MBA
Full-time and Part-time options. Choose your pace.
Full-time MBA
- Full-time MBA students take two courses (or more) every 4-week module.
- You must take your required courses in the daytime (normally scheduled on weekdays from 9:00-12:30 and 13:00 – 16:30).
- You can take your electives in the daytime or evening.
- There may be occasional make-ups at other times.
- Complete in 12 – 48 months.
- Courses are normally offered over 4-week modules.
- To graduate, you need to successfully complete a total of 66 credit hours.
Part-time MBA
- Part-time MBA students take one course every 4-week module.
- You must take your required courses on weekday evenings (18:00 – 21:30 | 2-3 days/week).
- You can take your electives in the daytime or evening.
- There may be occasional make-ups at other times.
- Complete the program in 24 – 48 months.
- Evening classes have a light break.
- To graduate, you need to successfully complete a total of 66 credit hours.
The MBA program consists of 66-72 credit hours. Each course is 3 credit hours and typically involves 30 classroom hours.
The program’s credit hours include:
- 33-36 credit hours of required courses
- at least one 6-credit Action Learning Lab
- at least 27 credits of elective courses
Required Courses
The first modules of your program focus primarily on the required courses. These prepare you for the more individually-tailored curriculum of subsequent modules, which will be driven by your desired choice of electives. The core curriculum emphasizes the deepening and systematization of your management skills and provides the foundation for your MBA program. You must complete the following required courses before advancing to subsequent modules. After completing these required courses, you may also change your rate of progress by deciding to take one course per module (often called part-time) or two courses per module (often called full-time). Or you may choose to ask permission to further accelerate by taking more than two courses per module. Requests to change your rate of progress should be made to the Office of the Registrar at registrar@sasin.edu. Required courses are:- Accounting for Decision Making
- Business Strategy
- Digital Transformation: Disruption, Transformation and New Business Models
- Economics for Decision Makers
- Entrepreneurial Management
- Financial Management
- Leadership in Organizations
- Marketing for a Digital Age
- Statistical Methods for Management Decisions
- Environmental, Social and Governance Factors for Business in 21st Century
- Creative Transformation and Generative Thinking for Tomorrow’s Managers
Electives and More
After completing the initial 11 required courses, you will then complete the Action Learning Lab, and 9 elective courses. As you plan the rest of your program, you have four broad options:- follow a general program of study,
- pursue one or two areas of specialization (concentration). You may concentrate in Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Family Business, Management and Strategy, or Data Analytics (see below),
- take part in one of our many exchange programs.
MBA Concentrations & Electives
In their second year, many students choose to concentrate on one or two specific areas. Concentrations are shown on student transcripts. Each concentration comprises 1 or 2 foundation course(s) and 3 additional elective courses. Each course can be counted towards more than one concentration. At present, concentrations include: Data Analytics, Entrepreneurship and Family Business, Finance, Management & Strategy, Marketing.- Foundation (required): DA D20 Digital Transformation: Disruption, Transformation, and New Business Models
- 3 electives chosen from:
- DA D12 Data Science and Visualization for Business
- DA D14 Applied Modeling for Management Decisions
- DA D15 Marketing Analytics
- DA D17 AI and Business
- DA D18 Organizational Analytics
- or other data analytics courses taken at Sasin or at Sasin’s partner schools during our International Student Exchange Programs, with the written approval of the Office of the Registrar.
- Foundation (required): MGMT D60 Entrepreneurial Management
- 3 electives chosen from:
- AL D31 Action Learning: New Ventures Lab-Consulting
- AL D32 Action Learning: New Ventures Lab-Formulation
- FINC D48 Venture Capital Funding
- BLAW D30 Business Law
- MECN D46 Pricing Strategies
- MGMT D55 IT for General Managers
- MGMT D62 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formulation
- MGMT D67 Family Business: Managing Growth and Succession
- MGMT D70 Negotiations
- MGMT D73 Global Initiatives in Management
- MGMT D75 – Innovation and Design Thinking for Society
- MGMT D76 Accelerating Your Innovation Journey
- MGMT D77 Managing Family Business in the Digital Era
- MGMT D78 Global Perspectives on Family Business & Entrepreneurship
- MGMT D94 Transforming Business for Success in the Sustainable Future
- MGMT D96 Sustainability Practicum
- OPNS D75 Project Management
- or other entrepreneurship or family business courses taken at Sasin or at Sasin’s partner schools during our International Student Exchange Programs, with the written approval of the Office of the Registrar.
- Foundation (required): FINC D30 Financial Management
- 3 electives chosen from:
- ACCT D32 Forensic Accounting
- DA D16 Introduction to Financial Analytics
- FINC D41 Corporate Finance
- FINC D42 Financial Decisions
- FINC D44 Value Creating Financial Planning & Strategies
- FINC D45 Corporate Governance and Value Creation
- FINC D48 Venture Capital Funding
- FINC D53 Risk Management for Financial Businesses
- FINC D55 Mergers and Acquisitions
- FINC D60 Investments
- FINC D61 Value Investing
- FINC D99 Special Topic in Finance
- or other finance courses taken at Sasin or at Sasin’s partner schools during our International Student Exchange Programs, with the written approval of the Office of the Registrar.
