Empowering students
You're here to build your career. So are we. Our Hari B. Varshney Business Career Centre plays a critical role in the UBC International MBA (IMBA) program, offering you dedicated one-on-one career coaching, professional skills training, and networking opportunities. You’ll have access to career coaching, emotional intelligence workshops, valuable industry insights and much more. Through our structured, yet personalized programming, you'll get the advice, skills and opportunities you need to shape the career you want
Support through your journey
Whether you’re looking to make a career change or want to accelerate your career advancement, we will guide you to develop the skills you need to achieve your goals. Through our 1-on-1 coaching, we’ll help you articulate your value proposition and skills to excel in your next interview, the salary negotiation process, and upcoming performance reviews.
Whether you’re looking to make a career change or want to accelerate your career advancement, we will guide you to develop the skills you need to achieve your goals. Through our 1-on-1 coaching, we’ll help you articulate your value proposition and skills to excel in your next interview, the salary negotiation process, and upcoming performance reviews.

Career outcomes
UBC IMBA alumni have been very successful in making changes in their career. In fact, 68% of the UBC IMBA Class of 2019 have enhanced their career either by promotion, company change or a redefined career path 3 months after completion.
Students have seen great success, as they used the career services and knowledge to pivot their careers into another field. Here are a sample of students who have done this by the end of the program:
Start of the program | By the end of the program | |
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Career changers | ||
Medical Director at Eli Lilly |
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Vice President at Lilly Asia Ventures |
Head of Sales and Customer Technical Sales at a Global Mining and Metals Firm |
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Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company |
Assistant Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis at Adidas Group |
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People Manager, PPM & PMO, APAC at AB InBev |
Career enhancers | ||
Talent Manager, APAC at a Global Electronic Manufacturing Company |
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HR Business Partner, Business and Technology Development, China at SKF Group |
Program Manager at Honeywell |
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PMO Head at Honeywell |
IT Team Leader at SanDisk Semiconductor |
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Manager, Business Solution at Basf China |
Employers of UBC IMBA Students & Graduates
UBC IMBA students come from some of the world’s most admired companies. Below is a small sample of these organizations:
- Apple
- Cargill
- China Merchant Bank
- Dupont
- Deloitte
- HSBC
- Honeywell
- Intel
- Johnson & Johnson
- Medtronic
- Pfizer
- Porsche
- ThoughtWorks
- WeWork