Columbia Business School

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New York, NY 10027
212-854-1961
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COLUMBIA

Admissions

IMMERSE
YOURSELF
IN BUSINESS

Columbia Business School is the only MBA program that

offers you wide-ranging thought leadership combined
with unparalleled real-time immersion in global business.
Learn from professors whose ideas are transforming
industry and shaping public discourse. Interact with
dynamic real-world companies and leaders in and out
of the classroom. An MBA from Columbia gives you the
knowledge and tools to make a powerful impact on
business and the world.

The most successful leaders have a perspective that

reaches across disciplines, across geographic borders, and
across time, seeing what has come before and anticipating
what will be needed in the future. At Columbia, we challenge
you to connect ideas beyond traditional boundaries by
immersing yourself in real-world business challenges. You
will develop the skills and broad perspective required to
lead the businesses of tomorrow.

With an emphasis on seeing the bigger picture and connecting the dots across
different functional areas, our innovative curriculum and renowned faculty

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

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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.

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Hands-On Learning, Big-Picture Thinking

Your coursework will be rigorous and relevant, and will encourage practical

INTEGRATED LEARNING

application. Our core curriculum, responsive to businesss evolving needs,

Our integrated case focuses on a specific

challenge faced by a major company.
Studying the problem in several core
courses, students examine key decisions
made by different functions within the
company. Mirroring the way real-world,
real-time business decisions are made,
the integrated case challenges you to use
incomplete information from different
functional areas to craft successful
solutions to complex business problems.

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

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INTEGRATED
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Corporate
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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

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SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
August-entry students
explore functional or
industry areas and apply
new skills to the workplace.

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Lead: People, Teams,
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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

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JANUARY

Take an elective on
entrepreneurship.

TERM 4

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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.

CHOOSE FROM OVER

200 ELECTIVES OFFERED
IN 14 AREAS OF STUDY

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
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Social Enterprise
Value Investing

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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.

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Columbia Is New York

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With so many business leaders based in or traveling to New York, we draw an

extraordinary concentration of icons, innovators, and rising stars to campus
for speaker series and guest lectures. Student-led conferences bring industry

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intertwined with New York and New York
business. For example, my Operations
class this week has a tour to the Steinway
piano factory in Queens. Theres a tour to
the Brooklyn Brewery. What I love about
the curriculum is that its not just
theoreticalits extremely practical.

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experts to campus, tap the knowledge and resources of our research centers,

of business through field trips that include the New York Stock Exchange

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Students consult on real city
projects with deputy mayors.

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Sample events

I just went on a Chazen Study Tour

to Spain. The highlight was visiting
Inditex, the company that owns the
clothing line Zara, which we did a
case study on in our core strategy
course. The COO gave us a tour
of their operating facilitiesits
one thing when you read about
a companys operations in the
classroom, but its another when
you witness the implementation
of it firsthand. And you can see
how true that lesson you took
away from that class really is.

GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE,
GLOBAL IMPACT

Shehzad Khan 14
Bedminster, NJ

15 INTERNATIONAL CHAZEN TRAVEL PROGRAMS EACH YEAR

Brazil
China
Cuba

India
Israel
Japan

Mexico
Poland
South Africa

Locations change year to year.

South Korea
Spain
Thailand

Turkey
Tunisia
UAE

Whatever industry you choose, your Columbia MBA

will equip you with the skills, insights, and crosscultural exposure to succeed in the global
marketplace. We attract professors and students
from around the world who share their knowledge
and perspectives in and out of class. The Chazen
Institute draws on the expertise of renowned
faculty members and business executives to help
shape the thinking and discourse on major global
business issues. You can travel with a Chazen
Study Tour to get firsthand exposure to the
businesses and cultures of other countries or sign
up for a Global Immersion class to build your
international experience. Through Pangea Advisors,
our International Development Clubs pro bono
consulting group, you can change the world one
entrepreneur at a time, from helping at-risk women
start companies in the West Bank to strengthening
microfinance programs in Nepal. Our admissions
officers travel all over the world, hosting
information sessions for international students,
and our alumni can be found in more than 130
countries. Our reach is as global as our curriculum.

Community is woven into every aspect of the CBS

experience and is the primary reason I chose Columbia.
It was apparent at my first information session, which
was organized by Cluster Q, the LGBT group on campus.
It was clear that the group was entirely student-led,
was highly visible, and had the support of the entire
CBS community. Thats a perfect example of the culture
students here are immersed in from day one: open,
inclusive, and supportive.

Dyanna Salcedo 14
New York, NY

THE COLUMBIA CULTURE

Diverse, Supportive Community
The warm, lively, supportive energy of Columbias community is infectious. Our
students exchange stimulating business ideas in class or over coffee. They plan
conferences, explore the city with one another, or launch a start-up together.
From the opening days of Orientation, our diverse and talented students create

CBS MATTERS is a dedicated forum within your

cluster to discuss what you are most passionate about.

Students give spirited narrative presentationsranging
from light-hearted to thought-provokingon the question,
What matters to you and why? Youll deepen your
relationships with classmates by discovering common
ground and sharing sources of inspiration.

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.

Discover. Connect. Expand.

Through a vast array of clubs, entrepreneurial opportunities, and student-led

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

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The alumni network has made

a meaningful contribution to me
throughout my career, first in
finance, then running a nonprofit,
and now working in hospitality. There
are Columbia alumni all over the world, in
every industry, and theyre often eager to help
each other out. The skills become very transferable.
That foundation was really laid at Columbia.
Jeff Flug 88
New York, NY
President,
Union Square Hospitality Group

BENEFITS THAT LAST

A LIFETIME
A Columbia MBA Never Stops Working for You
The personal and professional network you build here will endureand
expandover time. When you come to Columbia, you join a welcoming global
network of more than 40,000 people who have walked these halls before you
and are now some of the most exciting and innovative talents in the business,
government, and nonprofit sectors. The passion our alumni have for Columbia
is reflected in the time and access they give to current students through
mentoring, lectures, internships, and more.
Take advantage of our lifelong resources to refresh or advance your skills as
you tackle evolving professional challenges throughout your career. Audit a
class, attend a guest lecture, participate in a conference, or connect with the
active Columbia alumni network in New York City, across the country, or
around the globe.

Columbias Career Advantage

We provide you the tools, connections, and support to develop into a leader right

After a summer internship in banking, I decided midway

through the MBA program to look in a new career direction.
The Career Management Center guided me throughout the
processfrom the listing I found on the Schools job board
up to negotiating a starting package. The advisors at the
CMC really bend over backwards to help students here.

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
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Dallas, TX
Associate, Corporate Development,
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recruiters, who represent hundreds of employers each year.

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96%
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received a job offer
within 3 months
of graduation.

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Amazon American Express Apple
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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

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ALUMNI
EMPLOYMENT

2012 GRADUATING CLASS

n Investment Management 16%
n Finance: Banking

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%

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