Program Overview

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University Programs

The university offers a range of programs, including:

• Undergraduate Business
• Master of Science in Management
• Master of Accounting
• MBA Programs
• PhD Program
• Executive Development
• Tar Heel Business Academy
• Recruiters and Companies
• Current Students
• Give to UNC Kenan-Flagler

MBA Programs

The MBA programs offered by the university include:

• Full-Time MBA
• Evening Executive MBA
• Weekend Executive MBA
• Charlotte Executive MBA
• Online MBA

Full-Time MBA

The Full-Time MBA program offers:

• Admissions
  • Apply Now
  • Class Profile
  • Requirements & Deadlines
  • FAQs
  • International Applicants
  • Veteran Applicants
  • Events, Visits & Interviews
  • Campus Visits and Office Hours
  • Interviews
  • Getting to Campus
  • On-Demand Webinars
  • Tuition & Financial Aid
  • Fellowships and Scholarships
  • NC Residency
  • Student Loans
  • MBA Student Ambassadors
• Academics
  • Dual Degree MBA
  • Pre-MBA Programming
  • Curriculum Overview
  • Experiential & Co-Curricular
  • STAR
  • Student-Managed Funds
  • Case Competitions
  • Global Opportunities
  • Our Faculty
  • Academic Calendar
• Concentrations
  • Business Analytics & Management Science
  • Capital Markets & Investments
  • Consulting
  • Corporate Finance
  • Energy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Family Enterprise Focus
  • Healthcare
  • Managing People and Organizations
  • Marketing
  • Operations Management
  • Real Estate
  • Sustainable Enterprise
  • Technology Innovation and Product Management
• Career & Leadership
  • Career Support
  • Leadership
  • Recruiting & Employment
  • Vetter Fellows
• Student Experience
  • Success Stories
  • Consortium at UNC
  • Our Inclusive Community
  • Student Clubs and Partnerships
  • Student Conferences
  • Living in Chapel Hill

Evening Executive MBA

The Evening Executive MBA program offers:

• Admissions
  • Apply Now
  • Requirements & Deadlines
  • Class Visits/Events
  • Tuition & Financial Aid
  • Veteran's Benefits
  • FAQs
• Academics
  • Schedule
  • Curriculum
    • Customized Electives
  • Faculty
  • Global Entrepreneurship Lab
• Career & Leadership
  • Career Support
  • Leadership Experience
• Student Experience
  • Success Stories

Weekend Executive MBA

The Weekend Executive MBA program offers:

• Admissions
  • Apply Now
  • Requirements & Deadlines
  • Class Visits/Events
  • Tuition & Financial Aid
  • Veteran's Benefits
  • FAQs
• Academics
  • Schedule
  • Curriculum
    • Customized Electives
  • Faculty
  • Global Entrepreneurship Lab
• Career & Leadership
  • Career Support
  • Leadership Experience
• Student Experience
  • Success Stories

Charlotte Executive MBA

The Charlotte Executive MBA program offers:

• Admissions
  • Apply Now
  • Requirements & Deadlines
  • Admissions Events
  • Tuition & Financial Aid
  • Veteran's Benefits
  • FAQs
• Academics
  • Schedule
  • Curriculum
    • Customized Electives
  • Faculty
• Career & Leadership
  • Career Support
  • Leadership Experience
• Student Experience
  • Success Stories

Online MBA

The Online MBA program offers:

• Admissions
  • Apply Now
  • Application Requirements
  • Tuition & Financial Aid
  • Events
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Academics
  • Curriculum
    • Customized Electives
  • MBA Concentrations
  • Global and Experiential Programs
  • Featured Faculty
  • Graduate Certificates
• Concentrations
  • Data Analytics and Decision Making
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Management and Leadership
  • Marketing
  • Strategy and Consulting
• Career & Leadership
  • Is an MBA worth it?
• Student Experience
  • Student Resources
  • Student Stories

Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship concentration fosters a culture of entrepreneurship at UNC. As an MBA enrichment concentration, our focus is not on job placement. Instead, our goal is to establish the leading U.S. business school-based entrepreneurship program that prepares you to build an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully transition to entrepreneurship through the course of your career.

