With the Kelley Full-Time +Flex MBA, you can customize your academic journey around your unique professional and personal goals. Whether you choose to complete your degree on campus or finish it online, you’ll work with award-winning Kelley MBA faculty, consistently recognized as industry experts.
An MBA with academic +Flexibility
Immersive year-one components
During your first 10 months in the Kelley Full-Time +Flex MBA Program, you’ll gain a better understanding of yourself and the opportunities that await you. You’ll choose coursework to fit your goals, with options to customize your skill development and industry expertise. In real-life, company-based consulting projects, you’ll have an opportunity to become a skilled and polished business leader.
Academic Calendar 2019-2020
Second-year flexibility
Your second-year modality is up to you. Depending on your academic, professional, and personal goals, you can choose to finish on campus or complete your degree online. Both options offer valuable opportunities to round out your MBA education with courses that fit your goals, a Kelley network that supports your success, and career momentum that gets you where you want to go.
In residence
Take advantage of all Kelley—and Bloomington—have to offer:
- Meet with employers in person during roundtables, Academy activities, and networking nights
- Experience the academic support of faculty, career coaches, and mentors
- Collaborate and make memories with your classmates
+Flex pathway
Finish your degree online to:
- Complete your courses in the #1-ranked Kelley Direct Online MBA Program
- Continue to engage with your Kelley MBA peers from any place in the world
- Fit your academic schedule around your personal and professional priorities
Rigid work life? Flexible MBA.
Bryan Simpson, JD/MBA’27 candidate, had begun the Kelley Full-Time +Flex MBA Program and a dual degree in law when the unexpected happened—his employer asked him to return to work early, and on-site. As he explored his academic options, he learned that Kelley had just begun offering full-time MBA students the choice of completing the second year of their MBA on campus or with courses from the Kelley Direct Online MBA Program, living wherever they choose.
Bryan has a bachelor’s degree in finance and a leadership mindset from his five years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He said +Flex is a great option for students like him with clear plans or jobs lined up. He enrolled in graduate school at IU because he wants to continue advancing with his current employer, where he’s a financial analyst. Highlights of his Kelley MBA experiences include:
- Discovering a love for accounting during an introductory course—he's now considering CPA certification
- Gaining an appreciation for team projects during his immersive first year and online courses
- Learning creative ways to solve problems in his first-year Business Operations and Innovation Academy
- Going deeper into topics during his second-year courses with Kelley Direct Online MBA Program
- Returning to work without giving up his MBA
- Gaining a highly regarded MBA experience and alumni network that are hard to beat
“When I learned about +Flex, I said, ‘Oh, this is perfect.’”
Bryan Simpson, JD/MBA’27