Be a force in business and healthcare
To successfully lead in the increasingly complex world of healthcare, you need to develop a solid framework for decision making that employs broad-based understanding of the many perspectives across the organization. Bentley University is proud to partner with Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) and Dana Farber Cancer Institute to bring a highly customized MBA program to equip hospital system leaders with the skills they will need to meet the complicated challenges faced by healthcare organizations.
Program Information
Customized Curriculum
Specialize your MBA with electives focused on strategic healthcare management.
Generous Tuition Discount
As an employee, you will receive a generous discount on tuition and you are encouraged to access your tuition reimbursement benefit.
Convenient Modalities
A balance of live, virtual course offerings and on your own time virtual classes.
Accelerated Time to Completion
Earn your MBA from Bentley University in just over two years. Course waivers are available for eligible candidates.
The Healthcare MBA for BILH and Dana Farber Cancer Institute Curriculum
Students must take the following MBA courses:
The MBA features our top-rated curriculum, infused with applications-based learning experiences that contextualize the business principles of the healthcare sector. The program requires students to take a minimum of 12 courses and a maximum of 15 courses, pending eligibility for foundation course waivers.
The Bentley MBA program is offered to hospital system employees in a cohort format. Cohorts will proceed through the curriculum in lock-step, enabling students to deepen their professional network. All cohort students will take the same MBA courses, including electives.
Learn More about the Curriculum
Course requirements:
Foundation Courses
Admitted students are eligible to waive up to five foundation courses by providing evidence of successful, recent (within five years) equivalent course work in the topic or sufficient work experience within the discipline. If three or more foundation courses are waived, students will be required to take additional electives to meet the program minimum of twelve courses.
GR 522HC Microeconomic Foundations of Healthcare
Core Courses
All students are required to take six core courses
Elective Courses
Bentley University selected t impactful elective offerings, targeted to the needs of leaders in healthcare. Topics of electives will include:
HC 660 Interpersonal Dynamics in Healthcare
HC 661 Project Management for Healthcare
HC 662 Healthcare Innovations
HC 664 Healthcare Analytics
Should a student waive four or more foundation courses, Bentley will provide the opportunity for those students to take additional elective offerings through Bentley's general MBA course catalog.
Application requirements include:
- Completed application
- Verification of hospital system employment status
- Resume
- One essay
- Undergraduate transcript
- International transcript evaluation for foreign institutions
- One reference who will be willing to submit a recommendation form to your application. (BILH or Dana Farber Cancer Institute reference preferred unless new employee)
- GMAT or GRE: submitting a test score is optional. If you choose to apply without a test score, be sure that other components of your application (transcripts, resume) sufficiently demonstrate your aptitude. When in doubt, schedule a consultation to talk with us about your background and qualifications.
- Interviews may be requested by Bentley for some applicants.
- Application Opens: November 1, 2025
- Priority Deadline to Secure Your Place in the Cohort: February 1, 2026
- Final Deadline: May 1, 2026
- Decisions Released: two weeks after completed application
- Classes Begin: September 2026
