May 3, 2007

Columbia Business School : MBA



Experience
Reputation. Location. Global focus. A diverse and entrepreneurial student body. Impressive intellectual capital drawn from a world-renowned faculty. Leadership and momentum in business education. Distinguished alumni. An unparalleled network. Columbia Business School’s competitive advantages ensure its preeminence.


A Class Apart One of the most selective business schools in the world, Columbia receives thousands of applications each year. Those accepted learn from one another, from the 80 or so noted practitioners who serve as adjunct professors and from the 118 full-time faculty members whose ideas shape business worldwide. They also enjoy regular access to international business leaders and enjoy life in a vibrant metropolis — a cultural capital as well as a global business center.

The Ivy League Edge Columbia Business School students also gain the benefits of being part of a university long known for its intellectual capital and cutting-edge research.
  • Sixty-four Nobel Prize winners have taught or studied at Columbia, including current Business School faculty member Joseph Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001.
  • Dual degree programs allow MBA students a choice of 11 degrees at other schools at the University.
Return on Investment Columbia MBA students are extremely attractive to corporate recruiters, who actively recruit on behalf of as many as 600 employers on campus each year, holding thousands of interviews. The 2003 Forbes ranking, based on return on investment, placed Columbia Business School No. 2. The survey measured the pre-MBA and post-graduate income of the class of 1998. An article accompanying the magazine’s previous survey was titled “The Whiz Kids” and singled out the class of 1969 as one of the most successful classes ever to graduate from a business school. What did these graduates like about Columbia? Its curriculum, international diversity and proximity to Wall Street.


Academics
Present at the Creation of Knowledge
The Columbia Business School faculty generates the ideas that others adapt and teach. At the School, students hear concepts directly from the people who developed them. Faculty members also advise businesses across the globe, from Nanjing Road to Hollywood Boulevard to Threadneedle Street. Original thinkers, they show their students how to apply knowledge to any business challenge.
As part of Columbia University, Columbia Business School offers students

  • dual degree programs with 10 other Columbia graduate schools
  • more than 4,000 courses
  • the resources and reputation of one of the world’s great research universities

Directions Columbia's Morningside campus (map) runs from West 114th Street to West 120th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
The Admissions Office at Columbia Business School is located on campus in 216 Uris Hall; the address is 3022 Broadway at 117th Street. You may enter campus through the main gates at 116th Street or through the 117th Street gates during business hours.

By Car:
Columbia is best reached by taking the 95th / 96th Street exit of the Henry Hudson Parkway (West Side Highway). Use the 95th Street off-ramp and turn left onto Riverside Drive. Proceed north to 116th Street. A right turn at 116th Street leads you to the campus gate.


From the North -

  1. Take the New York Thruway (Route 87) to the Cross Bronx Expressway in the direction of the George Washington Bridge. Bear right as you approach the bridge and take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south.
  2. The New England Thruway (I-95) becomes the Cross Bronx Expressway. Proceed as above.
  3. Take the Saw Mill River Parkway south or the Cross County Parkway west to the Henry Hudson Parkway south.
From the West -

Take the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) north or I-80 east to the George Washington Bridge. As you cross the bridge, follow signs to the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south.


By Air:
If you are arriving at LaGuardia, Kennedy or Newark airport, taxi service (from LaGuardia, about $20?$25; from Kennedy, a flat fare of $35 plus tolls; from Newark, a flat fare ranging from $34 to $51, determined by zone, plus tolls) is available to campus, and bus service is available to Grand Central Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The M60 city bus can be taken directly from LaGuardia Airport to Columbia.

By Train or Bus:
Trains and buses arrive at New York's Grand Central Station, Pennsylvania Station or Port Authority Bus Terminal, from which you can take public transportation or a taxi north to campus.

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