ARE YOU READY? TO BE A CEO. TO GET THE PERFECT JOB. TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS. TO BE A LEADER. TO INSPIRE OTHERS INTOACTION. TO MAKE BOLD DECISIONS. TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT. TO SOLVE TOUGH PROBLEMS.

THE KATZ MBA PROGRAMTO BUILD A BRAND. TO TRAVEL THE WORLD. TO MAKE THAT BIG PITCH. TO EXCEED YOUR GOALS. TO THINK BRAVELY. TO DEFINE YOUR FUTURE.TO REALIZE YOUR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL. TO INFLUENCE OTHERS. TO LEARN FROM THE BEST. TO RISE TO ANY CHALLENGE. YOU CAN BE.

At Katz, we’ve designed our program around one constant: Business never stops reinventing itself—and neither should business leaders. But true agility depends on a solid foundation. That’s why the Katz tool kit offers a thorough grounding in the fundamentals and an array of global experiences. It’s an education that sharpens instincts and makes bold decisions second nature. So while others will be asking themselves, “What now?” our graduates are already thinking, “Why not?”

Experience BasedExperience-based learning is central to the Katz MBA program. Every class, every project is tied to

real-world business experiences that challenge students to apply what they learn. It’s our way of linking

concepts to outcomes, and it’s why our students graduate ready to build, lead, and contribute immediately.

And it’s what we mean when we say our graduates are Katz Ready. Are you ready? You can be.®

WE THINK OF CREDIT HOURS AS “RAMP-UP” TIME.

“Participation in the Katz

AMEX Case Competition, the

Deloitte Innovation Challenge,

and the Randall Family Big

Idea competition gave me an

opportunity to work on innovative

ideas and experiment with the

entrepreneur in me. The MBA

experience here is nothing short

of a professional’s metamorphosis

into a business leader.”

Ambar Patil Management of Information Systems MBA Candidate Class of 2015[ [

WATCH VIDEO www.katz.pitt.edu/ready Be Katz Ready

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“My team and I worked with our client

Aitheras Aviation in the Consulting

Field Project course. Our task was to

identify which location in the world

was the most feasible for Aitheras to

locate their new international charter

flight operation. The project forced

me to think about medicine from a

business perspective and helped me

to work with a team with different

areas of expertise.”

Alex Rascoe Finance MBA ’14[

Experience Basedmembers onto the board of directors of Pittsburgh non-profits and economic development organizations.

Katz students see how theory is connected to practice in classes grounded in actual business experiences. For example, our students learn about brand management by developing marketing campaigns for some of the world’s most recognizable companies and then presenting their recommended strategy to members of the company management team. We teach the Six Sigma process by having students complete projects for leading manufacturers. In the projects, students fulfill a defined scope of work and receive mentorship from an industry practitioner with Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

The Katz MBA is continually ranked among the top programs in the world by the Financial Times, The Economist, Forbes, and U.S. News & World Report and has been deemed as providing its students with the best return on investment and highest salary increases among all U.S. schools. Katz is not the sole program to offer experience-based learning; what sets us apart is the extent to which we integrate experience-based learning into our whole curriculum, our organizational culture, and consistently push it into new frontiers.

As a Katz graduate, you stand out among management candidates because you can walk into any organization and add value on day one. No ramp-up time is required, simply because the Katz MBA program already gave you significant hands-on experience in your area of concentration. We start by building your managerial foundation in the core business units, so you can understand the organization as a whole, and then we strengthen this foundation by having you put your knowledge into action through an array of case studies, global immersion experiences, consulting projects, client fellowships, internships, case competitions, and class simulations.

Katz’s partnerships with Pittsburgh organizations yield opportunities to practice business in the field. Our David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership offers the BNY Mellon Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Fellowship and the Kenneth R. Woodcock Leadership Fellowship. The CSR program enables students to complete a project focused on the measurement and application of sustainability in business operations, whereas the leadership fellows program places students as guest

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Competing Against the Best

Katz’s signature MBA case competition, the BNY Mellon Katz Invitational Case Competition, is focused on issues of corporate social responsibility in the energy industry. Drawing top business schools from around the world, it is just one of many competitions open to Katz students. Students can compete in internal case competitions developed in conjunction with Crane, Deloitte, and AMEX. And they receive support to travel far and wide to MBA case competitions hosted by other business schools and professional organizations.

