Academics
The MBA program at the McCombs School of Business offers an academic experience that is 鈥渟eamless and well-orchestrated.鈥 Students are drawn to the program for its 鈥渞eputation [for] recruiting into the technology industry.鈥 The program has 20 optional concentrations, including 14 that are STEM certified. Students say the 鈥渃ity of Austin complements the school well by having a landscape of tech, startup, venture, [and] consulting companies.鈥 The program is both rigorous and enjoyable. As one student states, the academics are 鈥渃hallenging and pushed me to be better.鈥 McCombs features 鈥渧ery thought-provoking classes on relevant issues.鈥 Students appreciate that 鈥渁ll focus areas are equally valued and represented鈥 and say that 鈥渢here is so much diversity in the types of classes you can take taught by both working professionals and award-winning professors.鈥 One highlight of the academic experience is the MBA Fellows Program. Students can join one of seven Fellows Programs that provide real-life work experience and a more tailored educational experience. As one student in the Venture Fellows program explains, 鈥淲e work for [more than] a year with a venture capital firm to get hands-on experience and have speakers come into our class like Bill Gurley and Michael Dell to personally talk with us.鈥 Both the administration and the professors 鈥渉ave high expectations and also provide all the necessary resources for us to succeed. They genuinely care about us as humans and professionals.鈥 Professors here have 鈥渞eal-world experience,鈥 which helps 鈥渂ring concepts to life.鈥 One student describes the professors as 鈥渟ome of the smartest and most well-connected people I have had the pleasure to know. They make classes enjoyable to attend.鈥
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