General Program

The track provides cutting-edge knowledge and tools via a combination of theoretical and practical study, and trains students for leading management positions in various sectors of Israeli and global industry. The track encompasses all areas of classic management training, and equips students with both theoretical models and analytical tools alongside practical methodologies and tools for immediate implementation in today’s rapidly-changing business and technological environment.

The program comprises of 52 academic credits, 30 of them from mandatory core courses, 20 from elective courses and 2 credits from Advanced English requirement.

11 core courses of 2 credits each:

1. 98740 Statistics for Managers
2. 98760 Organizational Behavior
3. 99760 Negotiation Management
4. 98780 Financial and Managerial Accounting
5. 98750 Managerial Economics
6. 98783 Marketing Management
7. 98782 Competitive Strategy
8. 98788 Entrepreneurship and Business Development
9. 98772 Corporate Finance
10. 98710 Operation Management
11. 98748 Behavioral Economic and Ethics

One mandatory management game carrying 3 credits:

12. 99780 Management Game

One mandatory project carrying 5 credits:

13. 99100 Project in BIG DATA
14. 99777 Project in Entrepreneurship (SUMBA)
15. 99776 Project in Global Strategic Marketing

Total Mandatory Credits: 30 credits

Course Name Course number Big Data and Business Intelligence Innovation and Entrepreneurship Life Sciences MBA SUMBA
Innovation Management 99792 X X X
From Basic Science To The Biotech Ecosystem 13800 X
The Lean Startup 98804 X X
Team Management Workshop 99104
Marketing Research 99741
Financial Reporting and Financial Report Analysis 98785
Workshop in Business Communications 99720
IOT 99103 X
Introduction to Machine Learning in Python 99102 X
Issues In Current Marketing 99794 X X
Cross – Cultural Management 98763
Selected Topics in Mis 98722 X
E-Commerce (Management of E-commerce websites) 99863 X X
ESG, Sustainability and Environmental Economics 98759 X X
Selected Topics On Entrepreneurship 98754 X X X X
Market Opportunities for Innovative Technologies 99793 X X X
Selected Topics in Accounting 99772
Workshop in Learning from Errors 98803
FinTech – Disruptive Technologies and Current Trends 98770 X X X
Project Management (for Development of New Products) 98712 X X
The Future of Technology 98815 X
Capital Market 98771

Attendance at four seminars / industry days

Total Elective Credits: 20 credits

MBA Specialization Tracks

Our unique and flexible MBA program focuses on the management of technology-intensive and knowledge-rich organizations, covering a broad range of issues related to management, and with a particular emphasis on innovation and entrepreneurship.

We aim to prepare our students to become the leaders of tomorrow, able to help their companies navigate the rapidly-changing technological demands of the global marketplace and to thrive in the era of “big data.” Thus, the William Davidson MBA offers a choice of four specialization tracks, in addition to the General MBA track described above. These are: (1) Big Data and Business Intelligence; (2) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management; (3) The Azrieli Start-Up MBA; and (4) Life Sciences MBA.

Students in all tracks must complete all 30 academic credits from mandatory core courses, with the required project focusing on the area of the specialization track. In addition, of the 20 credits from elective courses, at least four courses must be taken from a selection offered for the specialization track.

Explore our MBA Tracks

This track allows students to specialize in business data analytics, which involves managing and utilizing the big data accumulated by organizations.

The success of companies and organizations is increasingly dependent on how well they manage their databases and use their data for various purposes, as well as on their performance in the field of electronic commerce, which encompasses online marketing, sales, purchasing, and financial activities. Managers with a background in these areas are thus much in demand. The track focuses on methods and tools that help managers improve business capabilities via big data analysis and the use of electronic commerce. It is suitable for students with prior experience in programming.

Students on this track must complete all 30 academic credits from mandatory core courses, in which the required project will focus on data mining and/or e-commerce. Of the 20 credits from elective courses, at least four courses must be taken from a selection offered for this track.