Helping Clients Be More Strategic

In the Consulting Field Project course, sponsor companies hire Katz students as management consultants to help solve their companies’ strategically important business issues. The scope of work for past projects has addressed critical needs in supply chain management, business development, marketing, and finance at such companies as GlaxoSmithKline, Siemens, Philips, McKesson, PNC Bank, and UPMC. Notably, a team working for Westinghouse Electric Company traveled to China to perform market analysis on the country’s nuclear power plant industry.

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WATCH VIDEO www.katz.pitt.edu/strategicdoing Experience-based learning

Bull or Bear? Buy or Sell?

The Finance Practicum lets Katz students manage

a real stock portfolio valued at more than a half-

million dollars. Acting as research analysts, students

identify individual stocks of interest, perform equity

research, and make investment decisions to buy or

sell securities. Computer terminals equipped with

the same Bloomberg and S&P Capital IQ software

used by professionals on Wall Street are available

to students in the school’s Financial Analysis

Laboratory. The students’ work has paid off: During

the past decade, the portfolio’s annualized return

has exceeded 10 percent, beating the S&P 500

Index handily.

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InnovationAs part of the University of Pittsburgh, Katz students are plugged into Pitt’s broad innovation ecosystem. The University’s annual Randall Family Big Idea Competition, hosted by Pitt’s Innovation Institute, is a startup showcase in which students envision, develop, and present their business models for new products and services. Past winners from Katz have collaborated on projects with students from Pitt’s engineering, medicine, computer science, law, and arts and sciences programs.

For students seeking a deep dive into the mechanisms of business transformation, Katz offers the certificate program in Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Students learn directly from Pittsburgh’s innovation leaders, a mix of well-established companies, emerging startups, and global tech firms. Curricular topics include the commercialization of new technologies, product

development and life cycle, new venture initiation, and the management of strategic alliances.

Students interested in starting their own business have the chance to work with business consultants from Pitt’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, which has assisted in the creation of 800 new startups and attracted more than $300 million in funding to support entrepreneurs. We cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset in all of our students by offering a curriculum rooted in problem solving and adaptive thinking and by holding professional development workshops with successful entrepreneurs. And we practice innovation ourselves, through the creation of novel technology-based courses such as the Management Simulation, which gives our students a true-to-life experience of running their own global company.

The Katz Management Simulation is our capstone course tying together everything students learn in core classes. Students assume the roles of company executives for an international manufacturer and, using a sophisticated computer simulation, compete head-to-head against peers from Katz, Carnegie Mellon University, and colleges worldwide. Students make input decisions related to each business unit, and when a choice is made, the choice, as in the real world, ripples outward to affect the industry as a whole. For added realism, each team is assigned a board of directors, composed of Western Pennsylvania business executives, with whom they meet in person and deliver financial reports.

WE DON’T JUST TEACH INNOVATION. WE MODEL IT.

Playing the Management Game

Read more in Pitt Business magazine: www.business.pitt.edu/magazine

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Innovation“I’ve learned that innovation

is the key factor in creating

a sustainable competitive

advantage at any company.

My experiences at Katz have

challenged me to tackle

problems with no definitive

answers and to look at

information from various

perspectives. Most important,

I’ve gained the confidence

to take risks and invest in

my future.”

Jessica DeBona Organizational Behavior and Human Resources MBA Candidate Class of 2015[ [

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WE DESIGNED OUR PROGRAM FOR DEXTERITY.

THE MARKET DEMANDS IT.

CurriculumBuilt with the day-to-day demands of business in mind, the Katz MBA program gives students both a holistic understanding of management and the flexibility to select classes around targeted career goals. Students start by selecting an area of concentration and then, under the guidance of their advisors and our Executives in Residence, select the electives that best prepare them for their chosen track. For example, finance-focused students would share overlapping electives, but would take different electives based on their goals to obtain positions in corporate finance, investment management, or banking and financial institutions. Additionally, Katz requires students to complete a certificate program in an area of their choice. The certificate provides

students with additional depth in a subject either in their concentration or in a cross-disciplinary area.

Katz students have the added flexibility to enroll in other courses at the University of Pittsburgh or to cross-enroll at other Pittsburgh colleges and universities through the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education. Katz is the only business school in Pennsylvania that is a Chartered Financial Analyst Program Partner with the CFA Institute. Our students can work toward becoming a CFA charterholder while getting their MBA, as our finance curriculum covers at least 70 percent of the CFA Program curriculum.

Finance

Management of Information Systems

Marketing

Operations

Organizational Behavior and HR Management

Strategy

• Investment Management• Banking and Financial Institutions• Corporate Finance• Financial Consulting

• IS Management• Business Analysis• IT Consulting

• Brand and Product Management• Marketing Research and Consumer

Insights• Social Media and Digital Marketing• Business Development and Sales

• Supply Chain/Logistics Management• Project Management• Operations Consulting

• Human Resources Management• Human Resources Consulting

• Management Consulting• Business Development Analysis• Entrepreneurship

Career Paths by Area of Concentration

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WE DESIGNED OUR PROGRAM FOR DEXTERITY.

THE MARKET DEMANDS IT.“All the professors bring a

unique approach to teaching

that keeps the classes

interesting, regardless of the

topic. They do a great job of

taking theoretical coursework

and then applying it to

tangible, real-world cases.

For example, in my Marketing

Management class, we were

tasked with evaluating the

performance of a product line

for a national pharmaceuticals

and health care firm.”

Matt DeStefano Finance MBA Candidate Class of 2015[ [

Career Paths by Area of Concentration

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Faculty KATZ GRADUATES CAN BE THE BEST, IN PART,

BECAUSE THEY LEARN FROM THE BEST.

Widely respected as thought leaders in their fields, Katz faculty members advance the management profession in a variety of ways: through publishing research in or serving as editors of top academic journals, through consulting projects with major clients, and through interviews with national media outlets. No activity has a greater impact, though, than their role in educating the next generation of business leaders, our students.

For this reason, Katz faculty members strive to be accountable and approachable to students. Katz faculty members have received the University of Pittsburgh’s highest honor, the Chancellor’s Award, for their teaching, research, and service, and each year are recognized with

numerous external awards for their academic papers and service to academic organizations.

Katz faculty members provide students with the best of both worlds: Some faculty are generating new ideas in management theory, some are business practitioners with directly related professional experience, and some are a blend of both. Whatever the case, students can expect the opportunity to interact with faculty who will challenge them to grow as business professionals through a curriculum that emphasizes solving real business problems.

The Science of Social Media

By now almost every business and

organization accepts the notion that social

media is crucial to their marketing strategy.

Yet, precisely how Facebook, Twitter, and

other social platforms contribute to the

bottom line is more guesswork than actual

science. Andrew T. Stephen, assistant

professor of business administration and

Katz Fellow in Marketing, envisions a world

where best practices in social media are

readily apparent. He is leading the “Facebook

Genome Project,” an unprecedented effort

to review Facebook data from a set of

global brands and deconstruct each post

to see which elements actually get people

to engage with content. Stephen publishes

regularly in the world’s top marketing journals,

is one of the world’s leading authorities on

social media marketing, and has offered

classes in which students have completed

viral video campaigns for a national healthy

eating initiative and completed a social media

consulting project for Nickelodeon.

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Professor of Business Administration

and Ben L. Fryrear Faculty Fellow

Prakash Mirchandani brings

technical topics such as global

supply chain management, statistical

analysis, and risk management

vividly to life through hands-on

simulations and management games.

Mirchandani serves as interim

director of the school’s Center for

Supply Chain Management and is a

co-creator of Katz’s Crane Company

Case Competition. The annual

competition brings Crane managers

to campus to judge students’ analysis

of real issues in their supply chain

and business operations.

