One-Year MBA Program Information

 

 

The Lehigh One-Year MBA Program merges opportunity, rigor, and speed for professionals ready to pivot in their careers and reach new levels. The program is experiential learning that truly goes way beyond. 

The Lehigh full-time, One-YearMBA program is designed for professionals who wish to either pivot their careers toward a business-related area, or accelerate their career growth within their chosen field. Its rigorous curriculum includes the functional areas of business and embraces the shared value model that recognizes various stakeholders in today’s high-tech, modern societies. Students will fully immerse themselves into the program by temporarily stepping away from their profession to focus solely on their studies.

The one-year duration of this full-time, cohort program model, when compared to the traditional two-year MBA full-time model, significantly reduces the opportunity costs of those who forego their current employment to attend.

 

Features and Benefits of the 1-MBA

 

1. A Dedicated Mentoring Team

You will be assigned a mentoring team prior to arriving on campus. Your Personalized Team of advisors include:

• 1-MBA Program Faculty Advisor – Your Academic Link to Program Success
• Industry Executive Advisor – Your Access to Building New Networks
• Career Coach – To Build Your Personal Brand & Help Set Your Career Goals

Benefit: Mentoring Teams focused on your professional goals and career aspirations are assigned to you at the onset of the 1-MBA program. They will personally serve as mentors and assist you with professional development opportunities. Your successful completion of the 1-MBA is a major priority of your Mentoring Team.

 

2. The Consulting Practicum

The Consulting Practicum will introduce you to fundamental consulting skills and provide knowledge, training, and development through relevant activities and experiences.

 

3. Professional Development

There are varying opportunities for Professional Development to ensure you get the most out of your MBA experience. Examples include Case Interview Boot Camps, Lehigh Women in Business Events, Lehigh Wall Street Council, and more!
 

Benefit: The goal of the Professional Development experiences is to prepare you for unprecedented challenges and set you on your way for life-long success.

 

4. Unique Curriculum Approach 

You’ll begin with a series of core courses starting with Project Management and shortly followed by a variety of foundational courses that will prepare you in the business fundamentals. These courses are followed by courses taught from the stakeholder perspective. Societal shift courses are interwoven throughout the program and are designed to enable you to grapple with macro-level issues and challenges that affect businesses on a global scale. Throughout the 1-year program, The Consulting Practicum’s EXTERNSHIPseries projects are designed to fully immerse you with hands-on experiential learning.

Benefit: The 1-MBA unique curriculum approach provides you with a framework for navigating the business landscape throughout the course of your career.

 

STEM-Designated Degree

Starting in summer 2026, the full-time MBA program will contain an interdisciplinary curriculum that includes STEM fields, which qualifies the entire program as a STEM-designated degree. All international students on an F1 visa are eligible for 12 months of post-completion Optional Practical Training (OPT). Additionally, students in STEM-designated fields, as recognized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, may be eligible for a 24-month OPT extension, if their employment meets specific criteria and they apply within the final 90 days of their post-completion OPT period.