Letter from the Dean

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The Stern School is located in the heart of New York City, and we use the city as both a classroom and a laboratory for learning. Our location, our broad portfolio of academic programs, our talented and diverse student body, and our dedicated faculty members work together to create an educational experience that is relevant, enriching, and uniquely Stern.

We offer a complete portfolio of business education programs, including an undergraduate program, a full-time M.B.A. program, several M.B.A. programs that meet the particular needs of working professionals, and a doctoral program whose graduates are in demand among the top business schools in the country. Our part-time M.B.A. program, the Langone Program, offers flexible scheduling, including the option of attending only on weekends. Our Executive M.B.A. program in general management also offers a specialization in finance. The TRIUM Executive M.B.A. program – an alliance of three renowned universities, New York University Stern School of Business, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and HEC School of Management, Paris – provides executives with an authentically global learning experience in five learning locations.  Stern also offers non-degree programs, with both custom and short courses.

As a research institution, Stern’s mission is twofold: knowledge creation and knowledge dissemination.  It is our belief that strong research and outstanding teaching go hand in hand.  The more than 200 teachers/scholars who comprise Stern’s full-time faculty combine superb academic credentials with real-world experience and knowledge.  Their efforts are further supported by Stern’s research centers and institutes, which undertake significant academic research that influences such areas as accounting, financial institutions and markets, entrepreneurship, global business, and the interrelationship of law and business. This high degree of intellectual activity assures that students are taught to think analytically, critically, and ethically and to bring a historical perspective to their analysis. Consequently, students are well equipped to keep pace with a rapidly changing business world.

Our student body comprises men and women from diverse backgrounds who not only share high aspirations and the ability to succeed, but also prize the sense of community that our academic programs and extracurricular organizations engender. Stern offers a broad selection of student organizations and an active calendar of student-run conferences, luncheons, and workshops that bring business leaders to campus frequently. Moreover, with one of the largest enrollments of international students, from more than 50 countries, and an international student exchange program that is the most extensive offered by any U.S. business school, Stern offers students the chance to gain a deep understanding of global business.

If you are considering furthering your business education, we invite you to explore the Stern School of Business. It is a school that offers intellectual rigor, a strong sense of community, and all the excitement and opportunity of the nation’s business capital.

Thomas F. Cooley
Dean