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Incoming Evening students
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Evening MBA Program
Bring Booth’s distinctive way of thinking to the decisions you’re making at work right now.
Think earning a Chicago Booth MBA means pausing your career? Think again.
Our top-ranked Evening MBA Program gives you the same curriculum and world-class faculty as our Full-Time MBA, grounded in the same Chicago Approach™—so you can apply Booth’s data-driven, inquiry-first thinking to the challenges you’re facing at work today, and lead with more confidence tomorrow.
Evening MBA classes meet once a week, Monday through Friday, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Gleacher Center in the heart of downtown Chicago. As an Evening MBA student here, you’ll study alongside a collaborative community of bold, goal-oriented peers who challenge you to do your best work.
Is an Evening MBA Right for You?
Our Evening MBA classes are designed for professionals based in Chicago or the surrounding area who want to stay fully employed while earning their degree and prefer a weeknight class schedule to a weekend one.
If you’re Chicago-based, looking to expand the scope of in-person connections in your field and others, and want to apply what you learn immediately, this is your next community to join.
Data points above are from our 2025 Part-Time MBA class profile.
The Benefits of Booth’s Evening MBA
The Benefits of Booth’s Evening MBA
The Evening MBA Program is built around the same standards as every Booth program, with a few structural advantages designed specifically for professionals who want to stay in the office, not on a screen.
- Maximum curriculum freedom: LEAD is the only mandatory component, giving you a more open course of study than programs built around more structured, prescribed curricula. Tailor your studies based on your own interests and goals.
- Real classroom attendance rather than remote-first delivery, so you get face-to-face debate with classmates and direct, in-person access to top faculty—with weekend flexibility available for those who need it, unlike programs that lean more heavily on remote coursework.
- A weeknight structure that lets you build your MBA around a standard 9-to-5 schedule, spreading coursework across the week so you can consistently balance your professional and academic goals.
- 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.
Evening MBA Format
2.5–3
Average Years to Complete Program
8
Total Number of Years Allowed to Complete Degree
8
2
Average Number of Courses per Quarter
20
Required Number of Courses to Complete Your Degree*
20
130+
Courses to Choose From
130+
16
Concentrations to Choose From
16
40+
Student Groups
40+
300+
Student-Life Events per Year
300+*Plus Leadership Exploration and Development (LEAD)
Evening MBA Schedule
An Evening MBA is incredibly beneficial for working professionals who want to enhance their careers without taking a break from work. This format enables you to apply newly acquired knowledge in real-time, making your MBA experience more practical while enhancing your leadership skills.
- Classes are held on weeknights from 6 to 9 p.m. at Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago
- Each class meets once per week
- Option to take online courses
- Option to take daytime classes as your schedule permits at the Harper Center in Hyde Park
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Part-Time MBA Career Impact
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Part-Time MBA Admissions
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Part-Time MBA Admissions
Part-Time MBA Cost
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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 Evening MBA is a great option for those living/working in the Chicagoland area who want to work and get their MBA concurrently and prefer taking classes on weeknights.
Evening MBA classes take place Monday through Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. Each class meets one night per week, and most Evening students take two courses per quarter.
Gleacher Center, downtown Chicago. Want to learn more about our downtown Chicago campus? Visit our Gleacher Center page.
Yes. While Evening students have priority course registration over weeknight courses at Gleacher Center, they are also able to enroll in daytime Full-Time MBA courses and Saturday courses with the Weekend MBA students if seats remain available in those courses. The program is very flexible, and it is not uncommon for Evening students to take courses on Saturdays as well.
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