Course number Course name Credits
99100 Project – Big Data* 5
99103 IOT 2
99102 Python 2
98722 Selected Topics in Mis 2
99863 E-Commerce (Management of E-commerce websites) 2
98754 Selected Topics On Entrepreneurship 2
98770 FinTech – Disruptive Technologies and Current Trends 2
98815 The Future of Technology 2

* are part of the Mandatory Core Courses

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship track is designed to train managers for start-up companies and knowledge-rich and technology companies competing in the global marketplace. The track trains students to lead and manage entrepreneurship and innovation, both within existing organizations and in new enterprises, with an emphasis on identifying opportunities, fundraising and resource development, intellectual rights management, negotiating, and managing the innovation process from identifying an opportunity or challenge through to bringing the product or service to market.

Students on the Innovation and Entrepreneurship track must complete all 30 academic credits from mandatory core courses, in which the required project will focus on entrepreneurship and/or innovation. Of the 20 credits from elective courses, at least four courses must be taken from a selection offered for this track.

Course number Course name Credits
99777 Project – Entrepreneurship \ 99776 Project – Global Strategic Marketing* 5
99792 Project Management (for Development of New Products) 2
99863 E-Commerce (Management of E-commerce websites) 2
98759 ESG, Sustainability and Environmental Economics 2
98754 Selected Topics On Entrepreneurship 2
98804 The Lean Startup 2
99793 Market Opportunities for Innovative Technologies 2
99794 Issues In Current Marketing 2
98770 FinTech – Disruptive Technologies and Current Trends 2
98712 Project Management (for Development of New Products) 2

* are part of the Mandatory Core Courses

The Azrieli Start-Up MBA track is for students who are interested in setting up or developing a technological venture. The main goal of the program is to provide the students with management tools and an understanding of the processes involved in launching a start-up company, and to help them develop entrepreneurial ways of thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

The program serves as an incubator for developing deep technologies and implementing them in businesses. Every student is assigned an academic tutor and a business mentor. Studies are held on Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings; on other days of the week, students work on developing their ventures.

Students on the Start-Up MBA track must complete the 30 academic credits from mandatory core courses, in which the required project will focus on developing their start-up enterprise. Of the 20 credits from elective courses, at least four courses must be taken from a selection offered for this track.

Course number Course name Credits
99777 Project – Entrepreneurship (SUMBA)* 5
99792 Innovation Management 2
99794 Issues In Current Marketing 2
98754 Selected Topics On Entrepreneurship 2
99793 Market Opportunities for Innovative Technologies 2
98804 The Lean Startup 2
98770 FinTech – Disruptive Technologies and Current Trends 2

* are part of the Mandatory Core Courses

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The Life Sciences MBA program allows students from Biology and other life sciences fields, to specialize in managing and leading life science organizations and ventures.

The track focuses on methods and tools that help managers improve their business capabilities. The emphasis is on identifying opportunities for implementing discoveries in basic life science and implementing them in the business arena. The program suggests courses on regulations, fund raising, intellectual property, negotiation, quantitative tools for Life Science, as well as knowing the global eco-system, all applied for the Biotech business world.

Studies are held at the Technion campus in Haifa on Thursday afternoons (2pm to 9.30pm) and Friday mornings (9am to 1.30pm). The program is spread over nine mini-semesters of nine weeks each, for a total duration of 21 months.

Students on this track must complete all 30 academic credits from mandatory core courses, in which the required project will focus on the life sciences. Of the 20 credits from elective courses, at least four courses must be taken from a selection offered for this track.

Course number Course name Credits
99777 Project – Entrepreneurship \ 99776 Project – Global Strategic Marketing* 5
99792 Innovation Management 2
13800 From Basic Science To The Biotech Ecosystem 2
98759 ESG, Sustainability and Environmental Economics 2
98754 Selected Topics On Entrepreneurship 2
99793 Market Opportunities for Innovative Technologies 2
98712 Project Management (for Development of New Products) 2

* are part of the Mandatory Core Courses