Start any day. Pay one term at a time. The price is the same whether you finish in six months or in eighteen.
Four fields. No intake dates to wait for.
You pay one term at a time, and each term can be split.
Every industry is being rebuilt around artificial intelligence right now, and the people who understand it are the ones being handed the decisions. That advantage has a shelf life, the way spreadsheet literacy stopped being a differentiator a generation ago. The advantage belongs to whoever moves while it is still an advantage.
Between the team that builds the model and the room where the money is decided, there is a gap almost nobody can cross. Someone who understands both sides ends up in the second room. That role barely existed five years ago and now every serious company is looking for it.
Senior and leadership roles increasingly list a graduate degree as a requirement rather than a preference. It is rarely about what you studied. It is a filter applied before anyone reads your experience. Clearing that filter changes which conversations you are invited into.
AGTU (American Global Tech University) is licensed by the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education, and accredited by ASIC in the United Kingdom. Your completion documents read the same whether you studied from Lima or from Lagos.
A through F, not pass/fail. Moving faster does not mean being assessed more loosely, assessments are proctored and projects are marked against published rubrics. What changes is the pace, not the standard.
Six terms of four weeks is the fast route. The standard route is eighteen months. You are not charged more for taking longer or less for finishing sooner, because the price is fixed for the whole programme, so the calendar stops being a financial decision and goes back to being your decision.
| What you get | AGTU (American Global Tech University)AGTU | Traditional online universityOthers |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition priced for the country you live in | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Accelerated programme at no extra cost | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Payment in 1 + 18 monthly instalments | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| A complete competency free, before any payment | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Start any day, with no intake dates | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| edX coursework and certificate included in the price | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Licensed in the United States and accredited in the United Kingdom | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Present in more than 20 countries | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Programme available in three languages | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
The same five teach every country, whatever you pay.
No hidden fees and no add-ons. The price is fixed for the whole programme, so finishing in six months and finishing in eighteen cost exactly the same, and every material is included from the first day.
Each term closes with an assessment. At the Intensive pace a term takes four weeks; at the Extended pace it takes longer. The content and the assessment are the same either way.
What you learnHow to read a market, position an offer and decide where a company should compete, and where it should not.
What it gives youYou stop executing someone else’s plan and start being in the room where the plan is made.
What you learnHow demand is created and measured: segmentation, positioning, channels and pricing.
What it gives youYou can defend a marketing decision with numbers instead of taste.
What you learnHow to lead people who don’t report to you, and how to build a case that survives the room.
What it gives youMost senior decisions are lost in the telling, not in the thinking.
What you learnHow teams, incentives and structures actually produce results, and the points where they break.
What it gives youYou can diagnose why a team underdelivers instead of blaming the people in it.
What you learnHow to turn a strategy into a plan with deadlines, owners and outcomes that can be measured.
What it gives youIt is the skill that separates who proposes from who delivers.
What you learnHow work flows through an organisation, where it stalls, and how to redesign it.
What it gives youYou find the cost nobody sees, because it is hidden inside a process.
What you learnHow to read a financial statement and judge whether a decision creates or destroys value.
What it gives youYou can argue for a budget in the language of the people who approve it.
What you learnHow currency, trade and interest rates move across borders and arrive in your market.
What it gives youFor anyone working with clients or suppliers in another country, it stops being background noise.
What you learnHow to move a company built on old processes without breaking what already works.
What it gives youIt is the project most organisations are running right now, and few people know how to lead it.
What you learnWhat AI actually does, what it cannot do, and where it fits inside a business.
What it gives youYou become the person who separates what is real from what is being sold.
What you learnHow to turn raw data into a dashboard someone can make a decision from.
What it gives youAn argument with data behind it wins over an argument without.
What you learnHow decisions, risk and accountability are structured in an organisation.
What it gives youIt is what gets asked of anyone moving into a director-level seat.
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In the years since, edX has become the platform where more than 250 institutions publish their courses, for over 100 million learners in more than 190 countries.
Through that partnership, the Master in Business & AI includes courses from the institutions below. Each one issues its own certificate, in your name, at no additional cost.
| Subject | edX course included | Certificate issued by |
|---|---|---|
| MBU-507Business Strategies | Generative AI for Business Leaders and Executives | IBM |
| MBU-505Marketing | Introduction to Marketing | University of Edinburgh |
| MBU-501Communication and Leadership | Leading with Effective Communication | Catalyst |
| MBU-504Creating and Leading Effective Organizations | AI for Leaders | Babson College |
| MBU-508Project Management | Project Management Principles | USM |
| MBU-502Operations Management | Project Management PrinciplesApplied Scrum for Agile Project Management | University of Maryland |
| MBU-506Financial Analysis | Financial Analysis for Decision MakingCorporate Finance | Babson CollegeIIM Bangalore |
| MBU-509Global Economy | The Superpower Grand StrategiesFX Markets Derivatives and Credit Derivatives | University of MarylandNew York Institute of Finance |
| MBU-513Digital Transformation | Digital Strategy and Transformation | Tec de Monterrey |
| MBU-514Artificial Intelligence | Elevating Businesses and Careers with Generative AI | IBM |
| MBU-516Data Analytics and Business Intelligence | Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BIPower BI: Get Started with Microsoft Data Analytics | Davidson CollegeMicrosoft |
| MBU-511Governance | Introduction to Global Governance | KU Leuven |
16 courses from 12 institutions — eight universities and four market organisations.
