Program Content

A snapshot of the UBC IMBA Program:

The UBC IMBA Class of 2024 starts in November 2022.

• November 2022 – June 2023: Opening Residency and Foundation courses
• April/May 2023: Two-week Vancouver Residency at UBC Point Grey Campus
• July 2023 – June 2024: Advanced courses and the Capstone Residency as the completion of the program
• November 2024: Graduation

The following terms below are commonly used throughout the IMBA program. You may want to get familiar with them:

• Foundation Courses: courses covering the basic business and management subjects, mandatory for all students to take
• Integrated Courses (Residencies): courses which integrate across disciplines to develop your managerial decision-making skills, mandatory for all students to take. They are Opening Residency, Vancouver Residency, and Capstone Residency.
• Advanced Courses: all other courses offered in the IMBA program
• A course is scheduled every three to four weeks. It is worth 1.5 credits. A course is 20 class hours.

Courses will cover a variety of key subject areas. Not only will you learn the language of business, but you will develop the skills to understand business problems, make managerial decisions and communicate solutions, both as an individual and as part of a team.

Program Schedule:

• IMBA Class of 2024 Program Schedule - Updated on Jan 17, 2024

If you would like to access schedules for the FT MBA and PMBA programs, please contact askimba@sauder.ubc.ca.

Course outlines give an overview of course content, readings, activities, and evaluation methods.

Please note that these outlines are posted here prior to class start, but the most up-to-date outline will be circulated by your instructor and/or found on your Canvas course site.

Click HERE for Course Outlines. They get uploaded as they become available.

Other program / cohort outlines: Please contact askimba@sauder.ubc.ca if you would like to access another cohort's or program's schedule and course outlines.

As an IMBA student, you’ll have the opportunity to apply for a number of Global Learning offerings. Our Summer Study Abroad with select global exchange partners will give you a chance to select from a range of short-term options.  The University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business is the only Canadian member of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), an international partnership spearheaded by the Yale School of Management dedicated to integrating international experience into graduate business education.

Global Network Weeks (GNW) available through GNAM give MBA students and faculty the opportunity to pursue intensive study at another network school in short courses that leverage the institutions’ perspectives, programs and faculty expertise. Alongside their network counterparts, students attend classes, tour local businesses, and meet with experts focused on current regional business problems. (IMBA students can participate in the  June and March GNW)

Below please find more information on the GNAM Network Week (GNW) courses for June 12-16, 2023 Application Information. June 2023 GNW will be held IN-PERSON.

Deadline:  January 9th, 2023,  11:59PM Shanghai time. Apply by filling out a short application form (see Application Form link below) with your top 4 choices. Please read important information below prior to applying.

Please note we will not be able to accept late applications.

Schools/Topics/Dates: You can view the list of participating Schools, topics and dates on the Global Network Website for June 2023.  Students can also choose the UBC Sauder Global Network Week.

Student Obligations: Please note that you must attend all of your regularly scheduled classes according to the Professionalism, Attendance and Behavior Policy, so once your GNW participation is confirmed, please adjust your schedule accordingly. Should there be a timing conflict, students may need to choose between the academic/career activity and the Global Network Week. Should there be a timing conflict with a regularly scheduled class or exam and the Global Network Week, students will need to drop the regular course or choose between the course and GNW, since concurrent registration is not permitted.

If choosing the Fudan online course, it is imperative that students double check the timing equivalence in their time zone for the sessions and attend all the live sessions despite the time difference. Reliable internet connection is required for attendance.

Format: Courses will be held in person by participating partner schools during the week. Please be prepared for the additional time required to travel to and from the location. One exception to this is ONLINE Module by Fudan University: Innovative China: towards sustainable growth

Pre-work is typically assigned and readings and materials are made available to students a few weeks in advance. Students may be placed in project teams and will be required to give a team presentation or submit an assignment at the end.

Please review the course outlines for information on the times, format, assignments and expectations for the courses you're interested in.  Check back with the Global Network website for any updates.

Credits:  You will earn 1.5 credits as an elective towards your MBA degree upon successfully completing the course. Students may receive a grade, mostly based on the final project/assignment, from their host school, and will receive a PASS on their UBC Transcript. Students must attend all scheduled sessions/classes and completed all required course work and assignments to receive credit.

Costs: There’s no extra tuition associated with taking a GNW course. Students are responsible for their own expenses related to travel and stay (if applicable), such as flights, accommodations, most meals and incidentals. Some meals, such as networking receptions, will be provided.

Network: The range of numbers that each participating school will host is from 10-60 students from among all partner schools. Each school can typically send 1-5 students to any given course. The June 2023 network consists of 1,200+ students at 20 participating partner schools.

Application FORM:  If you are interested in applying to participate, please submit your top 4 choices by filling out this short application form by January 9th, 2023,  11:59PM Shanghai time.
We will receive spot allocations from the GNAM network in late January 2023 and will be able to inform everyone about the results shortly after.

Please check your selections carefully before submitting the form.

Selection Process: In case where a school is oversubscribed, lottery method will be used to determine selection. Students who were not drawn for their first choice school will then be entered into the lottery for their second choice school, and so on, as long as seats are still available for those schools.   If the overall demand exceeds the total number of seats assigned to us, it is an unfortunate reality that some students might not be selected for any of their preferred schools.

Our School may be able to receive a total number between 40 and 60 seats for all of our students/programs for the June GNW.  We will receive the upper range of seats if our students apply for a wide variety of schools/courses. If most of our students apply for a small number of highly sought-after schools (including Yale, UC Berkeley, Said, Hitotsubashi, IE Madrid etc.), the total number of seats assigned to us will be much smaller. Some students may not receive any offer of a spot if the number of seats assigned to us exceeds the number of our student applications, or if many students apply for the highly oversubscribed schools.

If you have any questions, please contact RHL Global Team at rhlglobal@sauder.ubc.ca

Grade Requirements and Transcripts

Grade Requirements: The UBC IMBA program has strict Academic Standing & Grading Practices for all courses. Students must familiarize themselves with these grading requirements prior to the start of the IMBA.

Transcripts (SSC): If students require a copy of your UBC transcript you can order one via the Student Service Centre (SSC) and have it mailed directly or pick it up at Brock Hall. Unofficial transcripts can be printed from the Grades & Records > Your Grades Summary page of SSC. Please note: the RHL Graduate School and Business Career Centre cannot issue official or unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts can be ordered from Enrollment Services here.

The Robert H. Lee Graduate School will be registering all IMBA students in the required courses offered in the program.

Checking Your Registration

Students can check their registration information via the Student Service Centre (SSC) at any time during your program.

Deadline for Adding/Dropping Courses

More information can be found on Add-Drop Course Deadlines under Academic Regulations tile. Please note that foundation courses are mandatory. Should the need to drop one of these courses arises, students will need to make it up with the same course at a later date (i.e. with the next cohort). Advanced courses can be made up with credits from other advanced courses or RHL-approved Global experiences.

Email askimba@sauder.ubc.ca or the program adviser to add/drop courses.

Please note that it is the student’s responsibility to track your own academic progress to ensure meeting the IMBA Graduation Requirement, while we will do our best to advise upon your request.

The Credit Tracking sheet below allows students to compare individual academic progress with degree requirements:

• IMBA Class of 2024_Grad Check Sheet

Click here to log into SSC where students can view all of the courses you have completed, are enrolled in, and the amount of credits each is worth. If students have any questions on tracking credit progress, they are encouraged to reach out to: askimba@sauder.ubc.ca

Any materials posted on Canvas course sites will be available for you to access and download for four weeks after the final exam. As you will be using the intellectual property of external authors and/or UBC professors in your own studies, please be aware of the following rules around the handling and distribution of those materials:

• Cases and readings are protected under copyright law and therefore you must not share these documents with anyone. Any official publications that are posted on a Canvas course site have copyright clearance for students enrolled this specific course only.
• Class slides are the instructor’s property and most instructors do not want their slides to be distributed. If you have questions about this, please approach your instructor directly.
• Exams/assignments/feedback must not be shared with students who may subsequently take the same course.

It is your responsibility to avoid copyright infringements and the distribution of materials that are intended for your use only.

RHL students should use the designation "IMBA in progress” on resume, LinkedIn, email signature, business signature, etc. As a student in a Professional Master program, the term "candidate" should not be used because candidacy is not an officially recognized degree program status at the Master's level (it is intended for the doctoral level), based on UBC policy.