Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Uris Hall
3022 Broadway, Room 216
New York, NY 10027
212-854-1961
apply@gsb.columbia.edu
gsb.columbia.edu/mba
COLUMBIA
Admissions
IMMERSE
YOURSELF
IN BUSINESS
With an emphasis on seeing the bigger picture and connecting the dots across
different functional areas, our innovative curriculum and renowned faculty
M
EM
BE
RS
FA
C
U
LT
Y
FU
LL
-T
IM
E
200+ ELECTIVES
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
15
2
Glenn Hubbard
Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor
of Finance and Economics
9 NOBEL LAUREATES
challenge you to solve complex business problems and prepare you to find
opportunity in any environment.
Learn from professors whose work has a deep and direct impact on business.
Columbias passionate teachers and leading scholars, who are also sought-after
consultants, give you an insiders view into their industry and the tools youll
need to apply those lessons in your chosen field. Through our 25 centers,
programs, and institutes, you are exposed to the latest big ideas across critical
business areas. When you have the opportunity to see groundbreaking theory
play out in practice, you develop both a deeper understanding of business forces
and the decision-making skills to shape those forces.
61% INTERNATIONAL
FACULTY MEMBERS
150
OVER
ADJUNCTS A YEAR
(ALL ARE WORKING PRACTITIONERS)
INTEGRATED LEARNING
provides essential building blocks for any career. With hundreds of electives
across 14 areas of study, you can focus on your own passions and challenge
yourself to make new discoveries. Master Classes and other hands-on offerings
connect you directly with corporate and government clients to make business
decisions in real time. Further enrich your learning through courses at
Columbias other renowned graduate schools.
Collaborative learning is an integral part of the Columbia MBA experience. Your
class is divided into clusters and small learning teams, each carefully designed
to reflect diverse backgrounds and work experiences. Working closely with your
Operations
Accounting
INTEGRATED
CASE
Corporate
Finance
Strategy
peers on group assignments and leading projects, you develop close bonds,
learn by doing, and address problems from multiple perspectives, teaching
yourself to recognize opportunities others miss.
CORE
REQUIRED COURSE
ELECTIVES
SAMPLE ELECTIVE
3 full-term
electives
AUGUST ENTRY
AUGUST
TERM 1
JANUARY
TERM 2
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
August-entry students
explore functional or
industry areas and apply
new skills to the workplace.
JUNE
SUMMER
INTERNSHIP
PRE-TERM CLASS
Lead: People, Teams,
Organizations
2 half-term
electives
M
anagerial Economics
M
anagerial Statistics
S
trategy Formulation
C
orporate
Finance
F
inancial
Accounting
B
usiness Analytics
G
lobal Economic
Environment
M
arketing Strategy
M
anaging Marketing
Programs
O
perations
Management
FLEXIBLE ELECTIVES
Break from the normal
class schedule and take
a block week class, enroll
in an Executive MBA
course, or arrange an
independent study.
MASTER CLASSES
These project-based
electives challenge
second-year students
to master core concepts
by applying them to
real-world business
problems.
AUGUST
TERM 3
JANUARY
Take an elective on
entrepreneurship.
TERM 4
JUNE
3 full-term
electives
PRE-TERM CLASS
Lead: People, Teams,
Organizations
JANUARY
TERM 1
JUNE
TERM 2
Cross-register for a
Columbia Law School course.
THE J-TERM
January entry allows qualified students
to skip the summer internship and earn
their degree in just 16 months.
JANUARY ENTRY
2 half-term
electives
Choose electives
from more than 4,000
GRADUATE-LEVEL
CLASSES ACROSS
THE UNIVERSITY.
Accounting
Decision, Risk, and Operations
Entrepreneurship
Finance and Economics
Healthcare and Pharmaceutical
Management
Leadership and Ethics
Management
Marketing
Media
Private Equity
Real Estate
Retail and Luxury Goods
Social Enterprise
Value Investing
th c
e o
bo Un nne
ld ive ct I
id rs s E@
ea it te C
s y w am O
in it s L
to h o U
su re f s MB
cc so tud IA
es urc e
sf es nts
ul t a
bu o cr
si tra os
ne ns s
ss fo
es rm
.
t
S l d
E su n
S n a .
