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Mission Matters

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

Encouraging civic participation

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Bringing startups to life

Dianna Liu ’18

Advancing research on public education

Seth Zimmerman, professor of economics at Yale SOM

Using data to help the neediest

Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in June 2025.

Scaling transformative tech

A D-shaped toroidal field (TF) magnet, welded into its stainless steel case and surrounded by the team who helped manufacture it

Rebuilding local news

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Reuniting families

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Pioneering new healthcare models

An mDoc employee instructing a group of people holding their phones

Informing Fed policy

A person wearing a suit testifying before a congressional committee

Making healthy food more affordable

A Whole Foods supermarket shelf filled with boxes of different kinds of 365-brand cereal

Accelerating construction timelines

A building under construction, with two cranes in view

Designing bus schedules for better learning

An aerial view of a parking lot filled with school buses

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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Is there such thing as a “typical” SOM student? When we posed this question to students across our degree programs, they said the student body is united by intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm for collaboration, and commitment to building a supportive community.

What stands out the most is the number of people in the endowment and foundation space with connections to SOM or Yale more broadly. I feel fortunate to be in the same network as a number of very accomplished CIOs and other investors who have set a very high bar. Additionally, it’s been exciting and rewarding to see my classmates also working at the intersection of business and society.

I chose to get an MBA at SOM for a few reasons. The community feel on campus was unparalleled, and I wanted to bridge my technical problem-solving skills with a broader business perspective. SOM’s integrated core curriculum has really helped me see the bigger picture. Within my learning team, we have a teacher, a consultant, a sustainability-focused professional—and me, a manufacturing engineer. Everyone brings different strengths to the table.

MBA student Kaan Ardic ’26