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Robert Robertson, Ph.D.
Dean, Akio Morita School of Business
Dr. Robert Robertson holds a Ph.D. in Management and Organization (Stirling University, Scotland); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management Executive Certificate in Innovation and Strategy, Post-Doctoral Professional Certificate, International Business and Leadership (Argosy University); Post Graduate Diploma in International Management-China (University of London); Master of Studies in Law (Vermont Law School); Master of Public Administration (Dalhousie University, Canada); a Master of Arts (Eastern Kentucky University) and a Bachelor of Science (East Tennesse...
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Kwok Shum, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Akio Morita School of Business
Director, Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute
Professor
After earning a Stanford University Master of Science in Engineering degree, Dr. Kwok Shum received his Ph.D. in Management of Technology from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Dr. Shum’s research and teaching interests lie in new technologies, renewable energy industry and deployment, the business of renewable energy and clean technologies. Dr. Shum has taught at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and conducted workshops for the Clinton Foundation’s C40 Large Cities Climate Summit, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Hong Kong Baptist University. He has served as a Reviewer for...
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Andrew E. Honeycutt, DBA
President, Anaheim University
Professor
Dr. Andrew E. Honeycutt, President of Anaheim University, is the recipient of a Harvard University Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree in Marketing and a Boston University Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Organizational Behavior. Dr. Honeycutt has served as Dean of the College of Business and Technology of Argosy University Atlanta, Distinguished Fellow in Business Management at Shorter University, Vice Chairman of Edgenics, Inc. and Senior Partner of the Center fo...
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William Hartley Ph.D.
President Emeritus
Professor
Dr. Hartley's background is a combination of education, private sector work, teaching and consulting. Holding a bachelor's degree, three master's degrees, and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, University of California at Berkeley and University of Wisconsin respectively, Dr. Hartley has had a variety of jobs from administrative manager of the R&D division of a Fortune 500 company to the executive training program of Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan, in addition to owning and operating an art gallery. Dr. Hartley has had an extensive career in higher education, teaching in...
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Caryn Callahan, Ph.D.
Senior Professor
Holding a Harvard University Ph.D. in East Asian Languages in Civilizations with a specialization in Japan and an MBA specializing in Finance-Accounting from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Dr. Caryn Callahan is a former Vice President and International Equity Analyst for Merrill Lynch Japan as well as Financial Analyst for W.R. Grace & Co.. A professor of Anaheim University's Akio Morita School of Business, Dr. Callahan has also taught courses in Corporate Finance, International Business, Organizational Behavior, and Management at Chaminade University in Hawaii. Dr. Ca...
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Carlos Aquino, Ph.D.
Professor
Holding a George Washington University MS in Structural Engineering and a University of Sao Paolo Ph.D. in Sciences and Technology, Dr. Carlos Tasso Eira De Aquino is an accomplished senior executive and educator combining over 25 years of experience in leadership and scholarship in Business, Education, IT, and Engineering. In his executive career, he has been strategically building, managing and guiding diverse teams to solve complex, systemic problems. As an educator, he has taught, developed and supervised, and published relevant research and scholarship. In that area, he is adept at dev...
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Robert Diotalevi, J.D.
Professor
Dr. Robert Diotalevi, Esq., LL.M., is serving in his 17th year as Associate Professor of Legal Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. He was the founding Legal Studies Program coordinator. He has been a lawyer for 33 years as a member of the Massachusetts and Florida bars. He possesses 4 degrees and has been internationally published with over 80 manuscripts in print. In 2009 Dr. Diotalevi had a book published by Cengage. It is entitled “The Florida Paralegal.” As an academician since 1985 he has instructed over 400 courses. Dr. Diotalevi was a professional broadca...
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Mariah Jeffery, Ph.D., CSCP
Professor
Dr. Mariah Jeffery holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida, and is an APICS Certified Supply Chain Practitioner. She has extensive industry experience, consulting on supply chain management and data analytics for Fortune 500 clients, including IBM, Coca-Cola, General Motors, and the United States Postal Service. Dr. Jeffery has expertise in decision analysis, inventory management, predictive analytics, supply chain management and design, logistics, data analytics, operational research and forecasting, stat...
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Tamara Myatt, Ph.D.
Professor
Holding a Ph.D. and Masters in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, Tamara Myatt has spent more than a decade transforming the professional and educational lives of young and disadvantaged people in some of the poorest and most dangerous regions of the world, championing the causes of women, and orchestrating locally and globally scaled initiatives in the business sphere. The specialized focus of her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development was in in women’s entrepreneurship in regions of war. She is currently pursuing advanced studies/research in entrepr...
