FlexMode: Distance Learning MBA

Since 1996, Carnegie Mellon’s business school has offered its distance education program at various corporate sites throughout the United States such as Hartford, CT (United Technologies), Salt Lake City, UT (Goldman Sachs), and Sunnyvale, CA (Lockheed Martin). The FlexMode MBA Program is a real-time (i.e. live,) interactive, part-time program. The FlexMode Program enables the participants to maintain their gainful employment while pursuing the MBA degree. This program eliminates the need to relocate as well as saves 2 years of time, the standard for full-time MBA programs. The corporate site benefits by not losing the talents and services of valuable employees. The investment of the companies in their employees and the earning power of those employees are protected.

The entry and exit requirements for this distance education program are identical to those of the two-year, full time program offered at our campus in Pittsburgh: same faculty, same courses, same homework assignments, and same exams; nothing is diluted.

The three-year program begins in August of each year. Students take two courses per mini-semester and attend school year-round. All required courses meet for two hours twice per week. During your first year, the Tepper School of Business schedules two courses back-to-back on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from six o’clock to until ten o’clock EST. Most elective courses meet once per week from six o’clock until nine o’clock in the evening.

The Tepper School understands that occasionally, due to professional or personal commitments, all students may not be able to follow the prescribed sequence. Therefore, some flexibility has been built into the program. However, all students must complete the MBA degree requirements within four years of their matriculation.

If you are interested in the program but your company does not currently provide a site, a program presentation by our team can be conducted at your workplace in order to determine the level of interest. We require a minimum of eight students per site in order to deliver the program to a corporate location. Please contact Susan Rostek at susana@andrew.cmu.edu to begin this process.