S co ies es
LA o n g
C s t pa en
R nt om all
TE e c ch
S ud d
A st rl e
M le -wo l-tim
ab al ea
en h re e r
it lv
w so
REAL-TIME,
REAL-WORLD BUSINESS
Columbia positions you in Manhattan, the heart of New York City, and at the
nexus of global business. Our location combined with our premier role in
legendary executives to discuss key business trends in class. You also benefit
from dynamic practitioners teaching as adjunct professors and top business
leaders who join Columbias community as Executives in Residence. These
luminaries teach classes, help students network, give one-on-one advice, and
often stay in touch with students beyond graduation.
IL
dr FE
fr aw N L
om s E
th infl AD
e u E
of hig en RS
bu he tia HI
si st l sp P S
ne e e E
ss ch ak R
. el er IE
on s S
s
16 EXECUTIVES
IN RESIDENCE
s
ne
S ce d
IT s an
IS he n
V t i y.
Y d es it
N hin ss k C
PA be ne or
M s si Y
O t u w
C den e b Ne
u rs d
st ive on
ke d ey
ta of b
business and business education mean that you have unparalleled access to
COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL
CENTER
FUTURE
COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS
K
PA
R
DA
M
Nyambura Gichohi 14
Nairobi, Kenya
NU
E
AV
E
NU
E
AV
E
XI
ON
IS
AD
M
E
1S
TA
VE
NU
NU
AV
E
D
3R
TRE
ET
NU
AV
EN
AV
E
2N
D
PA
R
HS
TRE
ET
MONTAUK
(LONG ISLAND)
UE
Y
N ALLE
SILICO
NU
E
AV
E
6T
H
14T
CENTER ON
JAPANESE
ECONOMY AND
BUSINESS LECTURE
GRAND CENTRAL
Just a train ride
to hedge funds in
Westchester and
Connecticut.
INTERNATIONAL
CAREER
RECRUITING
JFK AIRPORT
HOU
SOHO
CA
N
AL
BR
O
AD
W
AY
LU
M
CO
H
5T
MIDTOWN
DS
CHELSEA
COMPANY
VISIT TO
LORAL
42N
COLUMBIA
BUSINESS LAB
This co-working space
brings together graduating
entrepreneurs, offering them
office space for a year,
mentorship, the chance to
collaborate, and resources
to help build their
new ventures.
BU
ER
INNOVATION
SUMMIT
ET
PRIVATE EQUITY
DEAL CAMP
E
NU
AV
E
CE
NEW JERSEY
THEATER
DISTRICT
GARMENT
DISTRICT
TRE
MADISON
AVENUE
NU
AV
E
11
TH
HOME TO THE
PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRY
TH S
AV
E
ID
E
ST
UPPER
WEST SIDE
MEDIA
MENTORING
BREAKFAST
VENTURE FAIR
AT GOOGLE
116
CEN
TR
PAR AL
K
PA
R
COMPANY VISIT
TO SPOTIFY
RICHMAN CENTER
INTELLIGENCE
SQUARED DEBATES
NT
NEWARK
AIRPORT
GLOBAL
IMMERSION
CLASSES AND
STUDY TOURS
FACULTY
HOSTED
DINNERS
RA
L
RECRUITING EVENT
AT CREDIT SUISSE
MORNINGSIDE
HEIGHTS
RS
RI
VE
AM
career advice. Our more than 40,000 alumni are pivotal players in nearly every
ET
expertise to help our students with internships, job strategies, and individualized
ORIENTATION
SCAVENGER HUNT
IN CENTRAL PARK
BR
OA
DW
AY
In addition, Columbia Business School alumni are generous with their time and
TRE
ES
RETAILING MASTER
CLASS Partner with
fashion students to
consult for luxury
goods companies.