Global Supply Chain Management, Simplified

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CollaborationTHE REALITY OF BUSINESS LEADERSHIP:

TEAMWORK IS HOW YOU WIN.

“The collaborative spirit at Katz is

very different — in a good way —

from the stories you hear about

other MBA programs, which are

so competitive and cutthroat.

Almost every one of my classes

requires some level of teamwork.

It prepares me as a graduate to be

the best I can be in my field and

company, and to be ready to help

others be at their best as well.”

Monique Manning Marketing and Strategy MBA Candidate, Class of 2015[ [

to bring out the best in people, whether as individuals or members of cross-functional teams.

As a Katz student, you are also part of something bigger: the University of Pittsburgh, a world-class research institution that year after year is among the top recipients of federal research grants and top scholarship recognitions. You have frequent opportunities to collaborate with peers from Pitt’s highly regarded engineering, medicine, law, and arts and sciences programs. Students can complete joint degrees, interdisciplinary certificates, and interdisciplinary case competitions. Faculty members benefit from this free exchange across Pitt’s schools as well, for whenever a business question crosses into the health or engineering domains, they never have to look far for a leading expert with whom to partner with on research or a teaching question. The student experience is the best of both worlds: the small class sizes of the MBA program and the full reach of the greater University.

At Katz, our small class sizes make it easy for students to get to know their classmates and professors. Before your first MBA class, you come to campus for a comprehensive orientation program. Here you get to know the Career Management and Academic Advising Center team, our faculty members, and, most important of all, the classmates with whom you will complete the program. At orientation, you are grouped into multicultural learning teams and complete teambuilding exercises at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, followed by off-campus events such as a dinner cruise on Pittsburgh’s three rivers.

Katz’s student culture is one of collaboration and teamwork. In practically every class, from the start of the program until graduation, our students work together in small teams, completing group projects, group presentations, and group papers. This emphasis on collaboration is how we mold you into the manager whom organizations want to hire: a leader who knows how

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DiversityGLOBAL BUSINESS IS TOO BIG FOR NARROW WORLDVIEWS.

STEP UP TO THE WORLD STAGE.

As a Katz student, you will have classmates from different cultures and hometowns, with different functional skills and life experiences; the common denominator, the link that connects you and them, is your shared passion for business and desire to advance your careers through our MBA program.

The Katz MBA program embraces diversity by offering scholarships to students from under-represented populations and by giving students networking opportunities through Katz’s affiliations with national and regional diversity organizations. One of the most active groups, the Pitt Black MBA Network (PBAN), founded

“Diversity is something major corporations

invest in, as it is truly a global economy

now. The more experiences students have

in working with people who are different

from them and have different methods of

problem solving, the easier managing those

relationships will be in the future. At Katz,

my time on multicultural learning teams

helps me learn from others’ business and

cultural experiences.”

Brian Burton Marketing and Strategy MBA Candidate, Class of 2015 [ [

WATCH VIDEO www.katz.pitt.edu/katz-diversity Diversity at Katz

by and run by Katz alumni, works closely with Katz to support students via mentoring, employment referrals, and fundraising for annual diversity scholarships.

Military veterans returning to the workforce also find an inclusive environment at Katz. Year after year, G.I. Jobs, a national publication for military veterans, names Katz a top military-friendly school in the nation. Faculty member Jay Sukits, a former infantry officer in the U.S. Army and former Wall Street investment banker, founded Pitt’s Student Veteran Association, which among its many duties arranges recruiting appointments with companies interested in hiring veterans and also oversees Pitt’s participation in the National Roll Call.

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The world is learning a lot from Pittsburgh’s civic reinvention. How do you grow new business in the face of economic upheaval? What’s the best way for private and public sectors to work together for the common good? What strategies build resilience day by day? At Katz, we’re proud to be part of a city continually searching for innovative answers to these questions. We have established strong relationships with the companies and non-profits fueling Western Pennsylvania’s economic growth. For students, the relationships lead to management-level job opportunities and give them access to an array of experience-based learning projects in the classroom and out in the community.

Pittsburgh IT’S MORE THAN OUR ADDRESS.

IT DEFINES WHO WE ARE.

