Rady School of Management
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The Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego
is a graduate
-level business school
offering full-time and part-time Master of Business Administration
(MBA) degree programs in addition to non-degree executive development programs, Ph.D.s and undergraduate courses including a minor in accounting. The Rady School of Management is the newest professional school at the University of California, San Diego
, one of the top-ranked institutions in the U.S. for higher education and research. UC San Diego’s lineage includes 16 Nobel laureates (former and current faculty).
The school was created in response to the need for strong management and leadership skills in the innovation-driven economy. The Rady School’s theme is impact, created through discovery brought to the marketplace, products launched, new service models established, companies started or reinvented.
The Rady School offers the MBA program in two formats, the FlexMBA and the Full-Time MBA. The FlexMBA program is designed for working professionals. Its weekend or evening schedule options accommodate students, allowing them to meet educational and professional development goals, while continuing to work. The Full-Time MBA program is an immersion, allowing students to achieve new knowledge, new professional tools and intensive personal growth.
The MBA curriculum places a special emphasis on issues faced by innovation-driven companies, with a focus on the life sciences and technology industries, allowing Rady MBAs to develop expertise in these key industry sectors. The school works collaboratively with the business community and the UC San Diego campus.
Students pursuing their MBA can participate in the Rady Venture Fund, a student-assisted venture capital fund that provides a source of funding for local startup companies in addition to teaching graduate students about venture finance, investment analysis and fund management.
Executive Development
The Rady Center for Executive Development offers programs for professionals looking to develop their business acumen in a non-degreed format. The Center offers custom programs, open enrollment programs, half-day courses in the Learning Consortium series and a leadership assessment program.
Undergraduate
The Rady School offers an undergraduate minor in accounting, currently the most popular undergraduate minor at UC San Diego.
Ph.D.
The Rady School offers a Ph.D. program in management. This program started in fall 2009.
MBA/Ph.D.
The Rady School also offers a concurrent MBA degree for students pursuing a Ph.D. at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
on January 1, 2003. Prior to his arrival at UCSD, he served as dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
, and as dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration
at Carnegie Mellon University
.
, an American economist who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, is an adjunct professor of finance at the Rady School of Management. He is best known for his pioneering work in modern portfolio theory
, studying the effects of asset risk, return, correlation and diversification on probable investment portfolio returns.
The facility comprises 50000 square feet (4,645.2 m²) of classrooms, offices, and community space, and serves as the permanent home to the Rady School. The building provides views overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Salk Institute, Torrey Pines Golf Course
, and the Torrey Pines Gliderport. Otterson Hall is powered in part by a rooftop solar photovoltaic system.
The school began construction in 2010 on a new building, Wells Fargo Hall, which is scheduled to be complete in 2012. The building funds come from a public and private partnership. The new five-story structure will connect with Otterson Hall and feature pedestrian walkways and an outdoor seating area.
The expansion will provide additional classroom space, faculty offices, and team study rooms for undergraduate and MBA use. It will also include multi-purpose conference rooms and room for the expansion of the Center for Executive Development and student services center.
at the Rady School focuses on training, education and consulting in entrepreneurship and employee ownership. The Beyster Institute
was established by Dr. J. Robert Beyster
-- founder of Science Applications International Corporation
in 2002. It became a part of the Rady School in 2004.
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
is a graduate
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
-level business school
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
offering full-time and part-time Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
(MBA) degree programs in addition to non-degree executive development programs, Ph.D.s and undergraduate courses including a minor in accounting. The Rady School of Management is the newest professional school at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
, one of the top-ranked institutions in the U.S. for higher education and research. UC San Diego’s lineage includes 16 Nobel laureates (former and current faculty).
The school was created in response to the need for strong management and leadership skills in the innovation-driven economy. The Rady School’s theme is impact, created through discovery brought to the marketplace, products launched, new service models established, companies started or reinvented.
Programs
MBAThe Rady School offers the MBA program in two formats, the FlexMBA and the Full-Time MBA. The FlexMBA program is designed for working professionals. Its weekend or evening schedule options accommodate students, allowing them to meet educational and professional development goals, while continuing to work. The Full-Time MBA program is an immersion, allowing students to achieve new knowledge, new professional tools and intensive personal growth.
