Military MBA

Contact Information

MBA Admissions
2201 G St NW
Duques Hall, Suite 550
Washington, DC 20052

Website: business.gwu.edu
Email address: business@gwu.edu

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MBA & Dual Degree Programs

MBA Programs
• Full-time MBA
• Part-time MBA
• Online MBA
• Hybrid Part-time/Online MBA
• Executive MBA
• Healthcare MBA

Joint-Degrees offered within the School of Business:
• MBA/Master of Science in Finance
• MBA/Master of Science in Project Management
• MBA/Master of Science in Information Systems Technology

Joint-Degrees offered within other GW Schools:
• MBA/Juris Doctor - The Law School
• MBA/Master of Arts – The Elliott School of International Affairs

Accreditation

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredits the GW School of Business. AACSB provides internationally recognized specialized accreditation for business and accounting programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level. The AACSB Accreditation Standards challenge post-secondary educators to pursue excellence and continuous improvement throughout their business programs. AACSB Accreditation is known, worldwide, as the longest standing, most recognized form of specialized/professional accreditation an institution and its business programs can earn.

Scholarships

Active-duty personnel, veterans, or dependents of veterans may be entitled to varying educational benefits. To be eligible, veterans must have completed at least one year of active service in the U.S. Armed Forces, unless discharged under honorable conditions for medical reasons.

Tillman Military Scholarship
The Tillman Military Scholarship is nationally recognized scholarship open to both veterans and spouses of veterans.

Eligible Programs: GWMBA Programs, Incoming Students, and Current Student

General Vessey Graduate Endowment Fellowship
The General Vessey Graduate Endowment Fellowship is intended to help further the academic careers of exemplary incoming and current Master’s candidates in the School of Business on the Foggy Bottom Campus.

Eligible Programs: GWMBA, Masters, PhD, Incoming Students, and Current Students

Description of Learning Environment for Students

Operation GW VALOR is spearheaded by Vice Admiral (ret) Melvin Williams, Jr., GW’s Associate Provost for Military and Veterans Affairs. In addition, Dr. Alfred Hamilton, a Lieutenant Colonel (ret) and an Assistant Professor, serves as a senior advisor and helps us develop our academic strategy.

GW’s innovative learning programs (online, in the classroom, and hybrid) are intended to accelerate learning opportunities for military members, veterans, and their families.

GW’s quality learning locations include the Foggy Bottom Campus (main campus) and the Mount Vernon Campus both in Washington, DC; in Virginia at GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus (Ashburn, VA), and the Hampton Roads Center, Alexandria Center, and Arlington Center.

GW’s Values (below) align with military service core values:
Learning: We support opportunities for continuous development that maximize the potential of the individual and strengthen the University.

Communication: We strive to share information and ideas in an open, consistent, and effective manner.

Community: We strive to build a strong community in the service of our shared purpose and mission.

Diversity: We embrace the unique contributions of all members of our community.

Excellence: We commit ourselves to achieving the highest standards in all endeavors.

Respect: We treat others with courtesy and dignity.

Service: We embrace our responsibility to exceed the expectations of others who depend on our actions.

Sustainability: We value and engage in sustainable practices that enhance current and future resources for our campus, our community, and our world.

Teamwork: We encourage collaboration to meet common goals and produce a sense of shared responsibility.

GW:
• Provides leading edge customer service.
• Streamlines Government Approvals and Student Tuition Assistance processes.
• GW student military, veterans, and families receive assistance from GW’s Office for Military and Veteran Services (led by a combat veteran).
• Provides Academic credits for Military Service, as appropriate.
• Provides Flexibility for Military Students- in view of potential deployments, military transfers, etc.

Career Services

Our dedicated GW Office of Veteran Services provides support for benefit processing and specialized career support. Our online programs were designed with the flexibility of online and hybrid degree programs to accommodate the lives of military families and we guarantee deferrals for military deployments and obligations.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has placed one full-time, experienced Vocational Counselor on the GW campus. This counselor will serve as a “one-stop liaison” for veterans, active duty military and their eligible family members who attend or plan to attend GW. Examples of their assistance include:

Information on VA educational benefits to include:
• Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 30), Post 9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33), and other VA and non-VA educational benefits
• Job placement assistance and referrals to state employment agencies and services
• Referrals to on-campus, community and VA resources to ensure academic success