Pittsburgh’s first-rate cultural amenities, natural scenic beauty, and surprisingly low cost of living have helped the city to earn the title of America’s “most livable city” by Forbes, The Economist, and Places Rated Almanac, and Pittsburgh has been named a top world-travel destination by National Geographic and Today. Pittsburgh ranks well for job growth thanks to a well-diversified economy with expanding opportunities in manufacturing, health care, financial services, energy, information technology, and many more sectors. At Katz, we are proud to educate people who are taking lessons learned in Pittsburgh to organizations all over the world.

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As a Katz MBA graduate, you join the Pitt Alumni Association, an alumni network of more than 307,000 people, spanning every continent and practically every major city. Of this group, Katz graduates are perhaps the most active and well connected. In order to keep our alumni engaged with the school, the Business Alumni Association holds business networking events throughout the year in cities across the U.S. and internationally.

Katz’s 21,000 alumni are vitally important to the school’s continued prosperity. We count on them to refer our students for job and internship opportunities and,

Pittsburgh AlumniTO APPRECIATE OUR NETWORK,

LOOK AT THE GLOBE.

on a broader level, to be ambassadors for the program, projecting to the world what it means to be Katz Ready. The important bonds our alumni form start during their time as MBA students and continue to grow as they progress in their careers. Katz’s alumni network is composed of more than 1,000 board chairs, chief executive officers, and presidents, and thousands more alumni hold senior management positions at companies across the full spectrum of industry.

©Dennis Galletta

“The Katz mentoring program is

an opportunity for students to

get a firsthand perspective from

successful alumni. It’s an enjoyable

experience for both mentee and

mentor. I personally enjoyed the

networking aspect and think the

program is a great way to further

build the alumni community.”

Oliver Zeranski (MS-MIS ’04) Principal A.T. Kearney, Inc. New York, N.Y.[ [

WATCH VIDEOwww.katz.pitt.edu/wep Alumni networking

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Global OpportunitiesAt Katz, we teach global business by immersing students in the culture, politics, and business practices of countries outside of the United States. Being knowledgeable about specific global markets and the underlying economic forces shaping change helps our students to make better management decisions and lead more effectively.

For students interested in obtaining an international assignment, the school offers a certificate program in Global Management, a program that requires students to complete an experience-based learning project in another country. Additionally, the certificate program teaches interdisciplinary business functions, such as accounting

Global Research Practicum

The Global Research Practicum (GRP) teaches international business in the most powerful way: by having students go to another country and immerse themselves in its culture and business practices. Prior to the trip, students complete classes about the host country; then students travel to the country and, under the supervision of a Katz faculty member, go on company site visits, meet with business leaders, and enjoy cultural attractions. Additionally, students are required to complete a self-directed research project that relates to business in the host country. GRP locations change year to year. Past host countries have included Chile, China, India, Israel, Germany, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom, among others.

Your Gateway to Global Business Experiences

The International Business Center (IBC) is a

gateway to global business experiences for

Katz students, as it coordinates study abroad

scholarships, international business trips,

language study classes, international

business courses, and partnerships with

foreign institutions of higher education.

Established in 1989, the IBC is one of five

original members of the national Centers

for International Business Education and

Research (CIBER), a collection of resource

centers created by Congress to increase

U.S. international competitiveness.

COMPETITION DOESN’T HAVE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.

NEITHER SHOULD YOUR MBA.

Israel

and finance or marketing and supply chain management, within the global context.

Katz students can study abroad through the Global Research Practicum, exchange programs with business schools in Europe and South America, and international case competitions. Katz’s Consulting Field Project course, which entails the completion of a client-focused management project, doesn’t as a rule have a global business focus, although many projects touch upon international business questions. Teams sometimes travel abroad, on trips paid for by the company, in order to gather on-the-ground market research. Past teams have gone to Brazil, China, and Japan.

SpainChina

Uruguay

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“Completing the Global Research

Practicum in Tel Aviv, Israel,

broadened my horizons and gave

me an intimate look into other

industries without having to work

in them. We visited some tourist

sites, including the Dead Sea

and the Negev desert, and for the

business part we met with many

VCs and biotech companies. The

entire trip was intriguing from

beginning to end.”

