University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Darden Business School | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1955 |
Dean | Scott C. Beardsley |
Location |
Charlottesville, Virginia, US 38°03′08″N 78°30′50″W / 38.052096°N 78.513901°WCoordinates: 38°03′08″N 78°30′50″W / 38.052096°N 78.513901°W |
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The Darden School of Business is the graduate business school associated with the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Darden School offers MBA, Ph.D. and Executive Education programs. The School was founded in 1955 and is named after Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr., a former Democratic congressman, governor of Virginia, and former president of the University of Virginia. The Darden School is ranked as the world's best educational experience (The Economist, 2011-2015[1]), driven by its top faculty and commitment to the case method. It fosters a close community spirit, with supportive faculty and close links with local and international business.
Darden is on the Grounds of the University of Virginia, ranked one of the top three public universities in the U.S. for decades (U.S. News & World Report[2]). UVA was also voted the most beautiful college campus in the USA (Best College Reviews[3]) and the only university UNESCO World Heritage Site in North America.[4] UVA is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, named the USA’s happiest city (U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research[5]), the best town for food lovers (Rand McNally[6]) and the best place to live in the USA (Cities Ranked & Rated[7]). It is also the fastest-growing venture capital city in the USA (The National Venture Capital Association[8]).
MBA
Designed for students who seek to become entrepreneurial, global and responsible business leaders who achieve high impact in their careers, Darden’s two-year MBA program — ranked the No. 1 business education experience in the world by The Economist[9] — combines core and elective courses in Charlottesville, Virginia, with opportunities to study abroad.
Curriculum
The required curriculum in the First Year is designed to provide students with an integrated perspective on general management. Beginning in the final term of the First Year, the curriculum is made up entirely of electives to allow students to develop more depth in chosen areas of interest and a global perspective on those areas. Students may choose two from among the following optional concentrations:
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Global Opportunities
Darden Worldwide courses, all led by Darden faculty, prepare students to lead globally by putting business in new contexts and allowing students to explore business within other cultures. In recent years, the MBA and Executive MBA formats have offered global immersions, courses with global clients and global topics courses.
Career Development
Darden is one of the few top MBA programs to integrate career strategy and planning into its curriculum. In addition to resources from the Career Development Center, all students are also assigned both a functionally aligned career consultant and a Second Year student career coach with whom they meet regularly throughout the recruiting process. For alumni, Darden provides lifelong career assistance, free of charge, through Alumni Career Services.
Executive MBA (EMBA)
The Executive MBA format allows experienced professionals to earn the same degree as the full-time residential MBA students without interrupting their careers. Each Executive MBA class is composed of experienced managers from a broad spectrum of industries and functions. Darden now offers this program in two locations – Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area. All students at Darden, regardless of format, graduate with the same degree: a University of Virginia Darden MBA. The 21-month program combines:
- Once-a-month residencies. Students in the Charlottesville section typically come to Darden once a month for classes that take place Thursday through Saturday. D.C. area section students follow a Friday through Sunday schedule, meeting in the Waterview Conference Center in Rosslyn, Virginia. Action-oriented classes include case discussions, simulations, and individual and group presentations.
- Leadership residencies. At the start and conclusion of the 21-month program, students participate in two one-week leadership residencies. These intensive, experiential residencies provide new perspectives on management challenges.
- Global residency. EMBA format students participate in one of the four week-long GEMBA global residencies sited in global business centers outside of the United States. Past residencies have been offered in China, India, Europe, South Africa and South America.
- Distance learning. To maintain the intense pace of interaction and to stay in touch with the Darden community between residencies, students use distance learning technology to interact with professors, hold virtual team meetings, work on team deliverables and submit exams. All online sessions are recorded.
Global Executive MBA (GEMBA)
Similar to the Executive MBA format, the Global Executive MBA format is designed for experienced professionals who seek to advance their careers by earning an MBA while working full-time. The program focuses on preparing students to thrive in globally distributed firms, across markets, across cultures and in emerging regions. This program is also offered in two locations — Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area. The 21-month program combines:
- Once-a-month residencies. Students in the Charlottesville section typically come to Darden once a month for classes that take place Thursday through Saturday. D.C. area section students follow a Friday through Sunday schedule, meeting in the Waterview Conference Center in Rosslyn, Virginia. Action-oriented classes include case discussions, simulations, and individual and group presentations.
- Leadership residencies: At the start and conclusion of the 21-month program, students participate in two one-week leadership residencies. These intensive, experiential residencies provide new perspectives on management challenges.
- Global residencies: GEMBA students participate in four week-long international residencies in global business centers. These trips are offered every three to four months during the first 16 months of the program. Past residencies have been offered in China, India, Europe, South Africa and South America. Each time students meet in person, they attend classes, engage with local Darden alumni, visit influential firms, gain cultural knowledge and contacts, and learn to work across international borders.
- Distance learning: To maintain the intense pace of interaction and to stay in touch with the Darden community between residencies, students use distance learning technology to interact with professors, hold virtual team meetings, work on team deliverables and submit exams. All online sessions are recorded.
Darden Executive Education
The inaugural Darden Executive Education program was offered in 1955. Darden Executive Education offers both short courses and custom solutions, as well as consortia, corporate university design and development, and industry specific partnerships.
Short Courses: Led by the top-ranked faculty in the world according to Financial Times,[10] these one- to three-week courses are designed to fit participants’ busy schedules and provide skills that can immediately be put to work. Short course focus areas include leadership, general management, strategy and decision-making, negotiation, growth and innovation, project management, sales and marketing, financial management, and corporate aviation. Darden Executive Education short courses are frequently ranked in the top five globally by the Financial Times.
Custom Solutions: Darden Executive Education custom learning solutions are designed to help businesses solve their toughest business challenges. Businesses partner with Darden Executive Education to develop their leaders and enable them to improve operations, grow and expand, overcome a challenge, innovate and more in order to achieve world-class performance.
The Executive Program: Strategic Leadership at the Top (TEP) is Darden Executive Education’s flagship initiative, reserved for senior-level executives with at least 12 years of experience including significant management roles. TEP offers a complete immersion into the principles, habits and perspectives of transformational leaders to help executives lead their organization in today’s complex, global marketplace.
Darden Ph.D. Program
Darden’s doctoral program allows students to obtain a Ph.D. in business management, specializing in many of the School's academic areas. The program prepares individuals for careers in research and teaching at major universities and corporations.
Darden Online
Darden offers online education through integrated learning within the School’s MBA programs, blended and online Executive Education programs, and self-study massive open online courses (MOOCs). Information about all online courses and many webinars can be found within the Darden Online website.
Rankings
Business school rankings | |
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Worldwide overall | |
U.S. News & World Report[11] | 66 |
Worldwide MBA | |
Economist[12] | 3 |
Financial Times[13] | 27 |
U.S. MBA | |
Bloomberg Businessweek[14] | 12 |
Forbes[15] | 16 |
U.S. News & World Report[16] | 11 |
Darden is regularly ranked as being among the Top 15 business schools in the U.S. and Top 30 in the world.[17] Its current rankings (updated September 2016) are as follows:
MBA Rankings
- #3 (North America) – The Economist 2016[18]
- #2 (Global) – The Economist 2015[19]
- #11 – U.S. News & World Report 2016[20]
- #12 – Bloomberg Business Week 2015[21]
- #14 (U.S.) – Financial Times 2016[22]
- #27 (Global) – Financial Times 2016[23]
- #16 – Forbes 2016[24]
- #12 – Poets & Quants 2016[25]
- #11 – Business Insider 2015[26]
- #13 – Vault Best Business Schools 2015[27]
MBA Specialty Rankings
- #1 Education Experience – The Economist 2011-16[28]
- #1 Personal Development and Educational Experience – The Economist 2015[29]
- #3 Best Professors – Princeton Review 2016[30]
- #5 Open New Career Opportunities – The Economist 2015[31]
- #5 Greatest Opportunity for Women – Princeton Review 2016[32]
- #1 Student Satisfaction – Forbes 2015-16[33]
- #1 General Management – Financial Times 2016[34]
- #1 Career Placement of Top 20 B-Schools – U.S. News & World Report 2016[35]
- #7 Best Career Prospects – Princeton Review 2016
- #3 Entrepreneurship – Financial Times 2016[36]
- #6 Management – U.S. News & World Report 2016[37]
- #6 Placement Success – Financial Times 2016[38]
- #13 Top Schools for Entrepreneurship – Princeton Review 2016[39]
Executive Education Rankings
- #2 Open-Enrollment (US Schools) / #4 Open-Enrollment (Global) – Financial Times 2016
- #1 Faculty – Financial Times 2014-16[40]
- #1 Course design – Financial Times 2016[41]
- #1 Preparation – Financial Times 2016[42]
- #1 Teaching methods & materials – Financial Times 2016[43]
- #1 Food & accommodation – Financial Times 2016[44]
- #1 Facilities – Financial Times 2015-16[45]
Research Centers
Darden's research centers and initiatives build a community of experts to advance knowledge, offer student experiences, and convene forums with academics and executives to advance business practice.
- Batten Institute
- The Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management
- Darden Center for Global Initiatives
- The Institute for Business in Society
- The Olsson Center for Applied Ethics
- The Behavioral Research at Darden (BRAD) Lab
- Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education
- The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability
- Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
- The Society for Effectual Action
Alumni Network and Notable Alumni
Darden’s diverse and collaborative community culminates in a dynamic, vibrant global network of more than 15,000 alumni in 90 countries. Forbes has ranked Darden graduates as No.1 for satisfaction with their MBA degree.[46] The Economist ranks Darden No. 4 in the world for “Alumni Effectiveness,”[47] a student rating of the extent and helpfulness of the alumni network.
Notable alumni include:
- Thomas Baltimore Jr. (MBA ’91), CEO, REIT at Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
- Frank Batten, Jr. (MBA ’84), President and CEO, Landmark Media Enterprises
- Roger Carlile (GEMBA ’16), Founder and CEO, Ankura Consulting Group
- Guillaume Cuvelier (MBA ’91), Founder, SVEDKA
- Hank Flint (JDMBA ’79/80), President and COO, Coca Cola Bottling Consolidated
- Stuart Frantz (MBA ’84), President and CEO, Biologics, Inc.
- Naren Gursahaney (MBA ’89), former CEO, ADT Corporation
- Robert Hugin (MBA '85), Executive Chairman and former CEO, Celgene Corporation
- Martina Hund-Mejean (MBA ’88) CFO, MasterCard Worldwide
- Yoko Ishikura (MBA ’80), Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University, and Director, Nissin Foods Holdings
- Matt Kaness (MBA ’00), CEO, ModCloth
- Phil Koen (MBA ’76), Executive Chairman, Intermedia
- Jason Krikorian (MBA/JD ’97), Co-founder, Sling Media; General Partner, DCM Ventures
- Douglas Lebda (EMBA ’14), Founder and CEO, LendingTree
- Richard Mayo (MBA ’68), Chairman, Investment Management at Mayo Capital Partners, LLC
- Carolyn Miles (MBA ’88), President and CEO, Save the Children
- Chip Molloy (MBA ’95), CFO, Under Armour
- Michael O’Neill (MBA ’74), Chairman, Citigroup, Inc.
- Rick Paschal (MBA ’89), CFO, Varsity Brands
- Jerry Peng (MBA ’03), Chairman and CEO, Tranlin Inc.
- Scott Price (MBA ’90), Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Walmart International
- Steven Reinemund (MBA '78), former CEO and Chairman, PepsiCo
- Matt Reintjes (MBA ’04), CEO, YETI Coolers, YETI Holdings
- Thomas Shannon (MBA '92), President, Chairman and CEO, Bowlmor AMF
- Steven Silbiger (MBA '90), Author, The Ten-Day MBA, 4th Edition, Harper Collins, 2012
- Rhonda Smith (MBA ’88), Founder and CEO, Breast Cancer Partner
- Susan Sobbott (MBA’90) President of Global Corporate Payments, American Express
- John Strangfeld (MBA '77), Chairman and CEO, Prudential Financial
- Mark Templeton (MBA '78), former President and CEO, Citrix Systems Inc.
- Bruce Thompson (MBA’90) Vice Chairman, Bank of America
- Warren Thompson (MBA ’83), President and Chairman, Thompson Hospitality Corporation
- Steven Voorhees (MBA ’80), CEO, WestRock
- David Walentas (MBA ’64), President, Owner and CFO, Two Trees KG LLC
- Elizabeth Weymouth (MBA ’94), Partner, Riverstone Holdings
- Sabine Wu (MBA ’05), General Manager of Strategy, Tencent
See also
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