About Haas

As the second-oldest business school in the United States, the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley is one of the world's leading producers of new ideas and knowledge in all areas of business — which includes the distinction of having two of its faculty members receive the Nobel Prize in Economics over the past 20 years.

The school offers outstanding management education to about 2,200 undergraduate and graduate students each year who come from around the world to study in one of its six degree-granting programs. The school has 40,000 alumni.

The school's mission is "to develop leaders who redefine how we do business." The school's distinctive culture is defined by four defining principles:

• Question the Status Quo
• Confidence Without Attitude
• Students Always
• Beyond Yourself

The Berkeley MBA Advantage

The Berkeley MBA Program develops innovative leaders who know how to put new ideas to work, and to do so responsibly.

By leveraging the innovative energy that's ever-present in Berkeley-Haas culture and in the business ecosystem of the San Francisco Bay Area, the program teaches you how to seize opportunities, challenge conventional wisdom, and act creatively.

Anchored in a rigorous general management curriculum, the program gives you the breadth and depth of knowledge to be a leader in any type of organization, including global firms, startups, nonprofits, or a business of your own.

The Full-Time MBA Program

Your Haas education is anchored in the fundamentals of general management, including the latest theories of and best practices in business – from accounting and finance to marketing and strategy. You learn to lead and manage an enterprise as a whole.

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The Admissions Process

Each fall, the Full-time MBA Program enrolls approximately 240 bright, diverse, and creative future business leaders. We admit candidates with solid professional experience and leadership potential who come from a wide variety of industries and backgrounds.

View our Class Profile to learn more about the most recent incoming class.

We seek candidates who embody our Berkeley-Haas Defining Principles: Question the Status Quo, Confidence Without Attitude, Students Always, and Beyond Yourself. The goal of the application review process is to identify those candidates who are the strongest fit with our program.

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