Message from the Dean
Columbia Business School is committed to developing leaders positioned to excel in today’s rapidly changing business world. The School understands that as the organizational and leadership needs of today’s companies change constantly, so are the educational needs of MBA graduates.
Columbia Business School is leading the charge in this new era of business school education, starting with some of our natural advantages: our cutting-edge faculty research and a focus on experiential learning, a powerful alumni network and our location in the city of New York.
The Columbia Business School educational experience is designed to prepare you for the distinct challenges you will face as an emerging business leader. Beyond simply offering a set of functional business skills, our curriculum provides an education that lasts — and evolves — over a lifetime. A Columbia MBA supplies you with an array of relevant skills by weaving active, project-based learning and sophisticated, nuanced group work throughout our curriculum, preparing you by having you do, decide and create. Moreover, the program cultivates a spirit of entrepreneurship that will help you become true seekers of opportunity — a must in today’s business environment.
Our MBA curriculum’s focus on blending cutting-edge research and industry practice immerses you in an environment of unlimited professional and personal development. The lifelong benefits of a Columbia Business School education extend to our extensive alumni network, which is now 38,000 members strong. The depth and breadth of that network allows students to connect with business pioneers and trailblazers who know firsthand the value of the Columbia Business School experience.
I can say with certainty that the opportunities you will find here are unmatched and the caliber and quality of students, faculty and alumni unparalleled. I invite you to join us and discover for yourself the power of a Columbia Business School education.
Glenn Hubbard
Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics
