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Haas School of Business: University of California, Berkeley

For over 100 years, the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, has offered a superb management education to outstanding men and women from around the world. The School is one of the world’s leading producers of new ideas and knowledge for all areas of business, and a launching point for many new businesses.

The Haas School is widely known for its diverse and talented faculty, staff, students and alumni. They have created an innovative academic culture that stresses cooperative teamwork, entrepreneurship, a global point of view, and an emphasis on new ideas and fresh perspectives. The school’s programs benefit significantly from the university’s practice of interdisciplinary research and teaching, and the school’s strong connections to nearby Silicon Valley.¬¬

Programs Offered:
1) Full-time MBA Program
2) Evening & Weekend MBA Program
3) Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program
4) Master’s in Financial Engineering Program
5) Ph.D. Program
6) Undergraduate Program
7) Non Degree programs

Full-time MBA Program:
21-month program. Offers an unsurpassed education in management fundamentals and leadership skills, as well as in-depth exposure to the latest business trends and ideas. Classes begin in August. Approximately 250 students per class.

Evening & Weekend MBA Program:
3-year part-time program that provides working professionals the same MBA degree as the full-time program. Evening and Saturday-only options. Weekend classes are held in Berkeley and Silicon Valley. Classes begin in August. Approx. 250 students per class.

Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program:
19-month program. Instruction is divided equally between Berkeley and Columbia faculty members in a unique bicoastal curriculum Two MBA degree. Classes begin May. 212 students enrolled.

Master’s in Financial Engineering Program :
Intensive one-year program that prepares quantitatively adept students for a growing niche of finance careers. Taught by finance faculty from the Haas School, UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, and UC Irvine’s School of Management. Features an innovative, 10-12 week internship program and applied finance project with major financial firms. Classes begin in April. 65 students enrolled annually.

Ph.D. Program:
Prepares students to evaluate and advance theory and knowledge through research into the disciplines underlying the practice of management and business. Graduates seek careers primarily as faculty members at leading universities. Classes begin in August. Total enrollment: 81.

Undergraduate Program:
A highly competitive, two-year program that awards a BS and accepts applications from both continuing UC Berkeley and transfer students. Students begin the program in their junior year. Consistently ranked among the top four in the nation. Total enrollment: 700.

Non-degree programs
Executive Development
Customized programs to meet strategic business objectives plus cutting-edge open enrollment courses. Taught by Haas School faculty at client sites and on UC Berkeley campus. Courses offered throughout the year. Over 3000 enrolled annually.

Pre-College Program (YEAH)
Young Entrepreneurs at Haas is a two year, pre-college academic outreach program designed to get 300-400 educationally disadvantaged youth in the East Bay excited about business and ready for college.

BASE Summer Program
Intensive six-week, summer program for 50-60 non-business students that teaches the fundamentals of business.

Fees and Expenses:
Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program:
Fees for students entering in May 2007 were $135,000. Fees cover tuition, books, accommodations and some meals during residence periods and the International Seminar (with the exception of meals). Airfare is not included. Participants and/or their firms are billed in installments.

Evening & Weekend MBA Program:
$1,955 per unit (plus additional campus fees).
Students enrolled in Fall 2006 will pay approximately $15,698.50 for each of the first two semesters, if campus health insurance is waived.

Berkeley MBA:
The following financial aid costs are the projected costs for the nine-month academic year 2008-09. University fees are subject to change and you should expect them to rise each year of the MBA program.
CA RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT
UC Registration Fees $29,303 $26,738
Non-Resident Tuition N/A $12,245
Health Insurance $1,754 $1,754
TOTAL FEES $31,057 $40,737
Rent & Utilities $10,240 $10,240
Food $5,130 $5,130
Transportation $2,680 $2,680
Personal $2,338 $2,338
TOTAL LIVING COSTS $20,388 $20,388
Books & Supplies $2,500 $2,500
TOTAL BUDGET $53,945 $63,625

• These figures cover the nine-month academic year (fall 2008-spring 2009). These costs are the official student budget used to calculate financial aid eligibility for US citizens and US permanent residents.
• The mandatory Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) may be waived upon submission of proof of a comparable health insurance policy. Waiver forms are available on the University Health Services (UHS) web page in PDF format. Waiver requests must be submitted by August 31st for entering students; by July 15th for continuing students.
• Room and board costs are on the conservative side and assume careful budgeting as well as sharing living quarters with at least one other person. Please be aware that your expenses may be higher depending on your personal lifestyle.
• This budget does not include items such as consumer (credit card) debt or automobile expenses. They recommend that you reduce these obligations before you enter school, as they cannot be considered in your financial aid budget under federal regulations. The budget does not include the nominal costs of the Haas Summer Workshops (Quantitative and Communication), as these are optional.