Monai Johnson Operations MBA Candidate, Class of 2015

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WATCH VIDEOwww.katz.pitt.edu/grp-chile MBA project in Chile

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YOUR MBA DOESN’T JUST LAND YOU A JOB.

IT LEADS TO THE RIGHT JOB AT THE RIGHT COMPANY.

Career

“We need talent that is ready on day one to

provide insight and experience in a global

corporation that collaborates in driving customer

satisfaction and improved results. We recruit from

the Katz Graduate School of Business because

our talent from Katz year after year hits the mark

and delivers growth both with customers and in

their own personal development.”

Max H. Mitchell (MBA ’89) President and CEO Crane Co.[ [

WATCH VIDEOwww.katz.pitt.edu/prof-devProfessional Development Days

The Katz Career Management and Advising Center begins with a student’s career goal, then “reverse engineers” the MBA experience to help the student achieve his or her aspiration. First, we collaborate with the student to determine a career path, and then we create the student’s comprehensive academic and career roadmap. Katz students work with a single advisor who provides holistic guidance in academics, professional development, and career management. The advising process begins with a student’s career assessment, résumé review, and the development of a personal brand statement. The advisor then recommends the co-curricular events, networking opportunities, external certifications, and interview prep work best suited to the student’s needs. Each student’s academic and career roadmap is unique and is customized accordingly.

To augment the student’s personalized advising support, the Center brings in top industry experts to teach professional and career development activities. In the fall, a large

contingent of Katz students and staff travel to national MBA career fairs, while those who don’t make the trip complete a Pittsburgh job-seeker series and attend the Pitt Business career conference. In the spring, we offer activities, taught by leading practitioners, to build students’ communication and presentation skills.

As a result of these initiatives, the job placement rate of Katz graduates is consistently on par with or better than the most elite MBA programs in the world. Additionally, the program has been deemed as delivering the highest return on investment (The Economist) and highest salary increase to its graduates (Financial Times). The Hire@Katz website makes it easy for recruiters to get to know our students, as it features a searchable database with student pictures, work histories, résumés, and LinkedIn profiles. Our staff continually pursues new partnerships with top corporate recruiters. Students’ employer engagement activities include on-campus recruiting events with major companies, company-sponsored Katz case competitions, company-sponsored Consulting Field Projects, and jobs posted exclusively on the Katz intranet.

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Career Coaching from Retired Executives

The Executives in Residence (EIR) program lets students work closely with former corporate executives whose door is always open to them. Our EIR have been the president, vice president, managing partner, and senior partner at international firms in a variety of industries. They know what it takes to reach the top ranks of an organization. The EIR help coach students on all types of mock interviews and are willing to help with anything else, everything from job-search strategies to life advice.

“As a Katz student, being Katz

Ready means not only applying what

I’ve learned at Katz to the business

challenges I face, but also showing

an employer the extraordinary

value that I bring to the table. I’ve

already secured an internship with

Crane Co.’s ChemPharma division

as a supply chain analyst at their

Cincinnati, Ohio, facility.”

Madison Jones Operations MBA Candidate, Class of 2015[ [

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DegreesCAREERS FOLLOW DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES.

WE OFFER AN MBA FOR EVERY STAGE. At Katz, students have the flexibility to pursue their MBA in a variety of formats, all of which offer the same world-class business education that uses experience-based learning to teach advanced management principles.

One-year MBA

In 1963, Katz defied convention and became the world’s first business school to offer a one-year MBA program. Generations later, we continue to lead the way with a management-focused education in a compressed format. The 11-month program is tailored to highly motivated individuals seeking to refine their management skills and return to the marketplace quickly.

Two-year MBA

The conventional program’s 20-month format gives students more time to grow as professionals, as they develop the business skills to add value to all types of global organizations. Students are strongly encouraged to complete a management-level internship between their first and second years and to participate in a professional student-led organization.