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Professor
An international educator and business lawyer, Dr. Patricia Ray received two law degrees: a Juris Doctor from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the LLM from the National University of Singapore, as well as a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Ray has worked as a lawyer for the U.S. International Trade Commission litigating international trade claims and later worked as a private corporate lawyer in New York City and Dallas Texas. From 1991 to 1998, Dr. ...
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Chris Raymond, Ph.D.
Professor
Dr. Christopher Raymond earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and later completed an international MBA from École National des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France. After earning his MBA, Dr. Raymond became an economics lecturer in the Management School at Imperial College, London. While there, he also served as Deputy Director of their Executive MBA program.
In 1996, after five years in London, Dr. Raymond moved to Bangkok, Thailand, where he worked as a senior financial analyst and chief economist. In 2009, Dr. Raymond left the private sector and returned to academics, first in Thailand, and later in Cambodia. Dr. Raymond has been at the American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP) since 2015, teaching courses in finance, accounting, economics and statistics.
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Stavros Sindakis, Ph.D.
Professor
With both a Ph.D. and MBA in Strategy, Enterprise & Innovation from the University of Portsmouth, Dr. Stavros Sindakis has made significant contributions to these fields through his research and publications on entrepreneurship and business innovation including his books Entrepreneurial Rise in Southeast Asia, and Analytics, Innovation and Excellence-Driven Enterprise Sustainability, with his third in progress. Dr. Stavros Sindakis is an educator, advisor, mentor and innovator in the fields of business innovation, management, entrepreneurship, and service design and development. As an educator, he has taught in several different countries at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and held a variety of advisory and mentoring positions for students and faculty at numerous schools including the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs and Laureate Online Education.
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Barbara Son, Ph.D.
Professor
Holding a Ph.D. in Urban Business Economics from Portland State University, and a Masters in Urban Affairs with a concentration in Technology, Business, Economics, and Public Administration from Boston University, Dr. Barbara Son is well-experienced in the field of online education and has taught global management at Boeing in Long Beach, DBA at University of Sarasota/Argosy University, MBA at Pepperdine University, operations management at California State University, Northridge, and entrepreneurship and economics at California State University, Los Angeles, as well as served as a site rev...
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Michael Sutton, Ph.D.
Professor
Holding a Ph.D. from McGill University and a Bachelors in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo, Dr. Michael Sutton has been recognized with numerous academic awards, including Westminster College's Faculty & Staff Peer Award, the Gore School of Business - Excellence in Scholarship, and Kent State University's Assoc. Provost, Faculty Affairs & Curriculum - Teaching Excellence. He is widely published in both the academic and practitioner community and has been invited to judge numerous International Game Competitions because of his specialty in experiential and game-bas...
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Professor
Dr. John Wang received a scholarship award to complete his Ph.D. in Business Administration at Temple University in 1990, after earning his M.S. in Systems Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology. In addition to serving as a professor in the Anaheim University Akio Morita School of Business, Dr. John Wang is a professor in the Department of Information and Decision Sciences at Montclair State University. Dr. Wang received his tenure in 1997 and was promoted to full professor in 2000. Professor Wang has published over 100 refereed papers and six books. He has served as session chairm...
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Overview
“Anaheim University has good lecturers and the program structure is great. All the faculty are of course very knowledgeable, but what's more, they are supportive of the students and often go out of their way to help when needed. There are lots of world-class professors. One of Anaheim University's slogans that I like very much is "Students first. Always." And what’s more, there is a bonus that comes with studying at Anaheim University which is the community of other students. It is a very learner-centered environment at Anaheim University.” - JCU SHANGHAI (Ebara-Udylite Co., Ltd.) General Manager Haoyang (Don) Wang
About the Online International MBA
By completing 12 courses (6 core courses in business administration, 4 specialized courses in international business, including a final capstone course at the end of the program, and 2 elective courses in sustainable management and entrepreneurship), you can earn an international MBA online in 18 months.
- Enroll in 1 course, several courses, or complete the entire Online MBA program in approximately 18 months
- Complete all 12 courses and earn your International Master of Business Administration degree through the Anaheim University Akio Morita School of Business.
- Each term is 6 weeks in length, and you may enroll in new courses every 6 weeks.
