Virginia Tech
Pamplin College of Business
Contact Information
Evening MBA (Falls Church, VA):
Charmaine Carter, 703-538-8410 or chcarte6@vt.edu
Professional MBA (Richmond/Roanoke):
Robin Camputaro, 540-231-6152 or rcamputa@vt.edu
Executive MBA (Arlington, VA):
Maureen Hall, 571-858-3108 or hallmau@vt.edu
Website: mba.vt.edu
Email: mba_info@vt.edu
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MBA Degree Programs
Evening MBA (Falls Church, VA):
MBA classes meet once per week at the Falls Church Graduate Center. Students are assigned to teams in individual courses and class meetings are highly interactive. In addition to regular lectures by seasoned faculty, cases are assigned and analyzed by student teams. Courses taught primarily by Full-Time Resident Faculty, all of whom have Doctoral degrees.
Professional MBA (Richmond/Roanoke):
Two-year program with classes one weekend per month. Meeting sites alternate between Richmond and Roanoke. Courses from all business disciplines prepare the student for a general management career path, and small cohort giving students a close relationship with classmates and faculty alike. 85% of the PMBA faculty are full-time, Ph.D. professors.
Executive MBA (Arlington, VA)
18 month cohort, lock-step program with classes every other weekend. Program includes a 3-day Opening Residency, a 2-day New York City Residency, and a 10-day Study Abroad. Students are all experienced professionals with diverse background, creating a unique learning environment and excellent networking opportunities. Courses are taught primarily by Faculty with Doctoral degrees.
Military
Virginia Tech is a community with a long military history and is one of only six schools in the nation classified as a Senior Military College. The university values the diversity and unique contributions that military, veteran, and dependent students bring to our campus and community. We also recognize that these students face challenges that are often very different from their peers. We understand those challenges and are prepared to help our students succeed in a new and sometimes daunting environment.
The university established the Office of Veterans Services in May 2012 to serve as a first point of contact for our military, veteran, and dependent students. To help ensure a smooth transition, a special orientation program, VeTranstion, is offered for all new and transfer military and veteran students. The university works collaboratively with local agencies to provide a coordinated network of programs and services to meet the academic, financial, health and wellness, social, transition and deployment needs of our military related students and their families. Virginia Tech also has an active student veteran’s organization, Veterans@VT, which offers camaraderie, transition assistance, and support for student veterans.
Virginia Tech is proud to be a designated “Veteran Friendly” institution by GI Jobs the past three years. Our staff, faculty and administration are working diligently to assess, improve, and implement appropriate programs and services to ensure the unique needs of our veteran, military and dependent students are met so they can concentrate on why they are in college; to succeed academically from entry to degree completion.
For additional information, visit www.veterans.vt.edu or contact the Virginia Tech Office of Veterans Services at (540) 231-5815 or veteran@vt.edu
Admission Requirements
Applicants to Virginia Tech's MBA programs must complete and/or submit the following:
- Online application
- Application fee
- Official transcript
- GMAT score (Evening MBA and Professional MBA. Professional MBA also accepts GRE scores. Executive MBA does not require the GMAT if student meets GPA requirements)
- International Students - TOEFL (minimum 550 paper based, 213 computer based, 80 internet based).
- Two letters of Recommendation (Professional and Executive MBA)
- Resume (Professional and Executive MBA)
- Interview (Professional and Executive MBA)
Accreditation(s):
The Pamplin College
of Business
is accredited by
the
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
Tuition
Please see program website for updated tuition information: www.mba.vt.edu
Description of Learning Environment for Students
Our MBA faculty bring their research expertise as well as their non-academic professional experience into the classroom. Our classrooms offer students a blend of case studies, lectures, individual and group presentations, and hands-on experiential projects in various disciplines. Students are expected to learn from each other as well as from the instructor and textbook.
Teaching techniques are varied to best fit the material and educational goals of each class. Students participate in simulation exercises and conduct case analysis in small groups. This simulation of corporate reality is an example of how Virginia Tech MBA students develop and use communication and mediation skills to achieve group objectives. Through this practice, students gain proficiency and confidence in idea presentation and defense and in persuasion skills necessary for the success of any leader.
Faculty
Pamplin’s senior faculty members teach many of the required courses; students learn from professors who win teaching and research awards, write the books used in classrooms everywhere, serve as consultant to companies, or have worked in business and industry.
Accomplishments/Recognition
- The Evening MBA is regularly ranked among the best in the Nation. It is ranked as #34 nationally by U.S. News & World Report I 2013 among all private and state universities in the country and #14 among state universities.
- 72% of Full-time students get a new job or promotion after starting the program (Class of 2012 data)