Smith School of Business at Queen’s University - reviews

As a wife, mom and business owner, I did not think I would ever have the opportunity to go back to school and complete my MBA. The Smith Executive MBA experience not only made it possible, it has given me much more than a degree. I have come out of the program with a fuller sense of my abilities, learned to be a stronger leader, and gained a depth of understanding in areas that were not as clear before. I am now better able to contribute to my company and industry. The added bonus was the opportunity to work and learn with some of the most talented people across the country.

I chose the Smith's Executive MBA program because of its outstanding reputation, and it surpassed my expectations. It brought together professionals from various disciplines and forged us into effective teams that were able to learn together, problem-solve together and achieve success. The program helped me strengthen my confidence in being able to advise and support business partners in tackling various problems and developing and implementing solutions.

The Smith EMBA program helped me to improve my blind spots – accounting, finance, and operations, and build upon my strengths. I found the experience to be personally transformational and it has affected all aspects of my life. It gave me the courage to start my own firm and to dive into business problems with a sense of play, inquiry, and possibility.

The Global Business Director role at 3M requires leadership across functions, geographies and complex competitive market realities. Far beyond my core expertise in global brand and portfolio management, the program gave me exposure to all management functions and taught me to think from a truly global perspective. The team format Smith uses developed skills in collaboration and project management far beyond what I would have gleaned in the workplace alone. The personalized and pragmatic approach makes this program very special, and I would recommend it without hesitation.

My MMA program meets Wednesdays and Saturdays, and is nicely balanced between analytics and business and management training.The profs are world-class - just amazing! - and know how to make learning fun. The staff are also incredible and will go above and beyond to set you up with great job opportunities, even though the Smith School already has a sterling reputation with employers.As a part-time program, I was worried the pace would be too slow, but students get 24/7 access to DataCamp, an interactive learning platform for data science. (This is how I became an R & Python whiz.)I had 6 interviews and 4 offers just before I graduated (I was in the upper 20% of my class). I'm also a driven networker. But I simply couldn't have done it without the motivation, learning and support I received through the MMA program.