Overview: Located in New York City, Columbia Business School cultivates in its students a spirit of entrepreneurship and a strategic, cross-disciplinary approach to challenges that enable them to become true creators of opportunity, a requirement for success in a world where industries change swiftly and business practices transform overnight. The School’s rigorous, innovative curriculum combines cutting-edge business research with active, application-based coursework and an emphasis on collaborative learning.
Program Format: Classes are taught on the Columbia University campus in New York City. With an integration of case study method and lecture and discussion, students are able to take classroom lesson and apply them to the group work required throughout the program.
Program Schedule: The program runs a duration of 24 months. The program meets weekly on Saturdays or every other week on both Fridays and Saturdays for the first year.
Curriculum/Core Courses: The curriculum for Columbia University’s New York City EMBA program is divided into give sections: accounting division, decision, risk, and operations division, finance and economics division, management division, and a marketing division.
Core Courses:
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial Statistics
- Managerial Economics
- Strategy Formulation
- Leadership and Organizational Change
- Marketing Strategy
- Operations Management and Strategy
- Decision Models
- Global Economic Environment I and II
- Financial Planning and Analysis
*An International Trip/Seminar is integrated into the curriculum.
Admission Requirements: For admittance to the Columbia University, New York City EMBA program an applicant needs to submit official transcripts for all post secondary education, completed essays, GMAT or GRE score reports, have completed an interview (interviews are not required for admission to Columbia Business School, but are granted after an application is completed and under review), and submitted an application fee ($250).
Admission Deadlines:
Friday/Saturday Core Option
August 2011 entry
Early Decision: March 1, 2011
Regular Decision: June 1, 2011
January 2012 entry
Regular Decision: November 9, 2011
Saturday-Only Core Option
May 2012 entry
Regular Decision: February 8, 2012
Essays: Essay Questions
- Considering your post-MBA and long term professional goals, why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Additionally, why is Columbia Business School a good fit for you? (750 words maximum)
- Describe a life experience that has shaped you. The goal of this essay is to get a sense of who you are, rather than what you have achieved professionally. (500 words maximum)
For the third essay, please choose one of the following three options:
- The annual A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition is a student initiative managed and run by the Columbia Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO). The competition encourages Columbia MBA students to explore creative, entrepreneurial ideas that are sufficiently ambitious in scope and scale to be considered “outrageous.” Students explore these ideas while learning firsthand what goes into the development and presentation of a solid business proposal.
- Columbia deeply values its vibrant student community, the building of which begins at orientation when admitted students are assigned to clusters of 65 to 70 fellow students who take most of the first-year core classes together. During the first weeks of school, each cluster selects a cluster chair. Further strengthening the student community are the more than 100 active student organizations at Columbia Business School, ranging from cultural to professional to community service–oriented. Leadership positions within clusters and clubs offer hands-on management and networking opportunities for students as they interact with fellow students, administrators, faculty members, alumni, and practitioners.
3. Founded nearly three decades ago, the Executives in Residence Program at Columbia Business School integrates senior executives into the life of the School. Current executives in residence include more than a dozen experts in areas ranging from media and investment banking to private equity and management. A hallmark of the program is one-on-one counseling sessions in which executives advise students about their prospective career choices.
Select one of the current executives in residence with whom you would like to meet during your time at Columbia. Explain your selection and tell us how you would best utilize your half hour one-on-one session. (250 words maximum)
Optional Essay
An optional fourth essay will allow you to discuss any issues that do not fall within the purview of the required essays.