Undergraduate Program:
The program cost for BASE 2008 is $6,250.
This program fee covers:
All tuition costs
All books and readers
Access to Recreational Sports Facility (campus gym)

Optional Additional Housing Fee
BASE students have the option of residing in a campus dormitory within easy walking distance of the Haas School. Housing prices for 2008 are listed below.

Double occupancy $1,855 per person
Single occupancy $2,425 per person

The housing fee is in addition to the program fee.

Faculty:
Haas School faculty members are explorers and discoverers, seeking new ideas and insight at the frontiers of knowledge. Internationally recognized leaders in the study of the economic, social, political and technological forces shaping global markets today, they perform important interdisciplinary research with colleagues at Berkeley and at other top universities around the world.

Research at Haas is run through institutes and centers set up around various disciplines, functional areas, and multidisciplinary areas of study.

The world-class faculty members of the Berkeley MBA Program are committed to outstanding teaching and dedicated to seeking new knowledge, ideas, and practices for business. Internationally renowned as scholars, they are also active as business consultants and board members, and as high-level government appointees.
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/dept.html

Campus:

The Haas School building, designed by the renowned architect Charles Moore, is a mini-campus of three connected buildings set around a central courtyard. The buildings were designed to create a sense of community by fostering business and educational interactions among students, faculty, staff, and visitors.
The complex features an ultramodern computer lab, a comprehensive career center, a café, and a large business and economics library. All parts of the building are wired for the 21st century. Classrooms, lecture halls, and seminar rooms throughout the school are equipped to receive video, audio, and electronic data, including wireless computer access.

An executive education and distance-learning classroom features four installed video cameras, and is equipped to webcast live. At library tables, classroom seats, and in lounges, students can connect laptop computers directly to the Haas server and the Internet.

Library:
Berkeley’s excellence is founded on its Library. From a collection of one thousand books in 1868—the year the University of California was established—the Library has grown into one of the world’s great research collections, with over ten million volumes. It is ranked as the top public research university library in the country.
From the elegant Morrison Library and the grand reading rooms in Doe, to busy Moffitt and the intimate scholarly communities fostered at the subject specialty libraries, the University Library is the intellectual commons of the Berkeley experience.

Ranking:
In the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey, it was the #2 MBA program among recruiters from technology companies in 2003.

The Haas School jumped to #2, up from #5 last year, in the 2007 Wall Street Journal ranking of MBA programs.

The Haas School of Business was ranked the 7th best business school in the United States in the annual survey of American graduate schools by US News and World Report magazine in 2001.
Financial Times MBA Ranking
2006 #16
2007 #25
2008 #32

Placement and recruiters:
Top Hiring Companies
Abbott Laboratories
Apple
Bain & Company
Bank of America
Chevron
Citi
Deloitte
Google
McKinsey & Company
Yahoo!

Complete list of companies that either participated in on-campus recruiting and/or hired a Berkeley MBA during the 2006-2007 academic year.
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/careercenter/corplinks.html

Class of 2007 Full Time MBA Program:

Click to access Haas_FTMBA_07_EmploymentRpt.pdf

Alumni:
More than 30,000 business school graduates are connected by a robust alumni network – including career resources, online communities, and local alumni chapters in major cities around the globe. “Being associated with Haas provides you with an invaluable network — it’s a wonderful resource for career advice, social interaction, and rewarding relationships,” says Tenny Frost, the Haas School’s executive director of Alumni Relations.

Notable Alumni:
• Rick Cronk, BS 65, Chairman and President, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream (retired)
• Barbara Desoer, MBA 77, President, Consumer Products, Bank of America
• Stephanie DiMarco, BS 79, Chairman, Advent Software
• Noah Doyle, MBA 96, Co-founder of MyPoints (acquired by United Online)
• Tom Fanoe, MBA 69, President, Joe Boxer
• Donald Fisher, BS 50, Chairman & Founder, Gap Inc.
• Michael R. Gallagher, BS 67, MBA 68, CEO, Playtex Products
• Deborah E. Gallegos, MBA 95, CIO, City of New York
• John Garamendi, BS 66, Lieutenant Governor, State of California
• Barry Gilbert, MBA 77, CEO, Smith & Hawken
• Walter A. Haas, Jr., BS 37, President, CEO, and Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co.
• Walter A. Haas, Sr., BS 10, President and Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co.
• John Hanke, MBA 96, Founder and CEO of Keyhole, Inc., Co-creator and Product Director of Google Earth
• Allan Holt, MBA 76, Managing Director, Carlyle Group US Buyout
• Michael Homer, BS 81, Chairman and CEO, Kontiki
• N. W. Jasper, MBA 71, President and CEO, Dolby Laboratories
• Tom Kelley, MBA 83, General Manager, IDEO, and Author of The Art of Innovation
• Linda A. Lang, BS 80, Chairman and CEO, Jack in the Box, Inc.
• Allen J. Lauer, MBA 65, Chairman, Varian, Inc.
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/alumni/index.html

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