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The Berkeley Advantage
Leading Through Innovation is a mindset that Berkeley MBAs develop and perfect during their time at Haas. It's a way of thinking and a set of skillls that our graduates will apply to their organizations far into their professional careers. Berkeley MBAs discover how to seize opportuniites, challenge conventional wisdom, and lead with creativity. The entire Haas School culture is about fresh thinking and new ideas. This is Berkeley, after all.
Full-time MBA Program
In addition to acquiring an education anchored in the fundamentals of mangement along with the latest theories and best practices in business, our MBAs are able to leverage the strengths of one of the truly great universities in the world - UC Berkeley - as well as our deep connections to San Francisco and Silicon Valley - hubs of finance, discovery and development. When combined with the collaborative, team-based culture of our programs, Haas produces graduates who possess confidence without attitude and are ready to make immediate impacts on the organizations that they join.
In conjunction with a superb general management curriculum that emphasizes leading through innovation, the Haas School has numerous top-ranked specialties and concurrent degree and certificate programs that allow our students to develop in-depth knowledge and stay on the cutting-edge of new business theories and applications. Top-ranked specialties include Entrepreneurship, Finance, Global Management, Health Care, Marketing, Nonprofit & Public Management, Social Responsibility, Technology, and Real Estate. Students looking to specialize can earn certificates in Entrepreneurship, Management of Technology, Global Management, Real Estate, or Health Management upon the completion of a designated number of courses and special projects. The Haas School also offers three concurrent degree programs - a JD/MBA, an MBA/MA in International and Area Studies, and an MBA/MPH in Health Management.
Evening & Weekend MBA Program
As the Bay Area's leading management program for working professionals, the Evening & Weekend MBA Program enables students to accelerate their career advancement by honing their business skills and acumen. This program features the identical comprehensive management curriculum and leading-edge courses as the Full-time MBA Program, taught by the same outstanding faculty.
Evening & Weekend MBAs are able to apply rigorous classroom learning directly to the business environment on a daily basis, giving them a unique perspective on management theory and practice. Qualified students participate in summer intern recruiting during their second year and full-time employment recruiting during their final year. Students who accept an internship offer must leave their current organziation before beginning the internship.
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program
Merging the strengths of two top business schools, the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program offers on-campus instruction featuring the same rigorous curriculum and world-class faculty as our prestigious full-time program.
Approximately 60 fast-tracked mid- and senior-level executives with an average of 12 years of work experience learn in a unique bicoastal environment with classes in Berkeley and New York. The result: graduates with a rigorous general management education that blends the fundamentals with the innovative.
