The Hybrid Learning Experience

The Harvard Business Analytics Program is delivered through a combination of online and in-person learning experiences. Our online format allows you to advance your education and take your career to the next level. Each cohort includes students from a variety of backgrounds, countries, and levels of expertise, so you can network with and learn from a diverse array of like-minded professionals around the world.

The Harvard Business Analytics Program allows you to register and pay for a customized course load each term. You can take as few as one core course or up to two, plus a seminar and an immersion. Keep in mind that some courses require prerequisites, which you can find on the homepage.

We’ve designed our course sequence like this to give you greater flexibility when managing your time and budgeting for the program. Once you are accepted, you will start building your schedule with a Student Success Advisor.

As a student, you will be challenged to demonstrate and apply ideas and technologies both inside and outside of classes. All of your courses will have recorded, produced, and interactive content as well as live sessions.

In addition to the online learning components of the program, you will attend two in-person immersions, each lasting two and a half days, on campus at Harvard Business School in Boston.

During these in-person experiences, you will meet face-to-face with your classmates, network with faculty and industry leaders during nightly events, tour the Harvard campus, and participate in hands-on guided learning exercises. You will also use the Harvard Business School case method, formulating solutions to real-world business scenarios as a way to understand relevant challenges in the industry. Recent topics of discussion have included reputation systems, data sharing and security, and organizational leadership.

You will be responsible for travel and room and board costs for both immersions. Specific details regarding hotel costs and location may vary based on the cohort. As this is a non-degree-bearing program, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for international students attending an immersion.

* While immersions typically take place on campus as large in-person gatherings, the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and related government and university restrictions on travel and gatherings require us to hold several upcoming immersions in virtual format.

The Harvard Business Analytics Program welcomes participants of all backgrounds and abilities. Students with documented disabilities can follow the accommodations request process to ensure equivalent access to online and in-person learning experiences. Visit the Academic Accommodations page for more information on the request process.