JD–MBA
Dual degree program offered jointly by some law and business schools
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A JD–MBA is a dual degree program in which a student concurrently earns Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from a university's graduate law school and business school. JD–MBA programs are commonly offered in the United States and Canada. They integrate legal and business training through a structured cross-credit system that allows certain approved courses to count toward the requirements for both degrees. This enables students to complete both the three-year JD program and the two-year MBA program in four years, instead of the five years the degrees would take if done consecutively.
By country
Canada
Top-ranking Canadian JD–MBA programs include a four-year JD–MBA at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto,[1] York University,[2] Queen's University,[3] the three-year JD–MBA at the University of Western Ontario[4] and the three-and-a-half-year JD–MBA at the University of Ottawa.[5] Students may apply to the joint program before matriculating to either program, or after matriculating to either law school or business school.[6]
United States
Many schools in the US offer JD–MBA programs. There are three common lengths of time offered for JD–MBA programs: three-year, three-and-a-half-year, or four-year. All schools listed below with three- or three-and-a-half-year programs also offer a four-year option for the program. Schools listed under the four-year programs only offer a four-year (eight-semester) program.
Three-year programs
Three-year programs can usually be completed in six semesters. Most programs allow for two summer internships; however, some require students to take classes for at least one summer.[7] Here are some schools that offer three-year JD–MBA programs:
- Belmont University[8]
- Columbia University[9]
- George Mason University[10]
- Northwestern University[11]
- Southern Methodist University[12]
- Temple University[13]
- University of Chicago[14]
- University of Georgia[15]
- University of Notre Dame[16]
- University of Pennsylvania[17]
- University of Richmond[18]
- Saint Louis University[19]
Three-and-a-half-year programs
Three-and-a-half-year programs are supposed to be completed in seven semesters. Here are some schools that offer three-and-a-half-year JD–MBA programs:
Four-year programs
Four-year programs can be completed in eight semesters. Here are some schools that offer only four-year JD–MBA programs:
- Brigham Young University[24]
- College of William & Mary[25]
- Cornell University[26]
- Elon University[27]
- Fordham University[28]
- Georgetown University[29]
- Harvard University[30]
- Liberty University[31]
- New York University[32]
- Northeastern University[33]
- Pepperdine University[34]
- Santa Clara University[35]
- Stanford University[36]
- University at Buffalo[37]
- University of California, Berkeley[38]
- University of Houston[39]
- University of Missouri[40]
- University of Texas at Austin[41]
- University of Utah[42]
- University of Wyoming[43]
- Villanova University[44]
- Yale University[45]
