GRADUATE Studies

Master in Business Administration (MBA)

The De La Salle Lipa MBA program is designed to develop the next generation of leaders who will face the challenge of a socially empowered complex market in a fast-moving technology-based business environment. The program aims to develop and enhance the skills and competencies of business professionals who optimize the soft skills of leadership in the organization and utilize business intelligence to enable better, smarter, and more effective decision-making. The program endeavors to meet the demand of dynamic economies for business leaders to steer companies and organizations towards success by developing new business solutions and effective leadership approaches.

The curriculum is designed to provide a balanced learning experience between real-world problem-solving and the application of classical and current management theories and approaches. Students will undergo rigorous skills formation in disciplinary areas of management like finance, operations, marketing, and human resource management. The program will lay the foundations of ethical management, sustainability, and governance to develop among students a desire to make critical decisions that will contribute positively to society. The program prepares professionals as leaders with a strong strategic mindset for sustainability, stability, and resilience to disruptive change.

Duration of the Study
The foundation, major, and elective courses can be finished after two years. This will be concluded by a comprehensive examination to be followed by Thesis Writing that can be finished in one year. The maximum period for completing all the requirements for the graduate programs shall be five (5) years from the time of the initial enrolment in the program.

Graduation Requirements
After passing the THESIS oral defense, the students must submit a hardbound copy and a digitized version (in cd and email) of the approved final theses incorporating all suggestions and recommendations of the oral defense committee. As part of the program’s final requirement, the final thesis should be presented in a colloquium which shall be arranged by the GP Chair in coordination with the Dean. If a student is unable to present in the research colloquium, he must find a colloquium/conference (either inside or outside of the school) where he can present his paper. In this case, he needs to present a certificate to the effect so that he can be issued clearance from the Office of the Graduate Program.

Master Class
Master class is a regular activity in the Graduate Program. This event serves as a venue to learn from real-life scenarios and experiences of selected experts in the topic of choice. This activity provides students with ideas likewise opportunities to visualize the concepts and models learned at school.