About Haas
Established in 1898, the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world's leading producers of new ideas and knowledge for all areas of business, providing forward-looking management education for students from around the world. The school offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as a series of non-degree programs aimed at executives. The undergraduate business, Full-time MBA, and Evening & Weekend MBA programs are consistently ranked among the top management education programs in the world. In addition to the highly selective Ph.D. Program, the school also offers a one-year Master's in Financial Engineering and an executive MBA program.

Faculty members at Haas uphold Berkeley's tradition of academic excellence in the study of business and economic issues, serving as a vital resource for academia, industry, and government. To cite only a few examples, Haas Professor Janet Yellen headed President Clinton's National Economic Council and is now president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Former Dean Laura D'Andrea Tyson was National Economic Advisor to President Clinton and Chair of the National Economic Council in Washington, DC. Professor Carl Shapiro was appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics (Antitrust). Professor Michael Katz was chief economist at the Federal Communications Commission and was later appointed Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics (Antitrust) by the Bush administration. Professor Paul Gertler joined the World Bank in 2004 as chief economist in its Human Development Network. The late Haas Professor John Harsanyi (1920-2000) won the 1994 Nobel Prize in economics for his work in game theory.

The Haas School's gracious three-building complex overlooking the Berkeley campus was designed to promote community and interaction. The buildings offer wireless access to the Haas server and the Internet. The computer center features multimedia labs, teleconferencing facilities, and an extensive software library. The beautiful Business and Economics Library offers access to a vast array of print and digital resources, as well as support from a professional library staff. Students also have access to all 18 libraries on the UC Berkeley campus.

The ethos of the Haas School is to nurture a sense of collegiality and community, offering an ideal environment for scholarship in a place of great natural beauty enriched by a huge array of cultural opportunities.