New Collaboration: About the GSB: Stanford GSB

History of the GSB

Dean Garth Saloner leads a Critical Analytical Thinking course. The CAT course delves into complex managerial issues that transcend any single management function.

Facts at a Glance

Faculty with appointments at Stanford outside the Business School: 20

Cross-listed elective courses: 31

2009 Business School graduates with joint or dual degrees: 24

New Collaboration

The Stanford Graduate School of Business is developing new multidisciplinary programs with the seven other schools at Stanford University and serving as a resource in preparing leaders for the 21st century.

Joint degree programs include the degree in environment and resources offered with the Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources offering degrees to MBA, PhD and Sloan students; and the joint MBA-Public Policy degree offered in conjunction with the Institute for Economic Policy Research. Joint degrees also are offered with the schools of law and education.

Joint MBA/MS Program
Two New Joint Degrees Now Offered
Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources

Some examples of courses developed jointly with other Stanford schools include:

D-School course brings core faculty members from the Business School and the departments of computer science, mechanical engineering, and management science and engineering in the School of Engineering to help graduate students from across the University address design issues in new ways. Read a journal describing the 2008-09 academic year's work. Details

The Biodesign Innovation course taught with the schools of business, medicine and engineering has the goal of having graduate students design devices that solve medical problems in a way that doctors, patients, and regulators will all accept. Details

Elsewhere Business School faculty work collaboratively with other University faculty in a variety of programs including: