Established in 1950, the Rotman school of management is one of the best business schools in Canada. The school is popularly known as the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, and it is affiliated with the University of Toronto. According to the latest 2023 QS Global MBA Ranking, Rotman was awarded the first rank in the list of business schools in Canada.
The school is popular for its quality of education, research impact and also placements for MBA graduates. Rotman’s offers both full-time and part-time programmes in MBA, and presently there are 1050 postgraduate students and90 research scholars affiliated with the school.
The school is also a founding member of the Canadian MBA Alliance, which was created in 2001, and all ten members of this alliance are in the list of top 100 business schools in the world. Rotman also offers morning and evening MBA programs in part-time mode, and this is specially designed for working professionals who wish to pursue a high-quality MBA degree while working in the country. This program is for a duration of 32 months.
Why study at this school?
MBA is one of the top programs offered by the school, and a graduate degree in MBA from the Rotman School of business can help the student get the best career opportunities in the best companies or organisations in the world. Work experience is an important criterion for the admission process at the school, and there is a requirement of 5 years of work experience required to get admission at the university.
There are many specializations of MBAs offered by the school, and the popular ones are MBAs in HR, finance, Health sector management, Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences and MBA in analytics. According to the Finance times MBA ranking, Rotman school of management was ranked 79th in the world and first in Canada. The school has an unmatchable infrastructure and quality of education where out of 113 faculty members, 98% of the faculty members have doctorates, and they are all masters in their areas of research.
Following are the major students that students will study as part of the Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences course :
- Business strategies in the current pharmaceutical industry and surrounding health and life sciences ecosystem
- Major players and institutions in the pharmaceutical sector
- Craft and process of management consulting in the health sector
- Models of health innovation in Canada and globally
- Mapping the Canadian health sector (with comparisons to other industrialized countries)
- Healthcare Financing, Incentives and Value-Based Care
- Public-private partnerships
- Performance management, governance, and control
- Organizational redesign and system integration
What are the career prospects after graduation?
Placement is one of the key highlights of the Rotman school of business, and the following are the key major companies where Rotman MBA graduates have worked in recent years: :
- GSK
- Sunny Brook
- Lilly
- IMS Health
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Roche
- Sick Kids
- Cancer Care
- Johnson and Johnson
Research is an important component of the Rotman syllabus; presently, 27 faculty members are engaged in health-related research, and they have been contributing significantly in the particular field by coming up with path-breaking outcomes. More than 3000 attendees were there at the healthcare/life sciences events last year organised by the school, and this prepares the students to focus more on their career success.
Eligibility
- A minimum GPA of 3.0 in the final year of a bachelor’s degree from a recognised university
- International students can use the International Degree Equivalencies site to calculate their GPA
- A GMAT or GRE score must be submitted
- A minimum score of 550 is required
- Personal interview
- Two years of experience is required.
- On average, applicants have six years of work experience.
- Two written essays
- One essay should be approx. 250 words in length and the other 500 words.
- TOEFL iBT (internet-based test) score of 100 overall, with a minimum of 22 on speaking and writing
- IELTS score of 7.0
Following are the application deadline for the program :
- Round 1: Mid-November
- Round 2: Early March
- Round 3: Early June
Fees
The average course fee at Rotman will be around $66,210 per year, and this includes tuition fees and also material charges, but this doesn’t include housing or other expenses.
Scholarship options
Following are the major scholarships offered by the school :
- Joseph L. Rotman Scholarship
- Entrance Awards
- Indigenous Student Leader Award
- Diversity & Inclusion Award
- Awards for In-Program Students
- Scotiabank Latin America Scholarship
- CIBC BASc / MBA Scholarships
- Professional Student Loan Plans with BMO & RBC
- Rotman Scholar Awards
- Business Design Initiative (BDI) Scholarship
- Â (RACBC) Scholarship
- Black Student Leader Award
- The Rotman Family Healthcare Scholarship
- 30% Club Full-Time MBA Scholarship
- Rotman African and Caribbean Business Club
- Graduate Studies Awards
- Ontario Graduate Scholarships