Unlike traditional, classroom-based MBA programs that rely on lectures, case studies, and exams, our MBA is built for experienced professionals who learn by doing.
Instead of sitting through theoretical coursework, you’ll prove your expertise through a portfolio of real-world competencies, engage one-on-one with an industry mentor to tackle live workplace challenges, and develop actionable strategies that directly impact your organization.
There are no rigid timetables, rote assessments, or disconnected academic exercises—just practical, high-level learning tailored to your professional reality.
This is an MBA designed for those who are already leading, innovating, and driving change, and are ready to take those skills to the C-suite.
Our MBA is designed for experienced professionals who prefer to be judged on their real-world impact over examinations of theory.
Through a structured three-step process, you’ll validate your expertise, engage in tailored mentorship, and apply your learning to drive meaningful change in your workplace.
15 Professional Competencies
Prove your expertise by preparing a portfolio of 15 professional competencies—spanning industry, managerial, and leadership skills—through reflection and interview, demonstrating your readiness to engage with novel, complex, and dynamic workplace challenges.
3 Mentor Sequences
Extend your capability across three 12-session sequences, identifying a series of unique workplace opportunities to explore with your mentor, scanning global best practices, critically evaluating them within your organizational and human context, and developing actionable solutions.
1 capstone project
Demonstrate mastery by conducting a comprehensive review of an organizational performance issue, engaging with diverse stakeholders to analyze challenges, integrate multiple perspectives, and develop strategic, evidence-based interventions that drive measurable impact.
This program is exclusively for seasoned professionals with at least 10 years of post-secondary work, education, and life experience, including a minimum of 5 years leading others.
Assessments are competency-based. Instead of relying on grades, we measure your ability to demonstrate and apply expertise in the unpredictable and chaotic real world.
As an adult learner, we expect you to set your own timetable, customizing your study plan, course duration, and session times to fit your work and life commitments.
Work one-on-one with established experts in your industry and chosen domain of interest. Set personalized learning objectives with them and apply global best practices in projects that add value to your unique work context and professional goals.
Each mentor sequence culminates in a co-designed workplace project that drives meaningful change, positively transforming the way you and your organization operate.
Our innovative iterative assessment model allows you to receive detailed feedback, regularly refine your work, and develop deeper mastery for professional success.
Proven performers may step directly into the Doctorate of Business Administration, curating a portfolio of evidence that demonstrates their ability to operate at the highest decision-making levels of their profession.
We’re here to help. We can answer your questions, help you understand your options and support you throughout the application process.
Cedar Mountains University prepares you for success by teaching you to lead creatively, critically, and ethically.
Our goal is to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and expertise you’ll need to make your mark in an ever-changing world.
Cedar Mountains University prepares you for success by teaching you to lead creatively, critically, and ethically.
Our goal is to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and expertise you’ll need to make your mark in an ever-changing world.
Cedar Mountains University prepares you for success by teaching you to lead creatively, critically, and ethically.
Our goal is to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and expertise you’ll need to make your mark in an ever-changing world.
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