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Specialized Masters Programs

Build business career momentum for life.

Two Specialized Paths to Success. One Rigorous Chicago Booth Foundation.

Booth’s specialized masters programs—the Master in Management Program and the Asness and Liew Master in Finance Program—are designed for recent graduates who are ready to turn their academic strengths into professional impact.

Through a rigorous, transformative curriculum taught by world-class faculty, students build business fluency, analytical depth, and career momentum that starts immediately and grows throughout their careers.

What Is a Specialized Masters Program?

A specialized masters program is a graduate-level degree focused on a specific field or industry. They provide in-depth expertise and practical skills tailored to a particular profession, helping students advance or switch careers in their chosen domain.

In the specialized masters programs at Chicago Booth, high-achieving recent college graduates build on their academic experience at one of the world’s most respected business schools, taught by world-class faculty whose ideas shape today’s global business landscape.

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Tap Your Career Potential with a World-Class Business Education

A Booth degree opens doors around the globe.

Graduates of Booth’s business masters programs launch their careers across consulting, finance, technology, analytics, strategy, and business operations. Employers value Booth graduates not just for what they know, but for how they think—analytically, independently, and with confidence and clarity in complex situations.

Students develop capabilities that support:

  • Enhanced early career opportunities
  • Faster progression into roles with greater responsibility
  • Adaptability as industries, technologies, and careers evolve

This is an education designed not only to launch your early career, but to support sustained success over your entire professional journey.

Tap Your Career Potential with a World-Class Business Education
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What It’s Like to Be a Specialized Masters Student

What It’s Like to Be a Specialized Masters Student

A shared journey from Boothcamp to graduation.

Specialized masters students experience Booth as a cohort, taking their educational journey together as a tight-knit peer group. The result is a collaborative student experience, grounded in shared intellectual challenge, mutual support, and meaningful connection, that continues well beyond graduation. 

See what it's like to be a specialized masters student at Booth. 

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Two Paths. One Booth Mindset.

Our specialized masters programs share a common Booth foundation:

  • Rigorous core coursework combined with intensive specialized classes
  • Faculty at the forefront of research and practice
  • An academic environment grounded in real-world relevance
Master in Management
 Master in Finance
Designed for recent college graduates who:
  • Are high-achieving and seeking to learn the fundamentals of business.
  • Studied the liberal arts, STEM, or business-related fields in college and want to create a successful career in business. 
  • Want to build broad business and analytical skills and learn how they can apply them to solve complex business problems. 
 Designed for recent college graduates who:
  • Are from a quantitative field of study and want to build the rigorous financial foundation needed to succeed in demanding, data-driven roles.
  • Want deep, technical, and analytical training in finance so they can evaluate investments, manage risk, and make informed financial decisions.
  • Are preparing for careers in finance-focused roles and want the skills and confidence to launch and accelerate careers in investment banking, asset management, private equity, fintech, corporate finance, or other related fields.
Time to Complete:
10 months		 Time to Complete:
15 months
Program Kickoff: 
Both programs begin with the Boothcamp experience in August, a two-week experience full of academic, career, and professional development training. Boothcamp has a rigorous academic schedule taught by Booth professors Lara Kattan and Kathleen Fitzgerald. While they are not credit courses, they are an important part of Boothcamp.
Core Courses:
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  • Business Statistics
  • Financial Accounting
  • Microeconomics
  • Managerial Decision Modeling
  • Managerial Psychology
 Core Courses:
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  • Investments
  • Corporation Finance
  • Financial Analytics
  • Accounting and Financial Analysis
Electives:
5
Specialize or Customize
Select five electives from more than 100 options. Create a personalized academic experience, or focus your choices within one of six Areas of Specialization:
  • Analytics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Global Innovation and Impact*
  • Marketing
  • Strategic Management
*Requires three courses, and there is an additional cost for this Area of Specialization.		 Electives:
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Specialize or Customize
Select nine electives from more than 100 options. Create a personalized academic experience, or focus your choices within one of three Areas of Specialization:
  • Asset Management
  • Investment Banking
  • Fintech

In both programs, core courses establish essential foundations, while specialized and elective coursework allows students to build deeper, focused expertise—creating an education shaped around individual goals within a shared, intellectually demanding environment.

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An Academic Experience That Evolves with the World

Learn how to think, not what to think, about business.

At Booth, the curriculum is never static. Faculty bring cutting-edge research, real-world application, and industry insight directly into the classroom, creating an academic experience that evolves as the world changes, alongside markets, organizations, and technology.

Students develop a number of skills, including:

  • Strong judgment
  • Analytical rigor
  • Problem-solving skills

These strengths extend far beyond any single role or industry—preparing students to navigate complexity throughout their careers.

An Academic Experience That Evolves with the World

Learn From the Best in the Field

Our faculty’s ideas shape global business practice. They’ll shape your thinking as well.

Booth faculty are among the world’s most respected scholars and teachers, known for intellectual independence and real-world relevance. Meet some of the faculty members who teach in our specialized masters programs. 

Baris Ata

Baris Ata

Sigmund E. Edelstone Distinguished Service Professor of Operations Management and Applied AI

Baris Ata

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Study in the City That Works for You

Opportunity, energy, and a supportive environment for learning.

Chicago is a global business hub and a city where Booth students live, learn, and build community. Chicago offers access to:

  • Top firms
  • Diverse industries
  • Vibrant, welcoming neighborhoods
  • Myriad professional opportunities

Courses take place at Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago and Harper Center in historic Hyde Park, offering a fully integrated University of Chicago experience across two distinctive settings.

Study in the City That Works for You

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