Northeastern’s Master of Science in Organizational Leadership prepares you for the challenges and opportunities associated with leading a global community by helping you build a personal leadership philosophy. 

Through a targeted curriculum taught by faculty experts, you’ll explore key leadership areas such as: management, ethics, strategic thinking, and organizational culture. Students can also choose to focus their studies in one of seven concentrations - including our new coaching concentration. 

This unique graduate degree program leverages each student's interdisciplinary background with real-world lessons and an experience-driven learning approach allowing them to build and strengthen their leadership capabilities.  

Upon completion, graduates join an alumni network of more than 1,900 leadership professionals who work at renowned organizations such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Bank of America, the Mayo Clinic, and national universities. 

Program objectives 

• Develop and bolster your leadership competencies. 
• Explore key leadership areas such as management, ethics, strategic thinking, team building, and organizational culture. 
• Prepare for the challenges and opportunities associated with leading globally. 
• Exercise leadership skills through action-learning and research projects. 
• Understand what it means to drive change and be a force multiplier within your organization. 
• Learn to navigate complex business structures, nurture organizational creativity, and instill action to achieve real results. 

Unique Features 

1. Strengthen skills in our learning laboratory model through role playing, interactive simulations, and consulting for a real-world organization. 
2. Available online or on campus in Boston – maximum flexibility for working professionals. 
3. Specialize your degree by choosing from seven different concentrations. 
4. Participate in a Capstone project. 

Accreditation Description

The Master of Science in Organizational Leadership is accredited by the PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC). The GAC Accredited Program seal is a mark of Project Management Institute, Inc.

In October of 2016, the Master of Science in Leadership with a concentration in Project Management accreditation was re-affirmed for the maximum five-year accreditation cycle (originally accredited in 2009) by the PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC), the world's leading association for project management professionals. Accreditation is achieved by meeting the GAC’s rigorous standards, which include an assessment of program objectives and outcomes, a review of onsite and online resources, evaluations of faculty and students, and proof of continuous improvements in the area of project management.

Graduates of our GAC-accredited program are granted a substantial 12-month reduction credit toward the experience requirement when they complete an application for any PMI certification. This means that those applying for the PMI certification will only need 24 months of project management experience, instead of 36 months as outlined by GAC. This new benefit applies retroactively to our program’s initial accreditation date of 2009.