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UC Berkeley

Founded in 1868
Flagship campus of the University of California
33,933 students from 101 countries
23,863 undergraduate students
10,070 graduate students
1,953 faculty
Nearly 340 degree programs
Over 436,000 alumni worldwide
1,232 acre campus

Full-time MBA Program

Bridges to UC Berkeley

The Berkeley MBA program draws on the breadth and depth of the University of California at Berkeley, whose graduate programs are consistently ranked among the best in the world, and whose undergraduate programs are among the most selective. The proof is in the university's distinguished record of Nobel-level scholarship, constant innovation, a concern for the betterment of our world, and consistently high rankings of its schools and departments — the Haas School among them.

Outside graduate courses enrich business curriculum
You are encouraged to supplement business courses with graduate classes outside the business school in areas ranging from engineering, law, and urban planning to foreign languages, international area studies, and public policy. In addition, special interdisciplinary opportunities within the Berkeley community — such as the widely popular Management of Technology Program — enable you to learn from top experts in almost every field. Joint courses with students in law, engineering, information systems, and public health enhance the educational experience of many MBA students.

Longevity and superior rankings
Since its founding in 1868, UC Berkeley has grown with the rapidly expanding population of California and responded to the educational needs of the developing state. The business school was founded in 1898, making it the second oldest collegiate business school in the United States, and the first at a public university.

By the 1930s, research at UC Berkeley burgeoned in nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology, leading to the development of the first cyclotron, the isolation of the human poliovirus, and the discovery of all the artificial elements heavier than uranium, including Berkelium and Californium. Twenty members of the UC Berkeley faculty have been awarded Nobel prizes for these and subsequent achievements in science, literature, and economics.

Today, according to the National Research Council, UC Berkeley ranks first nationally in the number of graduate programs in the top 10 in their fields. (In fact, 97% of the university's programs made the top 10 list.)

UC Berkeley Academic and Faculty Distinctions

Colleges and Schools
Berkeley MBA students have the opportunity to take electives at any of Berkeley's renowned graduate departments.

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