Stanford Graduate School of Business

The School

Founded in 1925 with the efforts of Herbert Hoover, a Stanford alumnus, trustee and future U.S. president to halt the brain drain of brilliant students to the East Coast to pursue business degrees, Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) is a global leader in management education. Today, the school has built an international reputation based on educational programs. Since its beginning, the school has been known for its cutting-edge research and offers pioneering curriculum for future entrepreneurs.
With 3 Nobel laureates as faculty members, it comprises professionals from various academic fields, such as organizational ecology, political economy and economic development.

The Curriculum

The curriculum of the school is tailored to meet the needs of each student, irrespective of his/her background. Stanford Graduate School of Business incorporates various teaching methodologies, including traditional case studies, global study trips, immersion internships, and research opportunities at one of its centers.

It coordinates a Global Management Program that helps students to gain work experience internationally through the completion of a four week summer project outside the United States.

In the first year the students are taught to handle complex managerial issues and develop the foundation for general management education. The school also offers dual and joint degrees for its MBA program, as well as a full-time residential doctoral program.

Stanford Graduate School of Business additionally provides a variety of global study and service learning trips, immersion internships and international exchange opportunities.

Admission pre-requisites and selection criteria

=> You are eligible to apply for the MBA program if you fulfill the following criteria:

=> A bachelor's degree or equivalent

=> Well-performed GMAT/GRE scores

=>TOEFL/IELTS if your medium of instruction was a non-English and also if you are a native English speaker who attended a non-English language instruction college/university.

Other Requirements

A copy of your resume
3 Letters of Reference
Employment history
Academic Record

Class Profile (2009):





The Advantage:

Studying at Stanford Graduate School of Business means developing sharpened management skills. It has one of the world's largest academic business libraries, as well as maintains state-of-the-art athletic facilities that ensure an overall personality development of an individual. The school also offers recreational opportunities to students through more than 60 clubs, events and activities.

Placement stats and recruiting companies

A few of the organizations that participated in on-campus recruitment in 2007-08 include:

Abbott Laboratories
Abraaj Capital Limited
Alliance for Climate Protection
Alliance Residential Company
AMB Property Corporation
Advent International Corporation
Aero Logistics
Bank of America Corporation
Bank Street Consulting Group
Barclays Bank
Barclays Global Investors
Belmont Corporation
BroadReach
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc
California Wilderness Coalition
Capital Group Companies Inc., The
Citi Alternative Investments (CAI)
Citi Markets & Banking
Davidson Kempner Capital Management LLC
DaVita, Inc
Decurion Corporation
Deerfield Associates
Education Pioneers
Education Sector
Education Sector
Educational Housing Services
Fidelity Investments
Firelake Capital
First American
Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore
Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington
Goldman Sachs International
Hayward Lumber Company
Hewitt Associates, Inc
Hewlett Packard
Homestead Technologies
Honeywell International Inc.
JFKennedy School of Government
JGB Biopharma Incorporated
Keynote Systems, Inc.
KGL Holding
MacroGenics
Macy's West
Madison Dearborn Partners
Nvidia Corporation
Panama Real Estate Development Firm
PGP Corporation
Revolution Foods
Reynolds Capital Group
Samsung Ventures
Skyline Ventures
The Carlyle Group
Trulia, Inc.
Viscom International
Vision Robotics Corporation
Vitality Financial
Walt Disney Company
YouTube
Zero Motorcycles

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