Degree Requirements For IMBA

Minimum requirements are:

1. Three terms of enrollment
2. Acquisition of at least 32 credits
3. Submission of a master’s thesis or research report
4. Passing the thesis/research report evaluation and final examination
5. Acquisition of total GPA of at least 2.5

The courses are divided into 7 categories listed below and students are required to complete a minimum of 32 credits according to each category.

It is highly intensive and demanding program and the students are expected to have good time management skills to accomplish all the degree requirements within the timeframe.

1. Students are required to take 6 Basic Courses (11 credits) and 3 Capstone Courses for graduation.
2. Advanced Seminars are designed for guiding students to develop and complete the graduation research report or thesis. These seminar courses are offered in sequence, starting from Advanced Seminar I (Fall), II (Winter), and III (Spring). For more details about these seminars, please refer to the Research Seminar section.
3. There are 3 subcategories listed under the “Core Elective” category. Students are required to take at lease 4 credits from each subcategory.
4. All courses offered by the university, except for IMBA Core Required courses and language courses, can be counted as elective courses. If students obtain more than 12 credits from the courses listed in the “Core Elective” category, the exceed number of credits will be counted in the Elective category.
5. It is recommended that students evenly distribute their course load over their terms. When this recommendation cannot be followed, a student’s course load must not exceed twelve (12) credits per term nor can a student take less than two (2) credits per term. Credits from Advanced Seminars and language courses are excluded in these maximum/minimum term credit limits.