What is the UCLA Anderson School of Management

One of 11 professional schools, the UCLA Anderson School of Management is the graduate business school at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The school is consistently ranked among the top tier business school programs in the country, based on rankings published by US News & World Report, Businessweek and other leading publications.

BREAKING DOWN UCLA Anderson School of Management

The UCLA Anderson School of Management was founded in 1935. Its mission is to provide sound, comprehensive business education and thought management to students in southern California. Today it stands as a leading global institution of business learning.

The school offers MBA (full-time, part-time, executive), financial engineering and Ph.D. degrees.

The range of programs offered by Anderson includes:

  • Accounting minor for undergraduates
  • Full Time MBA program
  • Ph.D.
  • Fully Employed MBA
  • Executive MBA
  • Master of Financial Engineering
  • Global EMBA for Asia Pacific
  • Global EMBA for the Americas
  • Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives (UCLA PGPX)

The school is located on north part of the UCLA campus. The four main buildings, Mullin, Cornell, Entrepreneurs and Gold, form an inner circle at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Westwood Plaza.

As of 2011, UCLA Anderson enrolls 70 executive MBA, 90 global MBA, 280 fully employed MBA, and 360 full-time MBA students every year. UCLA Anderson’s teaching model combines case study, experiential learning, lecture and team projects. UCLA Anderson’s curriculum consists of 10 core classes (required courses which cover a broad range of business fundamentals) and 12 (minimum) elective courses.