Online MBA with Specialization in Sustainability

Advance your career with a MBA degree in sustainability. Specialize in hot topics like AI, robotic automation and applying statistical modeling.

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More about Nexford’s online MBA Specialization in Sustainability

Submit your details to learn more about our 100% online, next-generation MBA degree program with a specialization in Sustainability. You’ll receive our MBA brochure, as well as personalized information to help you choose the right online MBA program for your goals.

MBA Degree Overview

Duration

Our standard MBA completion time is 18 months, but you can learn as quickly or slowly as you want while meeting assignment deadlines. The faster you finish, the more money you’ll save.

Effort

15-20 hours per week which fits into your work schedule so you can earn while you learn. 

Format

Learner-centric, mission driven, 100% online, offering a next-generation learning experience. Regardless of physical location.

Cost

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MBA Degree in Sustainability: Courses

When you take a Nexford MBA with a Specialization in Sustainability, you’ll need to complete three specialized courses in addition to 10 core MBA courses. You’ll learn skills based on the latest employer needs and market trends – this is what we call our Workplace Alignment Model – our curriculum is designed to equip you with the skills you need and employers are looking for.

  • Food and Agribusiness

    Food and Agribusiness explores how the next wave of innovation in the industry represents the biggest transformation since the industrial revolution. Through case analyses and practical agribusiness scenarios, learners examine global challenges faced within the food and agriculture industries and develop a sound understanding of what it takes to manage an agricultural business.

    You’ll investigate how insurance and financing, supply chain management, global food trade, and innovative technologies such as machine learning, sensing, and customer behavioural understanding can improve the efficiencies and cost-effectiveness of food and agribusiness industries (FAEs), and broaden your knowledge and understanding of the global challenges being faced within the food and agriculture industries.

  • Renewable Energy

    The Renewable Energy course provides learners with a foundational understanding of the applications of renewable energy practices. This course focuses on key business skills and competencies needed to determine successful economic, technical, and societal applications of renewable energy practices. Learners examine basic energy principles, terminologies, policies, and applications for domestic and international markets.

    You’ll apply industry wide and/or industry sector renewable energy practices, and execute relevant management practices, principles, and perspectives related to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. These practices include corporate and executive management, operations management, entrepreneurship, venture capital and finance activities, infrastructure investment, management consulting, and other business related, technical specializations.

  • Managing Healthcare

    Managing Healthcare is designed to help learners develop competencies for identifying and evaluating emerging markets within the healthcare industry. In this introduction to organizations in healthcare, you’ll examine the wide-ranging complexities encountered by management and critique current thinking in management and leadership.

    Through case analyses and practical healthcare scenarios, you’ll analyze the global challenges faced within the healthcare industry and develop a sound understanding of what it takes to manage a global health business. You’ll also come away with a solid foundation in understanding and aligning the national health agenda with personal and organizational pledges to population-based wellness.

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Why choose an Online MBA in Sustainability

  • Focus your fully online MBA on the sustainable enterprise and best business practices used today
  • Your MBA specialization paves the way for a "greener" future – from sustainable accounting to entrepreneurship in developing economies to renewable energy
  • Gain a competitive edge in a fast-changing world with hard skills like digital fluency and business analysis
  • Make informed business decisions, and lead with confidence: 94% of Nexford learners increased in confidence at work
  • Build a network of global professionals from 110+ countries working at firms like Google, Deloitte, and EY
  • Earn an online mba degree as well as digital badges as you go – including credentials from LinkedIn Learning

Testimonials

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Our Sustainability MBA provides job-ready skills

95% of our learners gained valuable skills at work

A Nexford MBA in sustainable business is designed for experienced professionals like you. Whether you’re pivoting roles, accelerating in the career you already have, or launching a startup, you’ll learn how to succeed in modern, global business. To build our programs, we analyzed 30 million jobs and surveyed industry leaders – including those from Microsoft, Citibank, and Unilever.

Live the U.S. University Experience

50% off International Scholarship.

Nexford learners can complete their degree in the U.S. at one of Strayer University's campuses. You can transfer credits from Nexford and finish your degree in the U.S. potentially saving on costs of studying abroad, with a streamlined admissions process and a 50% tuition scholarship opportunity for eligible Nexford learners. International students planning to study in the United States must apply for a valid learner visa enabling them to live and study in the U.S. Eligible visa holders may also have access to optional practical training subject to the requirements as outlined by the USCIS.

Masters Of Business Administration (MBA) in Sustainability: FAQs

We’re no ordinary university! We make things simple so you can focus on what’s important: your goals! At Nexford, you can start learning straight away and send us your documents later (in exceptional circumstances). If you’re unable to immediately provide us with your transcript or diploma, you can just upload your government-issued ID and pay your application fee.

What happens next? After your first course starts, you’ll have 60 days from enrollment start date to send us your missing information, such as a diploma or grade transcript. 

  • We need proof that you completed a bachelor’s degree at an accredited institution in a business-related field with a valid copy of your official diploma and transcript.
  • To be considered for admission as English Language Proficient to Nexford University graduate programs, you’ll need to provide one of these:
    1. An official transcript from a college or university
    2. A minimum passing score on an approved English qualification exam within the past two years

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MBA Specialization in Sustainability: Career Options

Every day across the globe, Nexford learners proudly share their digital badges, certificates, and alumni status on LinkedIn, applying what they’ve learned. Here are some potential career routes if you take this MBA specialization with a sustainability focus.