TH S
LE
COLUMBIA
CAMPUS
135
MANHATTANVILLE
NG
TO
N
the latest debates in a range of industries. Gain insight into the daily workings
AV
E
and give you the chance to serve in leadership positions and participate in
experts to campus, tap the knowledge and resources of our research centers,
of business through field trips that include the New York Stock Exchange
WASHINGTON
HEIGHTS
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONSULTING
PROGRAM
WA
L
LS
TR
EE
FINANCIAL
DISTRICT
ST
RE
STON
ET
(QUEENS)
STRE
ET
LOWER
EAST SIDE
BROOKLYN
SPRING
GALA AT
CIPRIANI
COMMUNITY
SERVICE DAY AT
ROOFTOP FARMS
IN GREENPOINT
Sample events
GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE,
GLOBAL IMPACT
Shehzad Khan 14
Bedminster, NJ
India
Israel
Japan
Mexico
Poland
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Thailand
Turkey
Tunisia
UAE
Dyanna Salcedo 14
New York, NY
a close community that both values collaboration and promotes the individual.
At Columbia youll find ample opportunity and support to follow your own passion.
Our students are as varied and vibrant as todays global business environment.
They come from nearly 100 nations with backgrounds in virtually every business
sector. You benefit from the experiences and insights of your classmates, and,
working closely together in clusters and learning teams, you forge lifelong
personal and professional relationships. Connect with seasoned professionals
in the Executive MBA Program, too, as well as students in other prestigious
graduate programs across the University.
events and projects, you advance your leadership experience, develop hands-on
management skills, expand your networkand have a whole lot of fun. Delve
deeply into your own interests or explore new ones through a wide range of
student-run professional, industry-themed, and social networks. Connect with
others who have a passion for social enterprise, green business, real estate, or
microbrewing. Give back to the community through our popular Small Business
Consulting Program, tutoring children in Harlem, or coaching welfare-to-work
recipients on interviewing skills. Youll find the best of both worlds here: the
SINESS SCHOOL CO
U
B
CLUB
COLUMBIA
A OF EMERGING EUROPE CLUSTER Q M
MU BASKETBALL
BICANUCKS
M
BETTER HALVES COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL
COLUMBIA
DANCE
CLUB
COLUMBIA
NIT ASSOCIAT
LUORGANIZATION COLUMBIA FINANCE ORGANIZATION DIVERSE
O
ENTREPRENEURS
COLUMBIA
Y
C
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COLUMBIA MIDWEST CLUB COLUMBIA MUSIC AFICIONADOS
AND BUSINESS CLUB COLUMBIA STUDENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION COLUMBIA SURF CLUB COLUM
COLUMBIA WEALTH MANAGEMENT CLUB COLUMBIA WOMEN IN BUSINESS (CWIB) COMMODITY CLUB COMMUNITY A
EVERYONE (CARE) CYCLING CLUB DEANS ADVISORY BOARD DUAL DEGREE STUDENT ASSOCIATION EMERGING EUR
CLUB EQUITY RESEARCH CLUB EUREKA! EUROPEAN SOCIETY EVENTS COMMITTEE FAMILY BUSINESS CLUB FINA
SOCIETY FOLLIES FOOTBALL CLUB GENERAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION GERMAN SOCIETY GOLF CLUB GOURME
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION GREATER CHINA SOCIETY GREEN BUSINESS CLUB HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM HEALTH
100+
ASSOCIATION HEALTHY LIVING CLUB HERMES SOCIETY HER MAJESTYS SOCIETY HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATIO
CLUBS
HOSPITALITY AND TRAVEL ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD I-PREP INNOVATION + CREATI
SOCIETY INSITE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLUB INVESTMENT BANKING CLUB ISRAELI BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
community crosscut into many smaller communities for you to celebrate and
JAPAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION JEWISH BUSINESS STUDENTS ASSOCIATION KOREAN BUSINESS STUDENTS ASSOCIA
share your culture, knowledge, and background.
