Programs
MBA
Columbia Business School’s full-time MBA Program is one of the finest in the world, with a prestigious roster of internationally renowned faculty members, diverse and highly sought-after students and access to the world’s biggest corporations in New York City. The School’s emphasis on active learning and entrepreneurial thinking readies students to successfully lead diverse global organizations. The MBA curriculum also offers 10 dual-degree programs in partnership with other graduate schools at the University. Students must apply to both schools; admission decisions are made independently.
Executive MBA (EMBA)
Executive MBA programs allow business professionals to pursue an MBA degree without interrupting their professional careers and to put what they learn into practice immediately. The School offers four EMBA programs that deliver the frameworks and tools to meet challenges and seize opportunity.
EMBA-New York
Columbia Business School’s flagship EMBA-New York program offers the same curriculum — taught by the same faculty — as the full-time MBA Program. Students are highly talented, intellectually curious professionals with a drive to define and refine the skills necessary to advance in today’s rapidly changing business world. Classes meet on the main campus in New York City every other Friday and Saturday for five terms.
EMBA-Global Americas and Europe
Columbia Business School’s pioneering EMBA-Global Americas and Europe joint program with London Business School offers monthly classes, alternating between two of the world’s financial capitals, with an option in the second year to also study at HKU Business School in Hong Kong. Students are diverse, sophisticated managers with global responsibilities and aspirations. The faculty is composed of leading global experts selected from each school. Graduates earn two full MBA degrees, one from London Business School and one from Columbia University, and gain access to extensive resources, including a joint alumni network, that span continents.
EMBA-Global Asia
Columbia Business School, London Business School and HKU Business School have joined forces to offer the first executive MBA program offered in the three financial capitals that are driving global business: New York, London and Hong Kong. EMBA-Global Asia is designed for high-potential, globally-focused professionals, primarily based in Asia, who seek to deepen their understanding of both Western and Eastern business theory and practice and who are passionate about the opportunities that Asia’s rapid economic development affords. Teaching takes place in Hong Kong, London and New York, as well as Shanghai. Graduates receive an MBA degree conferred jointly by the three schools as well as access to the unparalleled network of alumni from all three schools.
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA
The Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program blends the advantages and perspectives of Wall Street and Silicon Valley for a distinctive academic experience. Bicoastal instruction is delivered at Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, with most class sessions held in the San Francisco Bay area. Graduates earn full MBA degrees from both schools and gain access to two powerful alumni networks.
Executive Education
Columbia Business School Executive Education helps executives lead their organizations through increasingly complex conditions and challenges. The broad portfolio of learning opportunities features nondegree, open-enrollment programs in leadership and strategy, marketing and finance. Customized programs for client-corporations’ individual strategic goals and programs that build leadership in the not-for-profit and public sectors are also offered.
Doctoral Program
Columbia Business School’s Doctoral Program offers students the opportunity to earn their PhD while taking full advantage of the resources of Columbia University, a renowned research institution. Throughout the program, students collaborate with their peers and world-class faculty, studying groundbreaking ideas from the leading experts who developed them and learning how to design and execute original research. Generous tuition assistance options are available, ranging from fellowships and assistantships to tuition exemptions and support for dissertation research.
