Academic Excellence

First and foremost an MBA degree has to be about the academics and Marquette University is about Academic Excellence.

Marquette's regular faculty teach in the MBA program, both on campus and in the off-campus locations. Occasionally we use adjunct faculty to augment the program and to teach in specialized areas. Marquette has a well-deserved reputation for having faculty who publish research, work in the real world, and care about teaching and their students. Marquette is not a research mill, where graduate assistants teach and professors seldom show up in the classroom. Neither is it a sleepy teaching school where tired faculty recycle old lectures year after year. It is a Jesuit institution, requiring high standards in all areas. Our faculty enjoy teaching the graduate students and are well experienced at orchestrating student participation in class discussions so that you can learn from each other and incorporate your experiences into the classroom.

The courses you will take are demanding and time consuming but are designed to incorporate your work experiences and corporate life into the program. Many of the courses will have projects that can be done for your current organization therefore benefiting your company immediately and sharing some of your time with work.

The goal of the graduate programs is to teach theories of business but also to give you the necessary skills of business so that you can apply what you learn. Book knowledge can get you only so far without the practical tie to what you are doing on a regular basis. However, the faculty will challenge you to expand your mind and your comfort zone and will expect you to be committed to this learning process. Marquette looks for students who are intellectually curious and want to challenge the status quo. We are looking for the leaders of both today and tomorrow.