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Weekend MBA Program
Turn your weekends into your boldest career move yet.
Earn a world-class weekend MBA degree without putting your career on hold.
With our flexible curriculum and weekend schedule, the Booth Weekend MBA Program is ideal for curious, high-potential professionals from all corners of the United States.
Advance in your career while earning an MBA from the best academic business school in the world. The Booth Weekend MBA Program combines the world’s most flexible MBA curriculum with a class schedule that fits your needs. In our collaborative community, you’ll build the knowledge and skills to rise to any business challenge and propel yourself to the next level.
Earn a Booth MBA Without Relocating
Chicago Booth’s Weekend MBA Program is designed for professionals across the United States who want to earn a world-class MBA while continuing to live and work where they are.
Eighty-two percent of Weekend MBA students travel to our downtown Chicago campus each weekend from outside Illinois—from states including California, Texas, New York, and beyond—choosing Booth over programs closer to home.
To make that commute work, students traveling in from outside Chicago get priority registration for Friday evening and Saturday courses, so they can secure the schedule they need first. The result is a cohort that’s as geographically diverse as it is professionally diverse, with students arriving from across the country and from a wide range of industries.
The Benefits of Booth’s Weekend MBA
The Benefits of Booth’s Weekend MBA
A Weekend MBA from Booth has the same faculty, the same curriculum, the same diploma as all of Booth’s MBA Programs—on a schedule built for your career.
- The same Chicago Approach™ as every Booth MBA Program—training that teaches you to question assumptions and test ideas with data and rigorous analysis, rather than rely on conventional wisdom or a fixed playbook, so you leave knowing how to think through any business problem, not just execute a template.
- Access to the same world-class faculty and global alumni network as Full-Time MBA students.
- A concentrated single day of classes, so your weekdays stay focused on your career.
- The full MBA degree and the full academic experience that every MBA student finds at Booth.
The Weekend MBA Format
Our Weekend MBA format is designed to fit a demanding career, not compete with it. Here’s what a typical path through the program looks like—from time to completion to the weekend MBA courses and concentrations you’ll choose along the way.
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Weekend MBA Schedule
The Weekend MBA format provides a concentrated schedule that you can tailor to your lifestyle. It is an excellent choice for those who commute from different regions of the country or for those who live nearby and prefer flexibility of weekend studies.
- Classes are offered on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., as well as Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m. (shared with Evening MBA students)
- All classes are held at Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago with convenient hotel options within a few blocks
- Experience a complete day dedicated to studying and engaging with your peers
- Meet with student groups or partake in events on Saturdays during lunch hour
- Each class meets once per week and some courses are offered online
- Take daytime classes on weekdays as your schedule permits at Harper Center in Hyde Park
Traveling to Chicago
Traveling to Chicago
Eighty-two percent of Weekend MBA students choose to travel to our downtown Chicago campus each weekend. They come from California, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin, and beyond. They’re not settling for whatever program is closest to home. They’re choosing the one that is worth the trip.
Traveling to campus is built into the experience:
- Free shuttle service to and from Midway and O’Hare airports before and after class on Saturdays.
- Discounted rates at nearby downtown Chicago hotels.
- Saturday access to student events, faculty, the administrative office, academic advisors, and Career Services.
Most out-of-town students arrive Saturday morning, attend two classes, and still have time to study, network, and socialize before leaving town. Weekend students can also take a Friday evening course if their schedule allows. Students within driving distance often carpool with classmates from the same area.
For more information about who commutes from where, see our Class Profile.
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Part-Time MBA Class Profile
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Part-Time MBA Student Experience
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Part-Time MBA Admissions
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Part-Time MBA Scholarships and Financial Aid
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Application Deadlines
Autumn Quarter: June 5, 2026 (Evening MBA and Weekend MBA)
Winter Quarter: September 25, 2026 (Evening MBA and Weekend MBA)
Spring Quarter: January 8, 2027 (Evening MBA and Weekend MBA)
Frequently Asked Questions
The Weekend MBA is the right choice if you prefer a concentrated Saturday schedule over weeknight classes, or if you live outside the Chicago area and plan to travel to campus each weekend. Eighty-two percent of Weekend MBA students travel to our downtown Chicago campus each weekend from outside Illinois. Whether you are in Chicagoland or elsewhere in the US, if Saturday courses are best for your schedule, the Weekend MBA is a great fit.
The Weekend MBA draws professionals from across the US who want to earn a top-ranked MBA without relocating. The program is a good fit for high-achieving professionals who prefer a concentrated weekend schedule over weeknight coursework.
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