Course Offerings

Upon completion of foundation courses, you can immerse yourself in specialty entrepreneurship electives covering the founder, funder, and operator/growth executive competencies.

• Founder
  • Entrepreneurs Lab (ELab)
  • Innovation and Design Thinking
  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship
  • New Ventures Discovery
  • StartUp Consulting
• Funder
  • Business Plan Analysis
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Private Equity
  • Venture Capital Valuation and Deal Structure
• Operator/Growth Executive
  • Commercializing Emerging Technologies
  • Managing Growing Enterprises
  • Strategic Innovation
  • Strategy in High Velocity Markets

Who's Teaching

The faculty members teaching in the Entrepreneurship concentration include:

• Scott Albert
• Chris Bingham
• Joe Daly
• Jan Davis
• Tim Flood
• Mitch Mumma
• Atul Nerkar
• Patrick Vernon
• Ted Zoller

Key Resources

The Entrepreneurship concentration offers several key resources, including:

• UNC Kenan-Flagler Private Equity Fund: This is the only student-run fund associated with a top-tier business school that seeks to provide real returns to its limited partners.
• Faculty, Entrepreneurs In Residence (EIRS) and Practicing Entrepreneurs: UNC Kenan-Flagler faculty are dedicated to making the complex world of entrepreneurship accessible and tangible.
• UNC Kenan-Flagler alumni: Our globally active network of 1,150+ entrepreneurship alumni currently work as serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalist/private equity investors, and intrapreneurs in high-growth businesses.
• Carolina Angel Network (CAN): CAN connects alumni, donors, parents, and other members of the UNC-Chapel Hill’s entrepreneurial community with promising UNC-affiliated, early-stage, private companies for the purpose of providing advice and funding.

Co-Curricular Offerings

The Entrepreneurship concentration offers several co-curricular opportunities, including:

• Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club
• Carolina Challenge
• 1789 Venture Lab
• Launch Chapel Hill
• 1 Million Cups
• Venture Capital Investment Competition
• Kenan-Flagler Private Equity Funds
• Innovate Carolina
• Small Business Technology Development Center

Select Experiential Programs

The Entrepreneurship concentration offers several experiential programs, including:

• Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC): Founded at UNC Kenan-Flagler in 1998, VCIC attracts 1,200 MBA students from 60 global business schools, providing a unique opportunity for students to learn about venture capital funding by acting as venture capitalists and evaluating real startup ventures.
• The Junction and Launch Chapel Hill: The University’s startup and innovation hub on Franklin Street sponsors events and hosts Launch Chapel Hill, the longest-standing accelerator in Research Triangle.
• New Ventures Discover: Working in concert with our accelerator, Launch Chapel Hill, to provide hands-on coaching and mentoring, this series of courses in feasibility, business planning, and financing teaches, empowers, and inspires entrepreneurial teams to launch new enterprises with substantial market and social impact.

Select Notable Alumni

Some notable alumni of the Entrepreneurship concentration include:

• Susan Acker-Walsh: CREO, Inc., Founder
• Phaedra Boinodiris: IBM, Operator/Growth Executive
• Joseph Colopy: Serial Entrepreneur, Founder
• Joe Darcy: Volvo Venture Capital, Operator/Growth Executive
• Robin Richards Donohoe: Draper Richards Foundation, Funder
• David Jones: Bull City Ventures, Funder
• Jason Kilar: Hulu, Founder
• Sophia Lopez: Kaleido, Founder
• Mike Maser: Big Sky Health, Founder
• Tim McLoughlin: Cofounders Capital, Funder
• Whitnie Narcisse: First Round Capital, Funder
• Julian Robertson: Tiger Management, Founder
• Amit Singh: Spectraforce, Founder
• Z. Biri Singh: Imply, Operator/Growth Executive
• Dough Speight: AnnexTech Partners, Founder
• Bill Starling: Synergy Life Science Partners, Founder
• Sumit Vohra: Lonerider Brewing Company, Founder
• Napoleon Wallace: Partners in Equity & Activest, Founder
• Matt Williamson: Windsor Circle, Founder
• Tucker York: Goldman Sachs, Operator/Growth Executive
• Z. Biri Singh: Imply, Operator/Growth Executive

