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Aug 15, 2026
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2026-2027 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
Law and Business Administration (Carnegie Mellon), JD/MBA
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The daily interaction of Law and Business in our society presents attorneys, entrepreneurs, and other professionals with a diverse set of challenges arising from public and private institutions, policies, and practices. A joint degree program can provide valuable interdisciplinary skills to tackle these challenges. To prepare the next generation of leaders, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law offers an outstanding joint degree program in Law and Business with a unique option.
Students may combine a Juris Doctor (JD) degree with a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business, which is in the top 20 of all U.S. business schools according to the the U.S. News rankings. The JD/MBA program enables students to receive integrated training in Law and Business while reducing the amount of time ordinarily necessary to earn the two degrees from five years to four years.
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Requirements
Students in the JD/MBA program complete the joint degree in either eight (8), nine (9), or ten (10) semesters. During the first four (4) semesters of the program, students must enroll full-time for one (1) entire year at the School of Law and for one (1) entire year at the appropriate School of Business. Students have an option of enrolling either at the School of Law or the School of Business for the first-year of the program. During the third- and fourth years of the program students enroll in courses at both schools, subject only to availability and each school’s respective upper-level requirements. To graduate from the Law School, students in the JD/MBA program must have five semesters of full-time enrollment (minimum of 10 credits per semester) at the Law School (rather than the six that is normally required).
School of Law
Details about the first-year program at the School of Law can be found on the First-Year Curriculum page. A full listing of the requirements for graduation from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law can be found on the Graduation Requirements page.
Tepper School of Business
To graduate with a JD/Tepper MBA degree students must acquire a total 88 credits from the School of Law and 64 credits (or 192 units) from Tepper. However, completing the MBA degree entitles the student to 15 credits of advanced standing at the School of Law, resulting in an actual total of 73 credits; and completing the JD degree entitles the student to 10 credits (or 30 units) at Tepper, resulting in an actual total of 54 credits (or 162 units). This means that, after a year at the School of Law and a year at Tepper, a student must acquire at least 40 additional credits from the School of Law and 22 credits (or 66 units) in electives from Tepper to graduate with a JD/MBA.
More information can be found on their website.
MBA Degree Requirements
Students enrolled in an MBA program must fulfill the following requirements in order to earn the MBA degree:
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A minimum of 45 credits of approved graduate work
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The appropriate distribution of required core courses and elective courses
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A minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0
MBA Core Curriculum
The following core courses are required of all MBA students:
MBA Professional Courses
To supplement the MBA Core Curriculum, MBA students also complete additional required coursework. The content of these courses is designed to accelerate a student’s academic and personal development as a business professional.
Elective Courses
Students in the MBA program must complete a minimum of 19.5 elective credits from any area of study offered at the School of Business.
Taking electives at other Professional Schools at Pitt
Students may also choose to take elective courses at other professional schools at the University, including the School of Law, the Swanson School of Engineering, the School of Social Work, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and the School of Computing & Information
Micro-credentials and Graduate Certificates
Students wishing to add additional specialization to the MBA program may be able to declare one or more micro-credentials or graduate certificates, many of which are stackable within the elective portion of the programs. Not all micro-credentials or graduate certificates will be feasible for every MBA program. Students should discuss their interest in micro-credentials and graduate certificates with their academic advisor to see how those requirements might be stackable within their degree program.
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