AMERICAN LE FRENCH CLUB MANAGEMENT CONSULTING ASSOCIATION MARKETING ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA M
ASSOCIATION MICROBREW SOCIETY MILITARY IN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MUSLIM BUSINESS STUDENTS ASSOCIA
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE CLUB PAWS PEER ADVISORS PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL CLU
ASSOCIATION REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION RETAIL AND LUXURY GOODS CLUB RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB RUNNING CLU
SALES AND TRADING CLUB SILFEN LEADERSHIP SERIES SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING PROGRAM SNOW SPORTS
ENTERPRISE CLUB SOUTH ASIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST ASIA
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST C
MAJOR
SPANISH CLUB SPORTS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SQUASH CLUB STUDENT
FACULTY ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTE
ANNUAL
BUSINESS GROUP TELECOM CLUB TENNIS CLUB UNIVERSITY SENATECONFERENCES
URBAN ARTS CLUB VOLLEYBALL CLUB WEST C
SOCIETY WOMENS RUGBY WORLD TOUR CLUB YOUNG ARAB LEADERS ASSOCIATION AFRICAN ECONOM
STUDENTS
BUSINESS STUDENT CONFERENCE BRITE COLUMBIA WOMEN IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE COLUMBIA STUDENT INVEST
CONFERENCE ENERGY SYMPOSIUM GREATER CHINA SOCIETY CONFERENCE HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE INDIA BUSIN
LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE MARKETING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
SAMPLE CLUSTER
Class entering 2012
ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE MBA INNOVATION SUMMIT MICROFINANCE CONFERENCE ODYSSEY CONFERENCE
VENTURE CAPITAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM FOR FINANCIAL STUDIES CONFERENCE RETAIL & LUXURY GOOD
CLUSTERS
6570 students
STRATEGY CONFERENCE AFRICAN MBAS CONNECT AMAZON RECRUITING BREAKFAST BBSA MOV
per cluster
BETTER HALVES CLUB POTLUCK DINNER BLACK
BUSINESS STUDENTS ASSOCIATION YOUNG ALUMN
OVER
WOMENFORUM ON GROWTH AND INNOVATION CBSSTUDENT-LED
BREAKFAST
GOLF CLUB INAUGURAL FALL CLASSIC CHINESE NEW Y
DIVER
SE CLASS
20
741
11
RNING TEAM
38%
F
NONPROFIT
AGE: 33
Hometown:
Memphis, TN
M
TECHNOLOGY
Age: 25
Hometown:
Karachi,
Pakistan
M
CONSULTING
Age: 28
Hometown:
Cape Town,
South Africa
FINANCE
Age: 26
Hometown:
London, UK
HEALTHCARE
Age: 30
Hometown:
New York, NY
Sample team
38%
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS
680760
MIDDLE 80%
GMAT SCORES
2531
MIDDLE 80%
AGE RANGE
200
TECH CAREER FAIR CLEAN TECH MONTH CLIMATE AND SOCIETY LECTURE
SERIES
CLUSTER CUP SOCCER TOURNAMENT
EVENTS
PER MONTH
PANEL COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL HAPPY HOUR COLUMBIA DANCE CLUB SALSA DISTINGUISHED LEADER SERIES
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LEADING A GLOBAL CONGLOMERATE IN THE MODERN AGE ECONOMICS OF CORRUPTION WIT
Student Backgrounds
FISMAN MIDDLE
EMBA ALUMNI
AND STUDENT FAMILY DAY AT BIG APPLE CIRCUS FACULTY SHOWCASE FIRST ANNUAL HONG
80%
Financial Services: 29%
YEARS
OF WORK
INVITATIONAL
FOLLIES PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WATCHING PARTY FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURS
Consulting: 20%
EXPERIENCE
IN
LATIN
AMERICA GOLDMAN SACHS RECRUITING EVENT GOOGLE OFFICE HOURS GR
Marketing/Media: 8%
SOCIETY CONFERENCE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION HAPPY HOUR HEALTHY LIVING
Nonprofit: 6%
Military/Government: 5%