Issued in your name, by the institution that produced the course. Included in the price you already saw.
Start nowThere are no intake dates and no cohort to wait for. You start the week you decide.
Master the modules and the next term opens. There is no cap, and no minimum either. You pay one term at a time, and each term can be split into instalments.
Six terms of four weeks is the fast route. The standard route is eighteen months, at the same price.
Every term is the same price, whichever route you take.
Start today, study this week.
Your country sets the scholarship applied later, if you continue.
Each term is designed for six weeks and closes with an assessment. Master the modules sooner and the next term opens sooner. There is no cap, and no minimum either.Each term is designed for six weeks. Master the modules sooner and the next term opens sooner — no cap, and no minimum either.
| Pace | Months to graduate | Total study time | You’d graduate around |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extended | 12 months | 52 weeks | — |
| Standard | 9 months | 39 weeks | — |
| Intensive | 6 months | 26 weeks | — |
Six weeks is the design, not the ceiling: once you have mastered a term’s modules you move on. There is no credit cap, and no minimum pace either. You are not charged more for taking longer, or less for finishing sooner. The calendar stops being a financial decision and goes back to being yours.Six weeks is the design, not the ceiling. The price is the same at any pace — the calendar stops being a financial decision and goes back to being yours.
Every admitted student receives an automatic scholarship based on where they live, up to 80% off, set by the economic group your country falls into. No essay, no committee, no waiting list.
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— total for the programme, in 1 + 18 monthly instalments, with tuition, fees and materials included
Choose your country to see your scholarship. Every admitted student receives one.
The price is fixed for the whole programme: the pace changes the calendar, never the total. Your price is set by the economic group your country falls into — ten groups, each with a published monthly instalment and a published total; country of residence is confirmed at registration.
See my scholarshipMove at your own speed, start at no cost, or let your country set your tuition. They combine, most students use all three.
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No semesters and no speed limits, finish in as few as six months, paying term by term.
Start nowStudents from more than 20 countries, studying the same programme as you. Every AGTU (American Global Tech University) student joins a network that is already working, people in your field, in your time zone, and often in your country. You can see who they are before you enrol, connect with them on LinkedIn, and ask them anything you would rather not ask an advisor.
Students from more than 20 countries, studying the same programme as you.
Every AGTU (American Global Tech University) student joins a network that is already working, people in your field, in your time zone, and often in your country. You can see who they are before you register, connect with them on LinkedIn, and ask them anything you would rather not ask an advisor.
Many of them started exactly where you are now: on this page, wondering whether a free master’s competency could possibly be real.
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There are no artificial speed limits. Many motivated learners finish in half the traditional time.
Each term unlocks when you complete your required modules and settle the term fee.
Yes. Flexible plans are available per term.
Yes. Your diploma and certified transcripts are issued immediately upon full settlement.
Yes, A to F, with a full GPA.
Any day. There are no intake dates.
No. The programme is delivered entirely online, so there is no visa, no relocation, and no resignation letter. You study from where you already live, around the job you already have, and the credential you receive is the same American degree.
You can. There is no minimum pace.
The programme is asynchronous by design so students in any time zone participate equally. Some programmes include live components, described on each programme page.
No. It’s applied automatically when you’re admitted, based on your country of residence.
No. The scholarship is based on your country’s economic data, not on your personal finances.
Yes, every term until you graduate.
Not for the free competency program. Formal admission requirements, including academic documentation, apply when you enroll in a degree program.
Start any day. Pay one term at a time. Finish when you’re ready.
Four fields, and your first two subjects open.
Start any day. Pay one term at a time, and split any term into instalments.
Term fees, instalment plans and credential release follow AGTU’s policies as published in the university catalog: official diplomas and transcripts are issued once your account is fully settled. American Global Tech University is licensed by the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education (License #12506) and accredited by ASIC. Coursework from Harvard, MIT, Cambridge and other leading institutions, through our edX partnership.
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Short videos recorded by AGTU (American Global Tech University) students and graduates: why they started, what the study weeks actually looked like, and what changed at work afterwards.
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