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Launch an impactful career with a year of study at Yale
The Master of Management Studies in Global Business and Society (GBS) provides you with tools needed to thrive in global organizations and the broad perspective to know how best to use them. Open to students in master in management programs at top business schools around the world, including those in the Global Network for Advanced Management, the GBS program draws on all the resources at Yale University.
During your year at Yale, you’ll take advanced coursework at the nexus of global business and society, building upon the foundation of your master’s in management.
Spend a year on the campus of a great university, connecting with peers from around the world and forming relationships that will benefit you for the rest of your life.
Admissions
Admission to the GBS program is open to students who either are enrolled or have recently graduated from a top business school from around the world, including those in the Global Network for Advanced Management, with a master in management (or equivalent) degree.
There are two ways to enter the GBS program.
- For HEC, HKUST, and UBC Sauder master in management applicants: Apply jointly through the M2M programs. Deadlines vary by school.
- Apply while you are enrolled in, during a gap year, or after completing your master in management program.
Application Deadlines
Round 1 - GN
Deadline:
December 1, 2025
Decision by:
January 21, 2026
Enroll:
February 9, 2026
Round 2
Deadline:
January 12, 2026
Decision by:
February 25, 2026
Enroll:
March 17, 2026
Round 3
Deadline:
February 23, 2026
Decision by:
April 6, 2026
Enroll:
April 23, 2026
Round 4
Deadline:
March 30, 2026
Decision by:
May 8, 2026
Enroll:
May 27, 2026
Events
Class profile
My background is in business and finance and I wanted a graduate program where I could dive into other subjects to gain a more comprehensive view of society’s challenges while keeping a business perspective. The GBS program offered exactly that, as the curriculum gives students the flexibility to choose electives across various disciplines.
The student experience
Become a student at SOM, a citizen of Yale, and a part of the New Haven community.
Connect with the pathbreaking Yale Investments Office, as well as major asset management firms that have Yale ties, and see how the leaders in the field operate.
Your days will be spent studying—both in Evans Hall and across the beautiful Yale campus—and exploring everything New Haven has to offer.
As part of Yale University, you'll be among leading thinkers and teachers, as well as a cohort of fellow students pursuing excellence across fields of study.
As part of our mission, we engage with the problems afflicting our world—notably issues of discrimination, bias, and equity—and seek to build a community that achieves and celebrates diversity.
Our mission
We believe the most impactful leaders always weigh both sides of the ampersand in our mission—business and society.
Community voices
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