Master's in Business Administration (MBA)
Business School
18 months (3 regular terms and 1 special term)
Total credits: 35
Classes are held twice a week and one Saturday a month
Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 PM to 10:15 PM
Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM
RPC-SO-16-No. 335-2020, July 15, 2020
Update: RPC-SO-22-No. 330-2025, June 2025
Total cost: $18,600
Tuition: $16,909.26
Registration fee: $1,690.74
Upon completing this master’s program, our graduates are able to foster innovative practices, creative initiatives, and comprehensive business management strategies that promote value creation, sustainability, and effective leadership. Our alumni become key drivers in improving decision-making within organizations.
The MBA program has been accredited since 2019 by the international accreditation body, the Association of MBAs (AMBA).
Applicant's Profile
Escuela de Empresas' programs are aimed at professionals who wish to improve their performance and have the potential to occupy top-level positions, lead teams, manage innovative initiatives or their own ventures in Ecuador and the world.
This master's degree is aimed at professionals with a university degree who can demonstrate managerial experience in areas related to business management: sales, marketing, finance, human resources, operations, logistics, purchasing, foreign trade, strategy, management communication, and who have the potential to lead teams or entrepreneurial projects.
Admission Process
Basic requirements:
- Third level degree registered at SENESCYT. In the case of third level or fourth level degrees, if applicable, obtained abroad, the applicant must previously register them at SENESCYT or may apply the Regulations for Degree Registration Services in force, issued by this Secretariat, as the case may be.
- Grade transcript with grade
- Official transcript of grades
- Citizenship card or passport
- Certificate from the Department of Foreign Languages USFQ - DLE, certifying the level of English.
- Pass the USFQ postgraduate admission exam. To do so, please refer to the admissions process.
Specific program requirements:
- Updated resume
- Personal data form
- Two professional letters of recommendation, which must be sent personally by the person issuing the documents. The envelope must be sealed and cannot be manipulated by the applicant.
- Personal essay
Financing and discounts
Remember that you can make your payments in cash, check and credit/debit card or apply for educational credits.
Make your payment through bank transfer or deposit with the following information and upload the receipt in the online payment system.
Holder: Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 1791836154001
Banco Pichincha: Current account No. 3407330004
Banco Bolivariano: Current Account No. 5075003350
Financing
You can access the following financing plans:
Credit or debit card: you can make your payment through our online payment system.
- We accept all national and international credit cards.
- Defer your payments with the following cards: Diners, Discover, Visa Titanium, Banco Guayaquil, Banco Pichincha, Banco Bolivariano, Produbanco - Promerica and Banco del Austro, up to 6 months interest free for payments per semester or academic periods.
This program has 4 academic periods, therefore, the total of the program can be paid in 4 equal installments and each one can be deferred up to 6 months without interest. Payment dates will coincide with the beginning of each academic period (check the program's academic calendar).
- Payment for each year of the program up to 12 months without interest.
- Payment for the entire deferred program without interest for the same duration of the master's degree with Grupo Produbanco - Promerica credit cards up to 24 months without interest.
- In case of requiring a longer term we have deferred payments of up to 48 months with interest.
Other payment options
For more information you can contact us at the following contacts.
Maria Eugenia Salazar: mesalazar@usfq.edu.ec. Telephone: 02-297-1991
Robert Gonzalez: rgonzalez@usfq.edu.ec. Phone: 02-297-189
Scholarships:
20% USFQ Alumni Scholarship
Discounts:
The following discounts apply only to the total value of the graduate program fees:
20% to partner companies of Contacto Empresarial USFQ that have active membership.
20% for corporate groups from the third student onwards.
25% for Diners Club collaborators. This discount is extended to spouse, parents, children and nieces and nephews.
20% for Produbanco - Grupo Promerica employees.
5% for cash payments before the beginning of the program (Only cumulative with USFQ Alumni Scholarship and USFQ Business Contact).
Escuela de Empresas
Offers business programs to improve professional and business performance. It offers master's degrees and executive education that foster the critical thinking necessary to find innovative and current solutions to the challenges faced by organizations.
The non-traditional curriculum combines the liberal arts with the development of the competencies demanded by companies and therefore our graduates are differentiated from others by their ability to interact successfully at the highest level with their peers in Ecuador and the world.
Vision
To be the liberal arts business school of reference in the region.
Mission
To transform individuals into leaders of critical thinking, liberal and entrepreneurial spirit.
Purpose
To create professional wealth through passion for learning, self-management and personal growth.
Our promise
- Improve professional performance with programs that combine academic strength and applicability, liberal arts focus, and business management focused on management-leadership complementarity.
- Transform our participants into critical-thinking leaders to sustainably manage teams and companies.
- Experience the global spirit of international study weeks and enhance the application of diverse contexts in the local reality.
- Access a prestigious network of colleagues, faculty and leaders in the business community.
Master's Degrees
We offer Master's Degrees in Business Administration, accredited by the Association of MBAs - AMBA, Marketing and Banking and Financial Management, in classroom mode.
Business Education
We have certifications, diplomas, certificates, international diplomas, continuing education courses and projects classified in a portfolio of programs open to the public, in-company and consulting, in the areas of quality and productivity, talent development, finance, management and strategy, leadership, marketing and sales; in classroom, hybrid and virtual mode.
Our programs are accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training - IACET and by the International Society for Performance Improvement - ISPI.
Graduate Profile
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Efficiently and productively manage an organization’s human, financial, and physical resources to improve the quality of life for the population.
- Build environmentally friendly organizations focused on sustainability and the restoration of natural resources.
- Design strategies for creating new businesses, as well as for growing and strengthening them.
- Identify unethical behavior in themselves, their colleagues, and their environment in order to correct it and foster behavior committed to the well-being of society.
Distinctive Features
What makes us unique?
- Experiential learning: You’ll learn through hands-on experience, including business consulting, case studies, workshops, and company visits.
- One-on-one career mentoring: A senior mentor will guide you in planning your next career move.
- International weeks: Immerse yourself in entrepreneurship at Babson College in Boston, USA. And once you graduate from the MBA, complete the International Master in Leadership at EADA in Barcelona, Spain.
- Certificate in Authentic Leadership: Earn this internationally recognized certificate by completing immersive leadership experiences such as the Neurotraining Lab.
- AMBA: We are among the exclusive 2% of business schools worldwide that have achieved this prestigious business education accreditation.