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Mission Matters

Our mission to educate leaders for business & society inspires us to make a difference across industries and sectors.

Designing bus schedules for better learning

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Teaching AI to work more responsibly

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Drawing electoral maps that feel fair

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Transforming school systems

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Talking with ranchers about renewables

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Exposing systematic violence

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Protecting trust in economics

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Building homes with printers

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Supporting local entrepreneurs

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Explaining healthcare price hikes

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Investing in climate solutions

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Innovating so communities prosper

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We seek students who care deeply about the problems afflicting our world. 

We equip them with the knowledge, the resources, and the networks to pursue positive and ambitious change in business and in life.

Our Community

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Go behind the scenes of Yale SOM’s Marketing Club as second-year students help their first-year peers recruit for marketing internships across a variety of industries.

The MBA has fundamentally changed how I approach engineering, teaching me to ground technical decisions in questions of incentives, institutions, and human behavior. At the same time, it strengthened my management toolkit, helping me align cross-functional teams, navigate ambiguity, and design products that are both technically sound and organizationally viable.

Shantanu Kumar ’26 reflecting on his experience as the first student to enroll in SOM’s joint degree program with the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science

Before coming to SOM, I worked in business development at Amazon. I knew I wanted to continue my career in big tech, but I was eager to pivot into product or business strategy and develop into a more well-rounded leader within the industry. As I explored different programs, Yale SOM’s data-driven curriculum stood out for its rigor and emphasis on analytical decision-making. When I visited for interview weekend, I just clicked with the people, the energy, and the sense of community here.

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Our faculty