Western University offers MBA in Business Administration, a master of business administration in Business Administration programme in London, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 136,310 per total (CAD 84,915 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master of Business Administration
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 84,915 / total
International tuition: CAD 136,310 / total
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This is Ivey Business School's full-time MBA program at Western University, a twelve-month graduate business degree delivered primarily at the London, Ontario campus, with an option to complete part of the program at Ivey's Toronto campus. Teaching follows the case method, working through real business situations to build decision-making and strategic-thinking skills across functional areas such as finance, marketing, and operations. The curriculum combines core and elective coursework, and students can pursue an entrepreneurship certificate alongside the general MBA, or an international exchange term with a partner business school. A combined JD/MBA option exists in partnership with Western's law school for students pursuing both credentials. Cohorts are relatively small, and the program includes access to a dedicated Career Management team supporting job search and career transition throughout and after the program. Admission considers an undergraduate degree, relevant work experience, and standardized test scores (GMAT or GRE), though a pre-assessment exemption path is available for some applicants. The accelerated, twelve-month format and case-based teaching suit early- to mid-career professionals looking to advance or change careers without an extended time away from the workforce, particularly those who value close peer networking within a smaller cohort.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires a prior university degree (three-year degrees and existing MBA degrees are accepted), assessed mainly on the last two years of undergraduate grades; Ivey publishes no fixed minimum average. Applicants need roughly two to ten years of full-time professional experience. Ivey requires the GMAT, GMAT Focus Edition, GRE, or GMAC Executive Assessment, though a pre-assessment exemption is available for a strong quantitative GPA (engineering, science, CS, statistics, math, business or economics) or a CFA, CPA, PEng, or ACIA/FCIA designation. English proficiency is waived where English has been the primary language of instruction or work for at least two years; otherwise Ivey's own scale requires IELTS 7 overall with 7 in every band, TOEFL iBT 100 (pre-January 2026) or 4.5 overall on the new scale thereafter, MELAB 85, PTE 70, CAEL 60, or Duolingo 125. The application also needs two professional references, two written essays, and two video-response questions.
Application Details
Start Date:January
Application Deadline:Western applies through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre, which opens for Fall 2027 entry in late September 2026; Western's own equal-consideration deadline for full-time undergraduate study is 15 January 2027, the same date used for domestic (OUAC 101/105) and international applicants alike, since Western publishes no separate international closing date. Several named programmes carry their own earlier deadlines within the cycle: Medicine (MD) closes 1 October 2026, Law (JD) and Dentistry (DDS) close 1 November 2026, Education (BEd) closes 2 November 2026, and Western Integrated Science closes in early April 2027. Students already enrolled in an Ontario high school cannot be required to respond to an offer before 1 June 2027. Admission is not rolling: applicants are assessed against these published deadlines. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
