Stanford to Offer Dual MBA and Electrical Engineering MS Program
Stanford Graduate School of Business will be offering an Electrical Engineering MS/MBA degree program to graduate students in the 2015-2016 academic year. Students may apply for admission starting this fall.
“The joint focus recognizes that the students we educate need and want an integrated understanding of engineering, strategy and execution as they drive future innovations that increasingly involve both technology and business,” said Madhav Rajan, Senior Associate Dean and faculty director of the MBA Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
The program structure will allow students to complete the two degrees in three years, instead of the usual four years needed to complete each one separately.
“The Electrical Engineering MS/MBA program represents the growing emphasis on multidisciplinary learning at Stanford,” said Olav Solgaard, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering. “This program builds on the culture of entrepreneurship and creativity in the schools of Business and Engineering at Stanford and will better equip our students to take new technologies from basic research to commercial products.”
Students wishing to participate in the joint program must separately apply to and be accepted by both the Graduate School of Business MBA program and the School of Engineering’s Electrical Engineering MS program. Admission to the Masters in Electrical Engineering requires a strong undergraduate background in engineering or quantitative subjects such as physics or mathematics. Applicants to the MBA Program are assessed on intellectual vitality, demonstrated leadership potential and personal qualities. Students also must take the GRE exam to be eligible for admission.
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