripts. If postal service is the only option from your previous school(s) use the appropriate address below.
Step Three
Email at least two professional letters of recommendation, one of which should be from your immediate supervisor, and your resume.
These docs can be emailed directly to emba@uta.edu.
Admissions Criteria
The EMBA admission process takes a holistic view of the candidate to determine the likelihood of success in the program and the extent to which each candidate will contribute to the overall success of the class. Factors taken into account in evaluating a candidate include:
- Completion of a four-year undergraduate degree or internationally recognized equivalent
- Minimum of 5 years of professional work experience, with 2 years of managerial experience
- High potential for advancement and proven academic capability
- Ability to contribute to the Executive MBA experience
- Ability to read, write and speak English. If candidates do not have standardized tests results (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS), they will be required to take an in-house English test and pass an oral English interview.
Fast Facts
24%
SALARY INCREASE
UTA Executive MBA students reported an avg. 24.6% salary increase post degree, compared with 16.8% nationwide, realizing their ROI in only 2.46 years compared to 2.97 years nationwide.
85%
POSITIVE IMPACT IN CURRENT ROLE
Graduates stated that they are significantly more effective at work as a result of their participation in the EMBA program.
75%
FELT THEIR ABILITY TO PROMOTE WAS ENHANCED
Graduates stated their ability to move to the next level was increased after earning their Executive MBA.
95%
MET OR EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS
Graduates stated that the UTA Executive MBA program met or exceeded expectations.

Jacobia Salomon, EMBA
Chief Executive Officer – Siemens Logistics Canada
“With an Executive MBA, you can enhance your leadership style to maximize your potential by implementing real-time transformations, resulting in an immediate impact on your career and your organization.”
Schedule a Meeting
We invite you to meet with our admissions team to discuss the Executive MBA program, as well as your specific career goals. We will review your resume and develop a plan of action to ensure you are prepared to be the best candidate possible.
Start your Application
Our application includes three main components: an online application, supporting documents, and an interview. These components will help ensure you’ll be successful at UTA and be a positive contributor to your cohort and the Maverick EMBA family.
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Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: 817-272-0654
Email: emba@uta.edu