Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School gives graduates the edge in a rapidly changing world that demands smart, flexible, effective business leaders. The School's program bridges academic theory and practice, equipping students with the entrepreneurial mindset to think strategically and to recognize and capture opportunity in a competitive business environment. Diversity and community are the hallmarks of the Columbia Business School experience. Approximately 30 percent of the student body is international, one-third of the students are women and more than a fifth are members of minority groups, making the School one of the most diverse of the nation's top business schools. The core is designed to provide students with fundamental skills applicable to all disciplines and offers an additional elective in the first year to align the structure of the core with students’ interests and career paths. During their second year, students can choose among concentration areas, from finance and marketing to healthcare management and entrepreneurship.The School’s greatest strength is its distinguished and innovative faculty, whose cutting-edge research has application not only in the classroom but also within and across industries. The first two terms of study consist of the flexible core curriculum, which is taught in clusters of approximately 60 students.