Programs

Learn to use accounting to solve complex problems, present information to clients in a clear, compelling way, and become a leader in your firm and in the field. Pursue either Financial Reporting & Assurance or Tax Consulting, and gain deep technical knowledge within your area of focus. With courses in leadership, decision making, and project management, your education will provide you with the hard skills, critical thinking, and interpersonal savvy it takes to guide teams and clients.

Employ data to inform business strategy, drive value, and advance your career while limiting your time away from the office. Taught by renowned faculty of UVA’s Darden School of Business and McIntire School of Commerce, the M.S. in Business Analytics Program provides working professionals with a broad mix of analytical, technical, leadership, and foundational business skills. Become an expert in managing projects and teams, executive communication, consulting, and design thinking.

Learn to master the breadth, depth, and global context required to successfully navigate the business landscape. This unique 10-month master’s program is designed to build upon your existing strengths as a high-achieving, non-business major. Pivot to a career in analytics, finance, government, healthcare, management, marketing, or nonprofit work. Present recommendations to top executives and effectively collaborate with diverse teams while you refine and expand your global mindset through an immersive learning experience abroad.

Learn firsthand how business is done in the U.S., China, and Spain. Earn two degrees and a certificate from three top-ranked universities while engaging in the collaborative experiences that define this cutting-edge 10-month program. Develop your analytical abilities while you gain the soft skills, rock-solid understanding, and deep multicultural insights to drive a successful career in global business. You’ll benefit from living, working, and studying with other recent graduates who represent diverse people from across the world.

Learn to apply emerging technologies with fluency and elevate your organization to make it more profitable, productive, and competitive. Designed specifically to develop working professionals into insightful technology managers and strategic decision makers, this inventive program features an updated curriculum that employs a real-world business approach. Taught by an outstanding faculty dedicated to your success, you’ll collaborate with fellow students representing a range of career experiences, grow your personal network, and gain from the corporate perspective in the classroom.

Learn the invaluable skills to become a visionary leader ready to successfully shape the global business landscape with integrity. As a third-year student, you’ll tackle real-world problems for executives in the School’s hallmark Integrated Core Experience (ICE) program, an intense and demanding series of diverse courses. In your fourth year, you’ll choose your focus of expertise by concentrating in one or more specialized areas of study: Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Management, and Marketing.

Learn the tools, techniques, and transformations involved in new venture development. Make a positive impact in the world by playing a crucial role in the venture community as a founder, investor, policy maker, technologist, or executive. The “E-Minor” provides you with an education in the startup world by giving you unmatched experiences and opportunities in a range of areas. Open to all UVA students by application, this course of study is a must for anyone interested in accelerating ideas into fully realized opportunities.

Learn how you can transform your understanding of leadership to develop the necessary skills to effectively lead people and organizations in today’s complex global environment. You’ll study leadership with a strategic approach and choose from electives in communication and courses in your area of interest. Students from across the University benefit from adding to the intellectual depth in their chosen fields of study while enhancing the ability to contribute by leveraging leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Create positive change in the built environment—the human-made structures and energy systems that define the world and our lives. With topics ranging from redlining and social impact to urban planning, ethics, and real estate investment, students will have access to rich interaction with disciplines across Grounds including commerce, public policy, history, ethics, engineering, and design.

Learn in-demand skills in accounting, finance, marketing, and management with our highly focused Business Essentials curriculum. Guided by UVA faculty and industry experts, you will earn a certificate from the top-ranked McIntire School of Commerce in just 11 weeks. Designed for current university students, recent graduates, and working professionals, this flexible and convenient program provides a solid and applied understanding that you can immediately apply to enhance your studies, advance your career, and deliver greater value to your employer.

The next session begins on Jan. 29, 2023. Applications will be received and processed on a rolling basis through Feb. 2, 2023.

Learn the crucial business knowledge you need for a successful and practical pivot into a new field of work or study. Enhance your resume, broaden your network, and prepare for your future with this immersive program created to support any career path you choose. Designed for non-business majors with at least one year of college completed, this consolidated, highly focused curriculum offers you an efficient and engaging way to add key skills to your portfolio.