DeGroote School of Business

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Our Career and Professional Development Team is dedicated to simplifying the talent-sourcing process while maximizing connections with our students to help you find the ideal candidate for your company.


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The DeGroote School of Business shapes leaders who are adaptable and exemplify diversity of thought. We strive to build leaders who think big, explore new possibilities, act with integrity, and embrace the constant change around us. Our students benefit from DeGroote’s experiential learning approach — allowing them to learn by actively doing.

Our Career and Professional Development Team facilitates connections with DeGroote’s diverse talent pool and is committed to helping you in achieving your organizational recruitment goals.

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Transform Your Business with DeGroote Talent

DeGroote’s learning environment promotes our shared values of innovation, collaboration, and generosity. Our goal is to develop leaders who possess a forward-thinking mindset, explore innovative ideas, act with honesty and integrity, and adapt to the ever-changing world.

Key Feature: Experiential Learning Focus for All Levels

The depth and breadth of knowledge in this 4-year degree prepares students with the subject matter knowledge and skills necessary to support the ever-evolving business landscape in Canada.

Core curriculum in accounting, economics, finance, human resources, marketing, operations and strategy ensure students have a solid understanding of business functions and their relationships.

Key Feature: Growing Leadership Skills Through Interdisciplinary Study

The Integrated Business and Humanities (IBH) program is designed to produce Canada’s next generation of business leaders through curriculum designed to develop responsible leadership and management tactics for our changing global economy.

The program also encourages community engagement and sustainable business practices within coursework.

Key Feature: Balanced Gender Split

The MBA curriculum seamlessly integrates classroom and real-world experiences. This cohort-structured program focuses on collaborative group work throughout the curriculum with a particular emphasis on critical thinking. All students complete an experiential capstone course at the end of their first and second year of studies.

The optional specializations best support employers seeking sector specific talent.

Specializations: Accounting & Financial Management, Business Analytics, Finance, Health Services Management, Marketing and Strategic Business Valuation.

Various Learning Formats: 2-year full-time program, Co-op program, Blended-Learning Part-Time program.

Key Feature: Financial Risk Manager (FRM®) Certification Partnership

The Master of Finance program is a pre-experience program which focuses on providing students with an in-depth training in finance, emphasizing the development of the analytical skills required to address the increasingly complex problems faced by the financial industry.​ This program has a strong focus on the development of technical skills such as VBA, R. Matlab, Python and EViews​.

Key Feature: Access to Business, Heath Sciences, and Engineering Faculties

McMaster’s eHealth MSc program is a unique healthcare graduate program offered through a collaboration of three McMaster Faculties and Schools – the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering, and the DeGroote School of Business.

Key Feature: Accelerated & Accredited Capstone Prep Program

This 14-week diploma program is accredited by CPA Ontario and graduates advanced standing to start Capstone 1 (Integrative Module) of the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP). The technical competencies of all four elective areas of the PEP are covered in the curriculum: Assurance, Taxation, Performance Management and Finance.

Key Feature: Study and Conduct Leading-Edge Research

The PhD program in Business Administration at DeGroote offers students the opportunity to study and conduct leading-edge research with some of the top researchers in their fields. Students develop the theoretical and methodological expertise required to create original research that makes a significant impact on the business community. Graduates of DeGroote’s PhD program have moved on to academic roles in schools across the globe as well as lucrative consultant and analyst positions.


AACSB International Accreditation

The DeGroote School of Business is one of 41 international business schools to achieve AACSB International Accreditation. AACSB has provided a framework of 15 international standards against which business schools around the world assess the quality of their educational services.

Accredited since 2006, DeGroote undergoes a rigorous review every five years.

DeGroote Is Focused On Partnerships With Purpose

DeGroote looks to create meaningful partnership with organizations to redefine business education and create a bright world for business. It starts with recruiting DeGroote talent and can grow into partnerships in research and in the curriculum. CPD is here to help you start that partnership journey.

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DeGroote in the News

Balancing Academics and Athletics: Alex Cheng’s Journey as a Varsity Athlete and Mentor

Balancing Academics and Athletics: Alex Cheng’s Journey as a Varsity Athlete and Mentor

Commerce student and McMaster football player Alex Cheng shares his experience as a student-athlete.

Developing Valuable Learning Experiences at Work

Developing Valuable Learning Experiences at Work

During work integrated learning month DeGroote recognizes students and employers contributing to experiential learning opportunities.

Collaboration: A Community Working Together

Collaboration: A Community Working Together

Discover how the DeGroote community is collaborating in the 2022 Annual Report.