Our JD/MBA Dual Degree program allows UK Juris Doctorate candidates to earn their MBA degree in parallel while earning their JD degree in three years, at a significant tuition discount.
Benefits
The benefits of pursuing our Dual Degree JD/MBA includes but are not limited to:
- Expanded career options, providing the knowledge and credentials to excel in business law-related fields or launch your own practice.
- Improved effectiveness in terms of the ability to work effectively across an organization, manage others, interface with different business functions, and as the case may apply, understand your clients' businesses.
- Expanded personal and professional network
Program Schedule
Juris Doctorate (JD) candidates interested in pursuing our JD MBA Dual Degree program have two options:
- Participate in our Full Time MBA, for a more immersive MBA experience in conjunction with their law education.
- Participate in our Part Time MBA, for a more flexible MBA experience in conjunction with their law education.
Option 1: Our Full Time MBA program consists of 51 Credit Hours in total. For our JD MBA Dual Degree, 38 credit hours will be earned in our MBA program and 13 credit hours will be shared with the JD degree. The following schedule is the typical cadence of courses for our JD MBA dual degree candidates. The year corresponds with our MBA program, accepted JD candidates start our MBA program after their first year of their law school.
| Year | Year 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester | Summer | Fall | Spring | |||
| Course | 2-week Module | 8-week Module | 1st 8-week Module | 2nd 8-week Module | 1st 8-week Module | 2nd 8-week Module |
| DIS 651: Quantitative Analysis in Business Decision Making | ||||||
| ECO 610: Managerial Economics | ||||||
| MGT 697 Leadership, Communications and Ethics | ||||||
| MGT 699: Business Policy Strategy | ||||||
| MBA 630: Professional Development | ||||||
| ACC 628: Managerial & Financial Accounting | ||||||
| MKT 600: Marketing Management | ||||||
| MGT 610 Global Business Management (Evening) | ||||||
| MBA 640: Project Management I | ||||||
| MBA Elective #1 | ||||||
| FIN 600: Corporate Financial Policy | ||||||
| MGT 611: Managing Effective Organizations | ||||||
| MBA Elective #2 | ||||||
Option 2: Our Part Time MBA program consists of 36 Credit Hours in total. For our JD MBA Dual Degree, 27 credit hours will be earned in our MBA program and 9 credit hours will be shared with the JD degree. The following schedule is the typical cadence of courses for our JD MBA dual degree candidates. Our Part Time MBA courses are offered weekday evenings, from 6-8:30 p.m. The year corresponds with our MBA program, accepted JD candidates start our MBA program after their first year of their law school.
| Year | Year 1 | Year 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester | Fall | Spring | Fall | Spring |
| Course | ||||
| ACC 628: Managerial & Financial Accounting | ||||
| ECO 610: Managerial Economics | ||||
| DIS 651: Quantitative Analysis in Business Decision Making | ||||
| FIN 600: Corporate Financial Policy | ||||
| MKT 600: Marketing Management | ||||
| MGT 610 Global Business Management* | ||||
| MGT 699: Business Policy Strategy | ||||
| MBA Elective Courses (2 Required)* | ||||
*Can be completed in any of the semesters highlighted.
Multiple Law courses are approved as shared elective courses towards our MBA degree.
Application and Tuition Guidance
Candidates interested in applying for our Dual Degree JD/MBA apply in their first year of Law School. Interested candidates first need approval from the College of Law to apply. Those approved, follow our standard application process which can be found here.
Tuition for MBA courses for our Dual Degree graduate students is at a reduced amount of $250 per credit hour.
Connect with Us
Karla Schiebel
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Executive Director and Assistant Dean, Professional Resource Center
(859) 257-7645
karla.schiebel@uky.edu
Jennifer Bird-Pollan, J.D. MBA
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Judge William T. Lafferty Professor of Law
J. David Rosenberg College of Law
University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY 40506
859.257.3325 (office) | jbirdpollan@uky.edu