The MBA curriculum places a special emphasis on issues faced by innovation-driven companies, with a focus on the life sciences and technology industries, allowing Rady MBAs to develop expertise in these key industry sectors. The school works collaboratively with the business community and the UC San Diego campus.
Students pursuing their MBA can participate in the Rady Venture Fund, a student-assisted venture capital fund that provides a source of funding for local startup companies in addition to teaching graduate students about venture finance, investment analysis and fund management.
Executive Development
The Rady Center for Executive Development offers programs for professionals looking to develop their business acumen in a non-degreed format. The Center offers custom programs, open enrollment programs, half-day courses in the Learning Consortium series and a leadership assessment program.
Undergraduate
The Rady School offers an undergraduate minor in accounting, currently the most popular undergraduate minor at UC San Diego.
Ph.D.
The Rady School offers a Ph.D. program in management. This program started in fall 2009.
MBA/Ph.D.
The Rady School also offers a concurrent MBA degree for students pursuing a Ph.D. at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Founding dean
Robert S. Sullivan, Ph.D., was appointed founding deanDean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
on January 1, 2003. Prior to his arrival at UCSD, he served as dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School
Kenan-Flagler Business School
The Kenan-Flagler Business School is the undergraduate and graduate business school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Master of Business Administration , MBA for Executives, Master of Accounting, Ph.D., a business...
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
, and as dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Tepper School of Business
The Tepper School of Business is a private business school located on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.The school consistently ranks highly among the top business schools in the U.S., as well as in a wide range of specializations, such as finance,...
at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
.
Distinguished faculty
Harry MarkowitzHarry Markowitz
Harry Max Markowitz is an American economist and a recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences....
, an American economist who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, is an adjunct professor of finance at the Rady School of Management. He is best known for his pioneering work in modern portfolio theory
Modern portfolio theory
Modern portfolio theory is a theory of investment which attempts to maximize portfolio expected return for a given amount of portfolio risk, or equivalently minimize risk for a given level of expected return, by carefully choosing the proportions of various assets...
, studying the effects of asset risk, return, correlation and diversification on probable investment portfolio returns.
Campus
Otterson Hall was named in honor of the late William (Bill) Otterson, co-founder of UCSD CONNECT, in appreciation for his contributions to the San Diego business community and his impact on the region.The facility comprises 50000 square feet (4,645.2 m²) of classrooms, offices, and community space, and serves as the permanent home to the Rady School. The building provides views overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Salk Institute, Torrey Pines Golf Course
Torrey Pines Golf Course
Torrey Pines Golf Course is a municipal public golf course owned by the city of San Diego, California. It sits on the coastal cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the community of La Jolla south of Torrey Pines State Reserve. It has two famous golf courses, the North Course and the South Course....
, and the Torrey Pines Gliderport. Otterson Hall is powered in part by a rooftop solar photovoltaic system.
The school began construction in 2010 on a new building, Wells Fargo Hall, which is scheduled to be complete in 2012. The building funds come from a public and private partnership. The new five-story structure will connect with Otterson Hall and feature pedestrian walkways and an outdoor seating area.
The expansion will provide additional classroom space, faculty offices, and team study rooms for undergraduate and MBA use. It will also include multi-purpose conference rooms and room for the expansion of the Center for Executive Development and student services center.
The Beyster Institute
The Beyster InstituteBeyster Institute
The Beyster Institute was launched in 2002 at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego in order to advance the use of entrepreneurship and employee company ownership. The Beyster Institute began as the Foundation for Enterprise Development in 1986 by Dr. John Robert...
at the Rady School focuses on training, education and consulting in entrepreneurship and employee ownership. The Beyster Institute
Beyster Institute
The Beyster Institute was launched in 2002 at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego in order to advance the use of entrepreneurship and employee company ownership. The Beyster Institute began as the Foundation for Enterprise Development in 1986 by Dr. John Robert...
was established by Dr. J. Robert Beyster
John Robert Beyster
Dr. John Robert Beyster is the founder of Science Applications International Corporation, the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States. He was Chairman of the Board until his retirement in July 2004, and also served as Chief Executive Officer until November 2003...
-- founder of Science Applications International Corporation
Science Applications International Corporation
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500 scientific, engineering and technology applications company headquartered in the United States with numerous federal, state, and private sector clients...
in 2002. It became a part of the Rady School in 2004.