The Stanford Graduate School of Business is the graduate business school of Stanford University, a private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it has been the most selective business school in the United States,[4] admitting only about 6% of applicants.[5] It is part of the M7 group of business schools recognized as having strong MBA programs,[6][7][8] that are often highly-ranked in US MBA rankings.[9]
Stanford GSB offers a general management Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the MSx Program (MS in Management for mid-career executives), Stanford LEAD Online Business Program and a PhD program, along with joint degrees with other schools at Stanford, including Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, and Medicine.
The school was founded in 1925 when trustee Herbert Hoover formed a committee consisting of Wallace Alexander, George Rolph, Paul Shoup, Thomas Gregory, and Milton Esberg to secure the needed funds for the school's founding.[10] Willard Hotchkiss became the first dean of Stanford GSB.
The library was formally inaugurated on April 3, 1933. The collection was established with 1,000 volumes and assorted reports.[11] The school moved from Jordan Hall to new quarters in the History Corner of the Main Quad in 1937.[12]
Jonathan Levin was appointed as the 10th dean of the school in September 2016.[13] Levin became the 13th president of Stanford University on August 1, 2024.[14] Sarah Soule was appointed the new dean of the business school in January 2025.[1]
The Knight Management Center is situated within the greater Stanford campus. There are ten buildings at the Knight Management Center: the Gunn Building, Zambrano Hall, North Building, Arbuckle Dining Pavilion, Bass Center, the Faculty Buildings (comprising East and West buildings), the Patterson Building, the MBA Class of 1968 Building, and the McClelland Building.
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Graduate_School_of_Business
- https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/