PhD Program

The PhD program at UNC Kenan-Flagler is designed to prepare students for careers in research and academia. The program offers a range of specializations, including:

• Accounting
• Finance
• Management
• Marketing
• Operations
• Organizational Behavior

Admissions

The admissions process for the PhD program includes:

• Application submission
• Review of application materials
• Interviews with faculty members
• Admission decision

Curriculum

The PhD program curriculum includes:

• Core courses in research methods and theory
• Specialized courses in the student's area of interest
• Elective courses
• Dissertation research and writing

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the PhD program have gone on to careers in:

• Academia
• Research
• Consulting
• Industry

Executive Development

The Executive Development program at UNC Kenan-Flagler offers a range of non-degree programs for executives and professionals. These programs are designed to help participants develop new skills and knowledge in areas such as:

• Leadership
• Strategy
• Finance
• Marketing
• Operations

Programs

The Executive Development program offers a range of programs, including:

• Executive MBA
• Executive Education
• Custom Programs
• Open Enrollment Programs

Admissions

The admissions process for the Executive Development program includes:

• Application submission
• Review of application materials
• Admission decision

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Executive Development program includes:

• Core courses in leadership and strategy
• Elective courses in areas such as finance, marketing, and operations
• Customized programs tailored to the needs of individual companies or organizations

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Executive Development program have gone on to careers in:

• Executive leadership
• Management
• Consulting
• Industry

Tar Heel Business Academy

The Tar Heel Business Academy is a program designed for high school students who are interested in business and entrepreneurship. The program offers a range of courses and activities, including:

• Business fundamentals
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Team-building

Admissions

The admissions process for the Tar Heel Business Academy includes:

• Application submission
• Review of application materials
• Admission decision

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Tar Heel Business Academy includes:

• Core courses in business fundamentals and entrepreneurship
• Elective courses in areas such as leadership and team-building
• Hands-on activities and projects

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Tar Heel Business Academy have gone on to careers in:

• Business
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Management

Recruiters and Companies

The Recruiters and Companies program at UNC Kenan-Flagler offers a range of resources and services for recruiters and companies who are interested in hiring UNC Kenan-Flagler students and alumni. These resources and services include:

• Job postings
• Resume databases
• Interview scheduling
• Career fairs

Admissions

The admissions process for the Recruiters and Companies program includes:

• Registration
• Review of company information
• Approval

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Recruiters and Companies program includes:

• Core courses in recruitment and hiring
• Elective courses in areas such as talent management and development
• Customized programs tailored to the needs of individual companies or organizations

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Recruiters and Companies program have gone on to careers in:

• Recruitment
• Talent management
• Human resources
• Management

Current Students

The Current Students program at UNC Kenan-Flagler offers a range of resources and services for current students, including:

• Academic advising
• Career counseling
• Financial aid
• Student organizations

Admissions

The admissions process for the Current Students program includes:

• Registration
• Review of student information
• Approval

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Current Students program includes:

• Core courses in academic and career development
• Elective courses in areas such as leadership and team-building
• Customized programs tailored to the needs of individual students

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Current Students program have gone on to careers in:

• Business
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Management

Give to UNC Kenan-Flagler

The Give to UNC Kenan-Flagler program offers a range of opportunities for alumni and friends to support the school and its students. These opportunities include:

• Donations
• Scholarships
• Endowments
• Naming opportunities

Admissions

The admissions process for the Give to UNC Kenan-Flagler program includes:

• Registration
• Review of donor information
• Approval

Curriculum

The curriculum for the Give to UNC Kenan-Flagler program includes:

• Core courses in philanthropy and fundraising
• Elective courses in areas such as stewardship and donor relations
• Customized programs tailored to the needs of individual donors or organizations

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Give to UNC Kenan-Flagler program have gone on to careers in:

• Philanthropy
• Fundraising
• Development
• Non-profit management