- During each 6-week term you will be evaluated on your participation in the daily online discussion forum, 2 x 90 minute live online webcam seminars, an Internet Research Assignment, a team project, and a final individual project
- Through the Online Discussion Forum, discuss questions regarding your readings with your professor and fellow students around the world in your free time
- At the end of the 2nd and 5th weeks, join two live 90-minute online webcam seminars
- Develop valuable teamwork skills through a collaborative team project
- The final course of the MBA in International Business program is the International Business capstone, which serves as the culmination of the program. For this capstone requirement, MBA students will conduct a detailed case study based on a real-world challenge.
- Discussion questions and assignments can be tailored to your personal project or work situation
- What you learn today can be used in your job tomorrow
Objectives
The objective of the MBA program is to educate and prepare a diverse group of men and women with the knowledge, analytical ability, and management perspectives and skills needed to provide leadership to organizations competing in a world increasingly characterized by diversity in the workforce, rapid technological change, and a fiercely competitive global marketplace. The Anaheim University MBA is designed to prepare students for careers in management and leadership in both the private and public sectors. Students acquire a comprehensive foundation in the fundamentals of business, the global environment in which they will function, and the analytical tools for intelligent decision-making.
Curriculum
"Studying online is way too underrated. It can be efficient and productive in so many ways that traditional universities cannot keep up with. It was definitely worth the experience."- International MBA Graduate Thanh-Phong Huynh
In the Anaheim University Akio Morita School of Business Online International Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program, you will take 12 courses: six core courses, four specialized courses in international business (including the required International Business Capstone Course at the end of your program), and two elective courses in sustainable management and entrepreneurship.
Courses are taught in an accelerated semester format. Each term is 6 weeks in length, and you may enroll in new courses every 6 weeks. You have the option of enrolling in 1 course, several courses, or the entire MBA program. Students completing the 12 courses will be conferred the Master of Business Administration degree by Anaheim University.
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Course Schedule
"The online solution was perfect for me. Anaheim University provides the benefit of bringing in high-end faculty even though you may be located in a remote area and for a very reasonable tuition fee. I like to model systems and their functional mechanisms. The MBA helped me to model the organization and put relations in all parts. This is very effective when it comes to optimizing the organization itself and all its processes.” – Hachette Collections Japan President Eric
MBA in International Business Course Schedule 2021
Live online webcam seminars are 120 minutes; the first hour is led by an expert speaker and the final hour is for professor-led discussion. All times are California/Pacific Time. Please note the schedule is subject to change.
Graduate Certificate students choose any 3 out of the 10 courses offered in the International Business program.
All online class times are California/Pacific Time. Please note that California observes Daylight Savings Time each year from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.
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Tuition & Fees
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MBA in International Business Program Fees
Affordable Pay-As-You-Learn System: Pay for only one course at a time, or receive a 10% discount on tuition by paying 100% of your program fees at the time you enroll.
| Application and Registration Fees | |
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| Application Fee (Non-refundable after 7 days) |
$ 75 |
| Registration Fee (Non-refundable after 7 days) |
$100 |
| STRF Fee* (non-refundable, CA residents only) | $ 40 |
| Per Course Fees | |
| Tuition Fee ($375 per credit x three credits) |
$1,125/course taken |
| Records Fee | $ 200 / term |
| Per Course Fee Total: | $1,325 |
| Additional Fees | |
| Transfer Credit Fee | $ 75/course (Optional) |
| Original Transcript | No cost |
| Each Additional Transcript Copy | $ 25 |
| End of Program Fees | |
| Replacement Diploma | $ 200 (Optional) |
| Replacement Cover | $ 75 (Optional) |
| Course Completion Letter | $ 35 (optional) |
| Degree Program Total | $16,075* |
Meet the Experts
Meet Acclaimed Marketing Expert Philip Kotler
Meet Hideo Morita, Son of Sony Founder Akio Morita
Meet Nissan/Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn
Meet BodyGlove Co-Founder Bob Meistrell
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Live Seminars & Video Interviews: Business
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Joe Hideo Morita |
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Eriko Kawai, MBA |
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Carlos Ghosn Click here to see the video webcast of Carlos Ghosn's seminar |
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Dr. Junichi Endo Nissan Senior Vice-President, Global Marketing and Sales Management - The Nissan Way |
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Lawnie Shults Click here to see the video webcast of Lawnie Shults' seminar |