Part-time MBA

Katz designed this program with working professionals in mind. The course load is structured so that students can balance their school, work, and personal lives. Students who take six credits per term typically graduate in three years. Evening classes are offered Monday through Thursday and occasionally on Saturday mornings. We also offer immersion courses that are scheduled on Fridays and weekends. Part-time students typically register for 18 credits per year.

Joint and Dual Degrees

Katz joint- and dual-degree programs harness the full intellectual capital of the University of Pittsburgh and provide students with an incredible value, as they combine a student’s MBA degree with a second graduate-level degree in a complementary discipline.

Joint Degrees

• MBA/Master of Science in Engineering offered in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering

• MBA/Juris Doctorate offered in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Law

• MBA/Master of Public and International Affairs offered in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)

• MBA/Master of International Development offered in partnership with GSPIA Dual Degrees (offered by the Katz School)

• MBA/Master of International Business

• MBA/Master of Science in Management of Information Systems

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EngagementCAREERS FOLLOW DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES.

WE OFFER AN MBA FOR EVERY STAGE. LEARNING DOESN’T STOP WHEN CLASS ENDS.

GROW YOUR NETWORK BY GETTING INVOLVED.

• Business Technology Club

• Consulting Club

• Evening Student Executive

Board

• Finance Club

• Graduate and Professional

Student Government

• International Business

Association

• LaunchPITT (innovation and

entrepreneurship)

• Marketing Club

• National Association for

Women MBAs

Community Service Projects

• ALS Walk

• Central Blood Bank Blood Drive

• Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Food Drive

• Holiday Cards for Military, Red Cross

• Passionately Pink for the Cure

• Pitt People for Pets

• Project Bundle-Up

• Soles4Souls Shoe Drive

• Treasures for Children Toy Drive,

Salvation Army

• Walk Now for Autism Speaks

“Katz has helped me to build my

collaboration skills through its

numerous opportunities outside of the

classroom. I have been part of teams

who have participated in various case

studies and events hosted at other

business schools, including Baylor

University and Duke University. This

gives me a real international flavor

as I’ve met with students from schools

all over the world.”

Sourya Datta Strategy and Operations MBA Candidate, Class of 2015 [ [

• Operations Club

• Out@Katz

• Peer Mentors

• Pittsburgh Young Professionals

in Energy – Katz Chapter

• Real Estate Club

• Roberto Clemente MBA

Association

• Student Ambassadors

• Student Executive Board

• Toastmasters Club

Clubs and Organizations

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EXPERIENCE AN EDUCATION IN

PITTSBURGH’S ACADEMIC CENTER.As a Katz student, you are a student of the University of Pittsburgh. Pitt’s campus, located two miles east of downtown Pittsburgh, is brimming with the energy and excitement of 34,000-plus college students studying in more than 200 degree programs. Pitt is ranked among the top 100 research universities in the world and has a low student-to-faculty ratio that is exceptional among its peers. As a Katz student, you are able to collaborate with graduate students from all the academic disciplines Pitt offers.

Mervis Hall, located in the shadow of the iconic Cathedral of Learning, is the hub of the Katz MBA program. The three-story building has executive-inspired classrooms, an extensive business library, student team rooms, a

student lounge, and a café that serves coffee and food. Finance classes are held in the Financial Analysis Laboratory, a 3,000-square-foot space modeled after a Wall Street trading room. Computer terminals are equipped with the latest financial software tools and an electronic screen is continuously updated with market figures and world news.

Your Pitt ID lets you ride the City of Pittsburgh’s public transit network of buses, light rail, and mountain inclines, all for free. That makes it easy for you to take in Pittsburgh’s many neighborhoods, its cultural district of theaters and galleries, and its thriving restaurant and nightlife scene.

Campus TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR www.katz.pitt.edu/tour

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Mission Statement

The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration leverages the opportunities

created by our urban location and strong research culture to prepare students to be catalysts for change. Our mission

is to merge communities of knowledge with communities of practice to create exceptional experience-based learning

outcomes for students and relevant insights for business leaders.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.

Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of BusinessMBA Programs301 Mervis HallRoberto Clemente DrivePittsburgh, PA 15260

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