Grant: Science to Business Program

The University of Saskatchewan, through the Edwards School of Business, offers both a 12 month full time and up to 3 year part-time Master of Business Administration program. The integrated program values accessibility and a high academic experience that quickly develops management abilities. By enhancing interpersonal communication, team building and leadership skills, graduates enter their professional endeavours with confidence, integrity and accountability. The Edwards MBA provides each student with a strong component of core courses, a variety of industry-based elective courses to choose from, a strong professional development program and an international study tour. As well, there is a community liaison advantage where students are partnered with industry to complete a management consulting project tailored to the industry host or an entrepreneurial-focused business plan. Electives can be chosen from areas representing vital sectors of growth and opportunity in today¿s economy: Finance, bioTechnology Management, Health Services Management, Marketing, Organizational Development, International Business and International Trade. The program allows for a bioTechnology and health services management focus that involves the strategic management of technology and innovation with a focus on venture creation. The process of commercialization is learned in depth through an internship with the technology transfer office at the University of Saskatchewan. This process includes valuation, the determination of intellectual property and patenting, deal structures and determining an industry fit for the technology at hand. In addition, students are provided the tools and learn the discipline of becoming an entrepreneur and take these new skills into the marketplace. Students who have taken the courses have gone on to positions of technology transfer and business development among others, proving the program¿s ability in bridging the gap between science and business.