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U.S. News & World Report, Financial Times, 2010

Working Professional Programs

You need to earn your master’s degree without missing a step professionally or interfering with your personal life. It’s a lot to ask and it’s the least you should expect. That’s the Thunderbird approach to education for working professionals. And there are a number of ways you can go. Just select the program that’s right for you.

Benefits of our Working Professional Programs

  • Minimize time away from your job and family with flexible program formats.
  • Continue building your career while achieving your MBA, with programs offered on weekends, nights or online.
  • Learn from an international faculty of Ph.D.s with real-world experience.
  • Travel to international settings to explore business culture from an global perspective.
  • Interact with Thunderbird students and alumni from around the world.

We offer 5 types of Working Professional programs

  • Executive MBA - weekends in Phoenix
  • Executive MBA Europe - modules in Geneva
  • Evening MBA - in Phoenix
  • Distance Learning MBA - Web-based and on-location training
  • Distance Learning Dual Degree - Offered in conjunction with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business

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Executive MBA - Europe »
Evening MBA Program »
Distance Learning MBA Program »
Dual Degree Program »
Global MBA for Latin America »
Non-Degree Classroom and Online Programs »

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Why Thunderbird School of Global Management?

For more than 60 years, we have educated global leaders who are also global citizens – because we live by the credo that borders frequented by trade seldom need soldiers, and we’re committed to helping develop a stable world economy where that philosophy becomes reality.

Our uniquely flexible programs combine an unmatched global business education with international and cross–cultural studies to ensure you’re fluent in the language of international business, wherever you choose to go in the world.

Home of the #1 ranked full–time MBA in international business (U.S. News & World Report 2011, Financial Times 2009). World–renowned faculty known for their innovative teaching methods and real–world global experience Diverse student body, with more than 60 countries represented in virtually every cohort.

Business School/MBA Rankings
#1 "International" Full–time MBAU.S. News & World Report 2011 (15th consecutive #1 ranking)
#1 "Best in International Business" Full–time MBAFinancial Times 2010
#3 "Best Executive MBA Program"The Wall Street Journal 2008
Among the top 5 Distance Learning MBA Programs in the WorldThe Economist 2010
#10 "Top 10 for Corporate Social Responsibility"Financial Times 2010

Thunderbird Alum
Vishal Baijal ’08

India, Executive Change Leader for Strategic Programs and Internalization

Efficient Enterprise Engineering
, Inc. (Ex3)

Even though his family runs a successful retail business in Mumbai, India, Vishal Baijal ’08 chose not to follow the family path, but instead followed his dream to explore the world.

When he arrived in the United States in 2000, Baijal quickly succeeded as a software engineer and rose through the ranks while gaining consulting experience in both large and mid–sized companies.

It was while working for the Tempe, Ariz.–based software company, Ex3, that Baijal began Thunderbird’s Executive MBA program, ready to take his career and his personal life to a new, global level. And the 33–year–old EMBA graduate’s sights are set even higher today. Read Full Story »