MBA - Master of Business Administration

The MBA Program at New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business represents the best in graduate business education, where the pursuit of success for our students—educational, professional, and personal—is the driving force behind everything we do. Stern students develop the skills they need to succeed in any business environment, anywhere in the world. Balancing theory and conceptual frameworks with practical applications, the MBA curriculum first develops a solid base of management skills through required core courses and then builds on that knowledge through specialized electives. Within this structure, students choose from a wide range of courses and plan their programs according to their own needs and interests. The core curriculum introduces students to the functional activities of organizations and the analytical and conceptual frameworks for managerial decision-making. Collectively, the core courses provide both the fundamental knowledge that a manager must have to be effective and the foundation for advanced specialization in different functional and interdisciplinary areas. Stern’s MBA Program provides depth as well as breadth. After completing the core curriculum, a student obtains in-depth knowledge in academic program areas by completing advanced level elective course work. Students choose from a wide array of elective courses offered at Stern and from approved courses offered by other NYU graduate programs. A list of Stern elective courses can be found in the course descriptions for each academic department. Students may choose to focus their electives in one or more of over 20 academic specializations.