AUDITIONS HOW TO THRIVE AS AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT INTERNATIONAL POT LUCK
Private Equity: 5%
WORKSHOP INVESTOR PANEL DISCUSSION: THE STATE OF FUND INVESTING JAPAN CONSULATE EVENT
Real Estate: 5%
GAME AT MSG KOREAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MOVIE SCREENING LIVE JAZZ AND CHAMPAGNE TASTING LONDON
Technology: 5%
NETWORKING RECEPTION LOWER EAST SIDE GALLERY HOP NYC CHOCOLATE TOUR OKTOBERFEST PATAGONIA LEADE
Healthcare: 4%
WORLD SPRING
PHOTOGRAPHY 101 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT KICKOFF SPANISH COOKINGACCESS
CLASS TO
SPRING CARNIVAL
Energy: 3%
LEADERS
RESOURCES FROM
MARTINIS:
A
TRIBUTE
TO
THE
ROARING
TWENTIES
FALL
BALL
START-UP
ROUNDTABLE
STOCK
PITCH
101
SUPER BOWL
Manufacturing: 2%
FORUM
20 SCHOOLS
SAKE WITH CLUSTER D TEDXMANHATTAN SCREENING TRIBECA FILM FEST
Other:* 8%
*Includes arts, law,
LEADERSHIP DAY - THE ART OF REINVENTION WOMENS WEEK COCKTAIL RECEPTION
37
COLUMBIA UN
IV
E
A
LE
IT
S
R
OM
YC
24 CAMPUS
LIBRARIES
WITH 10+ MILLION
VOLUMES
MUNITY
UNIVERSITY
LECTURE
SERIES
BE A PART OF
40,000
ALUMNI
for the timesover a lifetime. Our dedicated Career Management Center carefully
prepares you to shape your ideal career, from your first job after graduation to your
long-term success, wherever your passion leads you. Across the private, public,
and nonprofit sectors, the CMC connects you with industry insiders through
on-campus and alumni events, helps you refine your skills through workshops,
mock interviews, one-on-one career coaching, and second-year student advisors,
and offers you a wealth of up-to-the-minute online resources and research in
your desired industry. With their remarkable business acumen and innovative
approaches to problem solving, our MBAs are actively sought by corporate
TARGETED
EDUCATIONAL
EVENTS AND
WORKSHOPS
Diana Yen 13
Dallas, TX
Associate, Corporate Development,
AT&T
CAREER
MANAGEMENT
LIBRARY AND
DIGITAL MEDIA
CENTER
MBA
CAREER
MANAGEMENT
CENTER
TARGETED
JOB
POSTINGS
EXCLUSIVE
ONLINE
RESOURCES
INDUSTRYSPECIFIC
COACHING
JOB SEARCH
CLINICS
VISITS TO
COMPANY
HQS
SCHOOLFACILITATED
OPPORTUNITIES
ON- AND
OFF-CAMPUS
RECRUITING
ON-CAMPUS
JOB FAIRS
RESOURCES FOR
ENTREPRENEURS
RECRUITER
COFFEE-CHATS
SALARY
NEGOTIATION
WORKSHOPS
96%
of the 2012 class
received a job offer
within 3 months
of graduation.
ALUMNI
BENEFITS
INTERVIEW
PREPARATION
NETWORKING
PRACTICE
SESSIONS
RSUM
CRITIQUES
NETWORKING
EVENTS
ALUMNI JOB
BOARD
MOCK
INTERVIEWS
ENHANCE
YOUR
SKILLS
INDIVIDUAL
CAREER
ADVISING
RSUM
REVIEW
ONLINE SELFASSESSMENT
TOOLS
ALUMNI
CAREER
WORKSHOPS
EXECUTIVE
COACHING
SAMPLE
EMPLOYERS
Amazon American Express Apple
AT Kearney Bain & Company Bank of
America Merrill Lynch Barclays Booz & Co.
The Blackstone Group The Boston Consulting Group
Capgemini CB Richard Ellis Citi Coach Cole Haan
Credit Suisse Cushman & Wakefield Dannon Deloitte
Deutsche Bank Developing World Markets Disney
Education Pioneers Ernst & Young Evercore Federal
Reserve Bank General Electric Goldman Sachs Google
IBM JPMorgan Chase LOral McKinsey & Company
Merck Microsoft Moelis & Company Morgan
Stanley Ogilvy & Mather Pfizer Philips PIMCO
PwC Robin Hood Foundation Samsung
Sanford C. Bernstein and Co.
Spotify Telsey Advisory Group
Tiffany UBS Unilever
United Nations
DIVERSE
ALUMNI
EMPLOYMENT
15%
n Finance: Other
13%
n Consulting
8%
n Media
7%
n Technology
7%
n Nonprofit
5%
n Retail
5%
n Manufacturing
5%
n Healthcare
5%
n Real Estate
5%
n Other
9%
GSB.COLUMBIA.EDU/MBA
212-854-1961
t
f
@COLUMBIAMBA
FACEBOOK.COM/COLUMBIABUSINESS
VISIT CAMPUS
COLUMBIA
Admissions