Purdue/IU’s MS-MBS in Food and Agribusiness Management now accepting applications
The MS-MBA in Food and Agribusiness Management program, offered jointly by Purdue University and Indiana University (IU), is now accepting applications for the 2013 cohort, which will begin in August. The 27-month program allows students to continue working full time while earning an MS in agricultural economics from Purdue and an MBA from IU’s prestigious Kelley School of Business.
“This is one of the few programs, if not the only program, in the country that focuses on agriculture and agribusiness,” says Allan Gray, director of the Center for Food and Agricultural Business and Land O’Lakes Chair in Food and Agribusiness at Purdue University. “We have the normal courses you would see in an MBA, but we combine that with a master’s of science in agricultural economics. That means that our focus is on the food and agribusiness industry, and how standard MBA concepts like marketing, economics, general management and finance fit within the context of the problems, issues and challenges of the agriculture industry.”