Accelerate your management career among the Philippines’ best and brightest. The BS Management Honors (BS MGTH) Program is the country’s premier leadership and entrepreneurship development program, defined by rigorous and exacting standards that only a few of the very best students can meet.
Learn how you can turn entrepreneurial ideas into action through the BS Management Honors’ hands-on projects, rigorous training and collaboration with some of the most driven minds in business.
Do you have what it takes to join this elite circle of the Ateneo’s most ambitious and driven minds?
What sets the BS Management Honors graduate apart?
The BS MTGH program is fundamentally designed to equip students with both the theoretical knowledge and practical experience required to start, run and bring a business to scale.
Its curriculum improves on the standard BS Management program with the inclusion of additional courses focusing on four key areas:
More rigorous training in applied mathematics
Quantitative and qualitative decision making
Leadership and organization development
Global business insighting
At JGSOM, we believe that entrepreneurship is best learned through practice rather than just in theory. That’s why we’ve designed the BS MGTH program around an experiential learning framework to ensure that our graduates make a powerful impact during their careers.
First Ever Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship
The curriculum emphasizes project work and hands-on exposure as a necessary complement to textbook learning and academic work. Courses cover both technical and functional areas of business and management, with a special focus on Entrepreneurship.
Activities like case competitions, start-up pitch sessions, market showcases and internships will immerse you in the realities of building and sustaining a venture: challenging you to put classroom learning into real-world practice
Exclusive to Ateneo’s outstanding students
The BS MGTH program is open only to applicants who score in the top 10% of the Ateneo College Entrance Test (ACET). Once admitted, you’ll be part of a class made up of highly-intelligent, highly motivated, and self-driven individuals – possibly the best undergraduate business students in the country.
BS Management Honors Graduates’ Career Prospects
The BS MGTH’s rigor and emphasis on excellence prepare graduates to become not just managers, but visionary leaders capable of shaping organizations and communities.
Entrepreneurship & Startups
Founder launching and scaling one’s own business venture
Startup Operations / Strategy Lead helping new companies develop business models and growth plans
Product Manager driving product-market fit and user growth through strategic experimentation
Corporate Management
Business Development Manager identifying growth opportunities and strategic partnerships
Operations Manager overseeing efficiency and performance in business operations
General Manager / Corporate Strategist on a path toward executive leadership roles
Finance & Consulting
Financial Analyst / Investment Analyst evaluating markets, companies, or projects for investment potential
Corporate Finance Associate handling mergers, acquisitions, and capital-raising efforts
Risk or Business Analyst using data to support decision-making in financial institutions
Marketing, Branding & Product Management
Brand Manager overseeing brand strategy, campaigns, and product lifecycles
Marketing Strategist / Digital Marketing Manager integrating data-driven insights into campaigns
Public Service, Education & Nonprofit Leadership
Policy Analyst contributing to public-sector economic or social development policy
Research Fellow teaching and conducting research in business and management
Social Enterprise Founder combining business acumen with social impact goals
Emerging & Cross-Disciplinary Roles
Business Intelligence Specialist using data analytics to inform management decisions
ESG Consultant integrating responsible business practices into corporate strategy
Innovation Consultant aligning business goals with digital transformation initiatives
Blazing paths in leadership
Ateneo BS MGTH graduates have gone on to become some of the Philippines’ most respected leaders in business, academia, and public service – from distinguished Cabinet secretaries, to chief executives of major corporations, to senior figures in finance, education, and consulting around the world.
Their achievements reflect the BS MGTH’s legacy of excellence and its enduring impact on shaping visionary leaders who drive progress in both private and public sectors.
We hold our students to the same high standards – expecting that they, too, will one day continue our alumni’s proud tradition of leadership and service.
The Management Honors Program is an honors program that combines Ateneo's traditional strength in the liberal arts with a strong foundation in business management and the decision sciences to create a curriculum that prepares students to meet the challenges of leading modern, information and technology-intensive organizations. Courses cover all the functional areas of business and management, with a special focus on Entrepreneurship.
The program also allows students to take electives to gain further knowledge and skill in topics of personal interest. Management Honors students must hurdle rigorous academic standards in order to complete the program.
Student performance is evaluated semester-per-semester basis to determine compliance with strict retention requirements. The program produces highly motivated graduates who are holistic in their world view, highly analytical in their decision making, and prepared to assume leadership roles in the workplace.
Program Learning Outcomes
As a Center of Excellence for Entrepreneurship, the Management Honors Program will abide by the program outcomes stated in pages 3-4 of the CHED CMO 18, Series of 2017.
As a member of the John Gokongwei School of Management, the Management Program also has the following School level outcomes:
JGSOM 1: Develop a global perspective for use in nation building JGSOM 2: Use interdisciplinary, analytical, and sustainable approaches to solving business problems JGSOM 3: Use interdisciplinary, analytical, and sustainable approaches in creating innovative business models JGSOM 4: Develop technical proficiency in their areas of business concentration or major JGSOM 5: Show an understanding of how to exercise personal moral and ethical standards JGSOM 6: Demonstrate an understanding of transformative service leadership principles
Over and above these program outcomes, the Management-Honors Program has the following additional Program outcomes.
The program outcomes of BS Management are as follows (within 2 to 4 years):
Apply transformative service leadership, with a global perspective, in setting up of new businesses and in generating more jobs through creation of new products / service that can scale up from local to global markets
Assess the environmental sustainability and social responsibility impact of global businesses across geographic boundaries as it serves various market needs vis-à-vis operational efficiency and profitability targets of the businesses
Implement human-centered decision making, such as organizational strategies, which is supported by technology applications, data analytics, and quantitative models to ensure the competitiveness and sustain the viability of the business
Build social-impact businesses and manage the social network in providing opportunities for positive change involving all stakeholders
Utilize ethical / moral foundation and systems thinking approach in providing solutions to multi-dimensional problems of the businesses and in building various communities of the world
Required Major Subjects
Philippine Business and Economic Environment
Principles of Accounting
Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Cost Accounting
Business Statistics
Essentials of Philippine Business Law
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Organizational Communication
Organizational Behavior
Principles of Finance
Fundamentals of Production and Operations Management
Opportunity Seeking and Marketing Analysis
Small Business Consulting
Strategy Formulation
Strategy Implementation
