Welcome from Dean Edward A. Snyder

Our mission is to educate leaders for business and society.

This mission attracts intellectually curious and globally aware people who want to become part of Yale University, one of the most eminent universities in the world. Yale excels in each of the three broad arcs of knowledge—the social sciences, the physical sciences, and the humanities. It has superb professional schools in law, divinity, medicine, and the environment, and the university is energized by an extraordinary college.


The intentions of our students to engage in a broad-minded business school community and to connect to a thriving university greatly influence the Yale MBA experience. These same intentions are also foundational to what business leadership will require over the balance of this century. Indeed, the world needs leaders who:



•       • understand organizations, teams, networks, and the complex         nature of leadership;
        • understand markets and competition in different contexts;
        • understand the diversity of economies throughout the world         and the relationships between business and society.

  
  Yale SOM, with its purposeful and success-oriented environment, is perfectly positioned to meet this leadership challenge. Our school is the most connected in terms of spirit, intellectual curiosity, and experience to its home university of any top business school in the world. You will take courses from experts on the Yale SOM faculty, as well as from scholars and practitioners around the University, whose diverse areas of expertise will expand your understanding of business. Your fellow students—both your classmates and other graduate and professional students—will contribute insights from their experiences, backgrounds, and passions.
  
  The integrated curriculum, introduced five years ago and improved upon in the years since, helps put the pieces together. In the words of former Dean Sharon Oster, the Yale SOM integrated curriculum crosses interdisciplinary boundaries and "allows you to approach, understand, and address the kinds of messy, complicated problems that real organizations face."
  
  The bottom line is that Yale SOM offers an intense, multi-dimensional professional development that prepares our graduates to contribute lasting value to all types of organizations, in all sectors, and wherever there are opportunities to make a positive difference for business and society.

—Edward A. Snyder, Dean

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An effective leader for business and society is one who is able to hear, understand, and communicate with people from all segments of society.  In order to educate such leaders, Yale SOM is committed to promoting diversity and creating a community that cultivates a wealth of perspectives.”

 – From the Yale SOM Vision Statement on Diversity. Learn more about our commitment to diversity