A JDâÂÂMBA is a dual degree program in which a student concurrently earns Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from a university's graduate law school and business school. JDâÂÂMBA programs are commonly offered in the United States and Canada. They integrate legal and business training through a structured cross-credit system that allows certain approved courses to count toward the requirements for both degrees. This enables students to complete both the three-year JD program and the two-year MBA program in four years, instead of the five years the degrees would take if done consecutively.
Top-ranking Canadian JDâÂÂMBA programs include a four-year JDâÂÂMBA at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, York University, Queen's University, the three-year JDâÂÂMBA at the University of Western Ontario and the three-and-a-half-year JDâÂÂMBA at the University of Ottawa. Students may apply to the joint program before matriculating to either program, or after matriculating to either law school or business school.
Many schools in the US offer JDâÂÂMBA programs. There are three common lengths of time offered for JDâÂÂMBA programs: three-year, three-and-a-half-year, or four-year. All schools listed below with three- or three-and-a-half-year programs also offer a four-year option for the program. Schools listed under the four-year programs only offer a four-year (eight-semester) program.
Three-year programs can usually be completed in six semesters. Most programs allow for two summer internships; however, some require students to take classes for at least one summer. Here are some schools that offer three-year JDâÂÂMBA programs:
Three-and-a-half-year programs are supposed to be completed in seven semesters. Here are some schools that offer three-and-a-half-year JDâÂÂMBA programs:
Four-year programs can be completed in eight semesters. Here are some schools that offer only four-year JDâÂÂMBA programs: