The Stanford Dynamic
The Stanford Dynamic puts the values of the Business School in action. The Stanford MBA Program is shaped by three distinctive traits whose combination provides an unmatched educational experience.
Learning Built Around You
Management challenges are not "one size fits all."
At Stanford, neither is management education.
We create the best educational experience for you, instead of building a curriculum around a "typical" student.
Stanford offers the most challenging and engaging MBA education by calibrating your curriculum and learning to your background, interests, and career aspirations.
And we provide individual guidance from faculty, career advisors, and leadership coaches along the way.
As a result, your learning experience will be personal and transformational, for a lifetime of success.
Unparalleled Community and Strategic Size
Stanford University is one of the world's premier research and teaching institutions, seeking solutions and educating leaders to shape the world of tomorrow.
We are one of the most selective MBA programs for good reason. With only 390 students per class, we can focus our substantial resources on you.
This enables you to form close, lasting relationships with an unrivaled community of classmates, alumni, and faculty. And it provides you with more opportunities for collaboration and leadership.
Our small size is essential to giving you the opportunity to think deeply, strive valiantly, and move confidently toward your goals.
School of the Future
As a leader, you will be asked to solve problems that don’t exist today, with tools that have not yet been invented.
Get ready here. Stanford bases learning on what you’ll need in the future, not solely on companies’ past experiences.
You will develop strong management skills—and more. Acquire an ability to deal with uncertainty. Learn to ask the right questions. And immerse yourself in an innovative environment. All of which prepare you to create solutions for the challenges ahead.
Stanford GSB Voices
"At Stanford, I have learned valuable lessons in interpersonal dynamics, team effectiveness, and leadership.
The experiential nature of the Leadership Labs makes the learning tangible, meaningful, and memorable.
My experience as an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow has empowered me to become a more active and effective leader at the Stanford GSB and in my professional life."
Kate Jackson, MBA 2009
Ohio, USA
Federico says that Stanford's curriculum exceeded expectations. "I’m seeing incredible integration among subjects that I would never have thought were related. You see similar themes in areas as different as strategy and finance."
Educated in Spain and France, Federico was initially concerned that any business school program in this country would be too oriented to US topics.
The GSB's global emphasis has allayed any apprehensions. "The program is full of global elements and pertinent examples. The focus is not only international, it emphasizes the third world and emerging economies." Special concentration on the rapidly growing infrastructure of the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—adds extra dimension to an already abundant menu of globally oriented offerings.
What would he advise new students? "Come with the most open mind possible. At the GSB, you experience the human and historical sides of business as well as the technical," says Federico with a smile.
"It's been a full immersion in the social, philosophical, and cultural elements of business."
Federico Lozano Fernandez, MBA 2009
Mexico City, Mexico