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Steven Birdsall, MBA |
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Dr. Masakatsu Mori |
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Dr. Masakatsu Mori Accenture Japan Chairman Competitiveness of Japan in a Global Age |
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Maartin Albarda Click here to see the video webcast of Maartin Albarda's seminar |
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Trevor Hill, MBA Audi Division Volkswagen Investment Executive Director & Anaheim University MBA Graduate Branding in China |
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Mitsuhiro Jinguji, MBA Michelin Japan Training Manager & Anaheim University MBA Graduate The Michelin Group and My Challenge in Japan |
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Minoru Fukumoto, MBA |
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William Leizerowicz Cisco Systems Engineer & Anaheim University MBA Student Project Management |
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Dr. Kouji Ohboshi |
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Dr. Kouji Ohboshi NTT DoCoMo Founding President Knowledge is Power: How I Created NTT DoCoMo |
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Yoshihiko Uzawa, MBA |
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Miyako Tanaka-Oulevey |
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Michelle Kristula-Green President, Leo Burnett Asia Advertising Agency 20 Years of Ups and Downs Working in the Asian Fast Lane Click here to see video webcast of Michelle Kristula-Green's Seminar |
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Michelle Kristula-Green Leo Burnett Asia Pacific Region President Working For a Multi-National Company in Asia |
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Dr. Shinji Fukukawa Dentsu Executive Advisor & Former First Secretary to Prime Minister Ohira Emerging Trends in Globalization |
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Dr. Tsuyoshi Taira Sanyo Semiconductor USA Former President Learn from Failure |
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Dr. Kaoru Hayama Union Bank of California Former Charman Currency Movements in the U.S. and Japan |
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Dr. Kaoru Hayama Union Bank of California Former Chairman Corporate Governance |
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Eric Duchemin, MBA
Managing Director, Hachette Collections Japan KK & Anaheim University MBA graduate How I established a French Company in Japan |
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Hitoko Takeda Nikkei Business Publications Executive Managing Director Don't Run Away From Yourself |
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Thordur Aegir Oskarsson Icelandic Ambassador to Japan Iceland in a Globalized World |
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Terrie Lloyd |
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Dr. Julio Garcia
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Anthony Willoughby I Will Not Complain (IWNC) Japan Founder Territorial Mapping: Using indigenous management and leadership wisdom to survive and thrive in hostile business environments. |
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Hiroshi Ishida |
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Peter Barakan |
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Mark Saft Click here to see the video webcast of Mark Saft's video webcast |
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Robert Chu, MBA Value-Click Japan New Business Development Internet Marketing |
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Dr. Brian Connett Click here to see the video webcast of Brian Connett's seminar |
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Dr. Andrew Honeycutt Click here to see the video webcast of Dr. Honeycutt's seminar |
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Dr. Irwin Gross |
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Andre Crump, MBA TCB Cafe President & CEO Marketing |
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Chris Phelan Vanten CEO How Global Online Japan Was Founded |
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Keiichi Kojima Staff Service Group General Manager Marketing the Study Abroad Business |
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Robert Garrity, MS Click here to see the video webcast of Robert Garrity's seminar on Entrepreneurship |
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Robert Garrity Click here to see the video webcast of Robert Garrity's seminar on Entrepreneurship |
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John Lowe |
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Teisuke Akamatsu Attorney, Akamatsu International Law Office International Law |
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Natsuko Toda Click here to see the video webcast of Natsuko Toda's seminar |
Where Graduates Work
Anaheim University MBA students and graduates are speaking the Global Business Language of multinational companies:
| 3M | Enterprise Florida | National Basketball Association (NBA) |
| Accenture | Ericsson | Nissan |
| Accrediting Bureau of Health Education | Exxon Mobil | Nokia Siemens |
| Agfa-Gevaert | Fidelity Investments | Nokia Technologies |
| All Nippon Airways (ANA) | Fujitsu | Nomura Research Institute |
| Asahi Newspaper | Fujitsu Semiconductor | Nomura Securities |
| Audi | GE Consumer Finance | Novartis Pharma |
| Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) | GE Healthcare | Oracle |