- Foundation (required): MGMT D31 Business Strategy
- 3 electives chosen from :
- AL D10 Action Learning: Global Management Consulting Lab
- AL D20 Action Learning: Sustainability Lab
- DA D14 Applied Modeling for Management Decisions
- DECS D51 Judgement and Managerial Decision Making
- IR D40 Strategic HRM of the Future Workforce/Workplace
- LEAD D20 Crisis Leadership
- MECN D50 The Age of Disruptions: Impact on Business Environments
- MECN D55 International Trade and Investment
- MECN D56 Ecosystem Orchestration Analytics
- MGMT D52 Global Strategy: How to Win and Lose Big in the Digital Ecosystems of China/Asia
- MGMT D64 Business Environment and Emerging Technologies
- MGMT D65 Strategic Management for Emerging Asia
- MGMT D70 Negotiations
- MGMT D75 Innovation and Design Thinking for Society
- MGMT D79 Innovation for Future Fitness
- MGMT D80 Business Creativity
- MGMT D81 Comparative Business Environments
- MGMT D83 Emerging Market Strategy
- MGMT D84 Becoming A Mindful Leader
- MGMT D93 Culturally Smart Management for Global Business
- MGMT D94 Transforming Business for Success in the Sustainable Future
- MGMT D98 Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- MORS D31 Leadership for Impact
- MORS D32 Strategic Psychology for Leadership, Management and Growth
- MORS D38 Managing Human Capital in a Global Context
- OPNS D75 Project Management
- or other strategic management courses taken at Sasin or at Sasin’s partner schools during our International Student Exchange Programs, with the written approval of the Office of the Registrar.
- Foundation (required): MKTG D30 Marketing for a Digital Age
- 3 electives chosen from:
- DA D15 Marketing Analytics
- MECN D46 Pricing Strategies
- MKTG D50 Research Methods in Marketing
- MKTG D51 Uncovering Business Insights: Mastering Market Research
- MKTG D52 Consumption and Marketing
- MKTG D54 Advertising and Integrated Communications
- MKTG D59 Services and Hospitality Marketing
- MKTG D64 Brand Management
- MKTG D68 Multicultural Marketing
- MKTG D71 Content Marketing
- or other marketing courses taken at Sasin or at Sasin’s partner schools during our International Student Exchange Programs, with the written approval of the Office of the Registrar.
All MBA students must take at least one Action Learning Lab. We offer several types of Action Learning Labs. You choose the type that best fits your interests. You can take more than one if you wish.
Initially, the Action Lab requirement will be satisfied by successfully completing any of the following:
- Sasin-MIT ASEAN Lab: Sasin-MIT ASEAN Lab is a collaboration between Sasin School of Management and MIT Sloan School of Management. It offers the joint teams of students from both schools a hands-on opportunity to apply leading-edge management frameworks, skills and analytical tools to solve real-world business problems for an ASEAN-based enterprise. This lab also includes a trip to MIT Sloan School of Management.
- Sasin-MIT Action Learning Lab: The Sasin-MIT Action Learning Lab is a joint initiative of the MIT Sloan School of Management and Sasin School of Management. This experience engages joint teams of MBA students from the two schools to work collaboratively on key management challenges facing host companies. If you want to go into consulting or work on practical projects in a specific industry, you might choose this as your Action Learning Lab.
- Sasin-Fudan Thailand-China Lab: The Sasin-Fudan Thailand-China Lab is a joint cooperation between Sasin and the School of Management, Fudan University. Sasin MBA students work with MBA students from the Fudan School of Management on real client projects, in China and in Thailand.
- Sustainability Lab: The Sustainability Lab provides opportunities for students to work on solutions to complex real-world sustainability issues through close collaboration and engagement with a multitude of stakeholders. If you are interested in sustainability management you will want to choose this as your Action Learning Lab and work on real sustainability problems, with real businesses.
- New Ventures Lab: The New Ventures Lab (consulting) and the New Venture Lab (formulation) are perfect for students wishing to break into the world of startups, either through assisting a fledgling new venture in a consultative role or building their own new venture as startup co-founders. If you are interested in creating your own start-up, you may wish to take the New Ventures Lab.
- Sasin AI Lab: The Sasin AI Lab offers students the opportunity to explore how artificial intelligence can be applied to solve real-world business challenges. Through close collaboration with partner organizations and experts in the field, students will engage in data-driven projects that apply AI tools and techniques to enhance decision-making and innovation. If you are passionate about the future of AI in business, this is the ideal Action Learning Lab for hands-on experience with real applications, real data, and real impact.
It’s practical, hands-on, teamwork!
All Action Learning requirements will involve some common elements, designed to reinforce Transformative Action Learning. All Action Learning Labs will involve:- students working in teams,
- to solve real-world business problems. These practical problems might come from existing business, or from problems students themselves identify and choose to solve (in the case of start-up business plans for example).
- mentored by a resource team of faculty, usually assisted by specialized professionals (who will often be Sasin alumni).
- Over a sustained period
- Action Learning Labs will normally span several modules. The regular four-week module will usually not give sufficient time for an Action Learning Lab.
Sasin offers many experiences beyond the classroom. In addition to international opportunities, these include:
- taking part in local, regional and global startup competitions
- helping organize Sasin’s own Bangkok Business Challenge (Asia’s longest-running global startup competition)
- attending presentations by noted speakers and renowned global leaders
- participating in Sasin’s ever-changing array of clubs, sports, and networking activities.