Dr.Edward Rubesch
Director
 I have been involved with international management education in Thailand for 25 years. With the benefit of this experience I can say that the IMBA program is unique in its goals design and what it delivers to students. Moreover, it is attracting a special kind of student, one who is looking towards the future and wants to be prepared to compete in worldwide business and gain from the opportunities that are coming from the Global Knowledge Economy. IMBA students are comfortable with working across borders and in international collaborative projects. They have a drive for action and eagerly take on the challenges given to them during their IMBA education. For incoming students we are looking for more business professionals just like them : worldly, excited to take on new challenges, recognizing opportunities in international business and putting their ideas into action. If you feel like you are one of these people, please join us at IMBA.


   THE FIRST YEAR      THE SECOND YEAR

All IMBA students take the same courses during the First Year, which provides the core of the MBA prgram. These courses are designed to give you a thorough grounding in business frameworks decisionmaking general management concepts, and to help you make connections across specialized business fields.  You will learn from international professors, who will give you a global perspective, as well as from local proffesors with international experience, who are business experts in Thailand and the region. In addition, you will also learn from well known guest speakers from the business world, case studies, in-depth projects, and field research. You will be challenged by individual assignments, which will test your own particular skills and abilities, and group projects, which require leadership and teamwork.		  
During your second year, you will begin to focus in your chosen track in a range of area studies and specialization courses.  The subjects are designed to deepen your management competencies received in core courses, allowing you to develop indepth international business and entrepreneurial expertise that is critical in the challenging global environment. Each specialization comprises required and elective modules. Each module allows you to customize your study program, while either enhancing the depth of your chosen specialization or broadening your overall business knowledge base.  Specialization courses feature small class sizes (10-40 students), promoting a high degree of interaction among classmates.


  1 st Semester : September - December
  2 nd Semester : January - April
  3 rd Semester : May - August		  

  1 st Semester : September - December
  2 nd Semester : January - April
  3 rd Semester : May - August


 
MBA PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED TO

   • Prepare students for careers in global business and to be an entrepreneur in very  dynamic business environments.
   • Focus on culture, society, economics, environment, international and global business
   • Widen the students understanding social responsibilities, corporate governance and ethics
   • Prepare for leadership in international business or your own firm
   • Provide an opportunity to broaden students' experience by studying abroad and participating in student exchange programs with our  partner universities

 
IMBA PROGRAM STRUCTURE

   • Part - time MBA program at Thammasat University - Tha Prachan Campus.
   • 2 Years International Program
   • Students choose to study in each one of the following tracks :
        - International Business : Asian Track partners with Tsinghua University and Hitotsubashi University.
         - Global Entrepreneurship partners with Stanford University.
  • Each track consists of 2 Intensive Business Courses, 8 MBA Core    Courses, 4 Area Studies Courses, 1 Elective Course and 1 Independent    Study Course.
TRACK PROJECTS

If you are in an International Business (IB) Asia track you will travel to experience the culture and business practices with IMBA's partner universities at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, or Hitotsubashi University in Japan.  For Asia track, you will receive first-hand experience in understanding the unique politics, society, culture and business of styles particular country, by meeting local students, visiting companies, and traveling to cultural areas.

If you are a Global Entrepreneurship (GE) student you will take part in two trips.  In one you will visit the unique innovative environment in and around San Francisco and Stanford University, informally called Silicon Valley.  The Silicon Valley Experience is a collaborative project that is more than just a business trip.  You will work with other intenational students to investigate a chosen problem, while experiencing the intellectual, innovative, and business environment of this unique place.

 In the second GE trip, you will take on a different challenge : understanding entrepreneurship in the developing world. In this project you will work collaboratively to understand the power of entrepreneurs in overcoming barriers in emerging markets, while overcoming poverty and spurring economic development. IMBA believes that the Global Entrepreneur must be able to operate in either environment : the high-tech culture of a place like Silicon Valley, or the challenging, and every bit as innovative, emerging market in developing country.
FINAL PROJECT

At the end of yur IMBA program you will use your skills to complete an intensive project in a subject area of your choice.  If you are looking forward to starting a business you can choose the Independent Study option, where your will develop a real business plan for an actual market you may also do a social entrepreneurship, community development consulting or applied resides porject .  Or, you may choose to work on a thesis, if you want in-depth research competencies for more academic work at the PhD. level.
COSTS

The cost of tuition is approximately Baht 490,000 for the two-year program.  This includes all course fees, textbooks, computer services, and the Orientation.  Foreign study trips are not included in the tuition fee.

Approximate costs for foreign study are Baht 120,000 for Japan, Baht 80,000 for China, and Baht 200,000 for Global Entrepreneurship (for two trips).

  Most classes are held at Thammasat University - Tha Prachan Campus. Students can graduate within two years. Students are encouraged to participate in the student exchange program by spending one semester studying at a world-class university abroad.

  Overseas study provides both immediate educational benefits, as well as future benefits related to two-way flows of students and faculty, and the associated reciprocal access to higher education. Furthermore, students are required to study abroad in either International Business ( China or Japan) or Global Entrepreneur ( United States of America) during the last semester of broaden their international business views and cultural appreciation.