| Bank of Japan | Goldman Sachs | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
| Barclay’s Investment Bank | Hewlett-Packard | Pearson Publishing |
| Bayer Medical | Hitachi | Pioneer Corporation |
| BearingPoint | HMV | Quintiles |
| Beckman Coulter | Hokkaido Prefectural Government | Rakuten |
| Bosch Rexroth Corporation | Honda Electron | Recruit |
| British Airways | Hyatt Hotels | Samsung Electronics |
| British Telecom | IBM | Sanofi Aventis |
| Canon | Intel | SAP |
| Cisco Systems | KDDI | Schlumberger |
| Citigroup | Kirin Brewery Company | Seiko Epson |
| City of Atlanta | Kubota Corporation | Shinsei Bank |
| Cox Communications | Kyocera-Maruzen | Siemens Healthcare |
| Daiichi Sankyo | LaCoste & Aigle Japan | SMBC Trust Bank |
| DB Schenker | Lenovo | Southern California Edison |
| Dell | Macmillan Publishing | Sony |
| Deutsche Bank | Marubeni | Sony Mobile Communications |
| Deutsche Securities | McDonald's | Stahl Thyssenkrupp |
| Dow Chemical | Mercedes Benz Finance | Sumitomo Corporation |
| Dow Jones Intl. | Merrill Lynch | ThermoFisher Scientific |
| Dun & Bradstreet | Michelin | Toyota |
| EDS | Microsoft | UBS |
| Embassy of Australia | Mitsubishi Electric | Unisys |
| Embassy of Canada | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Volkswagen Investment Co. |
| Embassy of Haiti | Mitsui Chemicals | Water Corporation |
| Embassy of the Philippines | Morgan Stanley | Zurich Insurance Company |
| Embassy of Zimbabwe |
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Entrance Requirements
An application for a International MBA must include the following:
- Application form
- Application fee ($75)
- One recent color photograph (digital is okay)
- A scan of a current, government-issued photo ID
- Current resume
- Official undergraduate transcripts from an accredited institution recognized by the US Department of Education and/or CHEA, or by the government of the country in which the degree was awarded, in a sealed envelope from the awarding institution with an overall GPA of no less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent from non-USA Institutions.
( Note: If the university does not routinely issue transcripts in English, original language records must be submitted with official English translations. We will accept translations issued by the university or by the following professional translation services: Accredited Language Services; Berlitz; Liaison Linguistics; Josef Silny & Associates; American Evaluation & Translation Services (AETS); and Education Evaluators International. Translations must be exact and complete versions of the original records.)
Non-native English speakers must demonstrate college-level proficiency in one of the following ways:
- Degree from an accredited institution where English is the primary language of instruction.
- Transcript from an accredited institution indicating completion of at least 30 semester hours of credit where the language of instruction was English (“B” average)
- Transcript from an accredited institution indicating a “B” or higher in an English composition class.
- A minimum TOEFL score of 530 PBT / 197 CBT/ 71 iBT.
- A minimum TOEIC score of 800.
- A minimum IELTS score of 6.5.
- A minimum PTE (Pearson Test of English Academic Score Report) of 50.
- A minimum BULATS Level 3 (60), accepted only for Cultura Inglesa in Brazil.
- A minimum grade of Level 3 on the ACT COMPASS’s English as a Second Language Placement Test.
- A minimum grade of Pre-1 on the Eiken English Proficiency Exam.
- A minimum B2 English proficiency level identified within the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Standards and assessed through various ESOL examinations, including the University of Cambridge.
Once your application materials have been approved, you will need to submit an Enrollment Agreement and tuition payment to complete the enrollment process.
Internet Access: All students are required to have access to a computer equipped with Internet access capabilities.
Entrance Examination: There is no entrance examination required for admission to Anaheim University.
Transfer Credits: Anaheim University will accept up to two graduate semester classes or 6 units awarded by another institution toward a Masters in Entrepreneurship; International MBA, Diploma or Certificate; and Sustainable Management MBA, Diploma or Certificate at Anaheim University. The entering student will be required to clearly demonstrate the equivalency of a transfer course through relevant documents (syllabus, catalog, course outline) and justify its acceptance through petition. No course will be considered for transfer with a grade lower than a “B” or its equivalent. Petitions are directed to the specific Dean for the affected program. There is a fee of $75 per course of credit transferred, and the overall program cost will be adjusted to reflect credit for the approved class(es). All petitions for transfer credit must be submitted as part of the student’s initial application to the University. Credits awarded as part of another degree will not be accepted for transfer.
Prior Experiential Credit: Anaheim University will not extend experiential credit to any student.
We currently do not accept students who reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island due to regulatory matters. For more information, please call our Vice President of Administrative Affairs at 714-772-3330.
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How to Apply
The steps below are general guidelines for joining a program at Anaheim University. Just complete the following steps and, if approved, become part of Anaheim University's global community within 2 weeks.
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