Katz Graduate School of Business

The mission of the Katz Graduate School of Business is to create and disseminate knowledge that enhances the quality of the management of organizations. The school seeks to nurture high quality research and to encourage the infusion of new knowledge created through this research into undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree educational programs and community involvement. The Katz School is dedicated to delivering excellent programs that provide its students with superior skills to meet the evolving demands of the organizations for which they work.

The vision of the Katz School is to be locally, nationally, and internationally renowned as a leader in business education. The primary goals of the school are to have a highly ranked MBA program, to enhance its reputation as a producer of significant scholarly research, and to ensure that all the programs offered by Katz are of the highest quality possible and contribute to building the reputation of the school.

The Katz School awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree as well as other master's degrees and the PhD. Full-time and part-time programs are available in the following areas: accounting; economics; finance; organizational behavior and human resource management; management information systems; marketing; operations, decision sciences, and artificial intelligence; strategy, environment, and organizations. The Katz School is accredited by AACSB - the International Association for Management Education.

Contact Information

Katz Graduate School of Business

Office of the Dean

372 Mervis Hall

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Phone: (412) 648-1500

Web site: http://www.katz.pitt.edu/

Application Procedures

Please refer to individual program descriptions in this section for further information regarding application procedures for MBA programs and the doctoral program.

Degree Options

In addition to the MBA and the PhD in Business Administration, the Katz School offers a number of dual and joint degree options for students who wish to specialize and add a second professional degree to the MBA:

For further information regarding these dual- and joint-degree programs, please refer to MBA Program Descriptions.

Special Academic Opportunities

The Katz School offers the following special opportunities/programs:

Professional Workshops

MBA students participate in a variety of workshops throughout the program. During the Transition Module (see description of Full-time MBA Program for description of the module), students take a self-assessment to identify strengths and weaknesses in various managerial skills. Results of this capability assessment and career evaluation exercise help students determine those workshops that will be most beneficial to them such as presentation skills, project management, conflict resolution, creativity, problem solving, and time management.

Study Abroad

As part of a six-credit MBA international elective course, students spend four to six weeks studying at a school in another country (past countries include the Czech Republic and India).

International Field Studies

As part of a three-credit MBA international elective course, students spend 10 days in another part of the world studying business culture and practices and visiting different companies in other parts of the world (regions visited in the past include Eastern Europe and Latin America).

American Assembly Dialogue

Through the American Assembly Dialogue, some of the country's highest ranking executives gather on campus each spring to discuss the significant economic and social issues of the day in response to an agenda prepared by selected MBA students. Past topics have included corporate social structure, globalization, and organizational culture.

Katz is the only school in the country to hold this annual one-day executive-student interchange which has been co-sponsored by the New York-based American Assembly since 1971.

Executives in Residence

Three times a year, senior executives from leading firms spend one to two days on campus — teaching classes, giving lectures, and meeting informally with Katz students.

Executive Briefings

The Executive Briefing series also fosters ties between students and business leaders. Each month, CEOs from major Pittsburgh and national corporations come to Katz to share their thoughts on issues of most concern to them in the workplace with MBA students. Question and answer sessions follow presentations made by CEOs.

Katz Business Alliance

The Katz Business Alliance is a partnership between the school and over 50 businesses in the Pittsburgh region. These organizations provide annual funding for Katz Alliance Fellowships awarded to full-time MBA students. Members also attend seminars by Katz faculty and benefit from student projects and internships.

Business Alumni Association

Graduates of the Katz School and College of Business Administration (CBA) are members of the Business Alumni Association. Katz School/CBA alumni automatically receive Managing Magazine and the @Katz.edu newsletter. Both publications update alumni on the activities at the school, provide news about the faculty, and a class notes section brings everyone up-to-date with news about fellow graduates. Katz was the first school at the University to provide its graduates with a cyberspace connection to the school and each other through the Alumni Online Community.

Student Organizations and Clubs

Students govern themselves through the Student Executive Board (SEB), whose members are elected each fall. SEB is academically and socially oriented, representing the class to the school's administration, inviting graduates back to speak, and sponsoring a number of social functions and athletic events throughout the academic year.

MBA and doctoral students have participated in numerous school and University clubs and organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union Student Club, American College Healthcare Executives, Entrepreneurship Club, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Invest Club, Roberto Clemente Association, and many more.

Graduation

A special Katz School graduation ceremony for all graduating MBA and doctoral students is held in mid-June at the David Lawrence Convention Center.

MBA Program Descriptions 

Doctoral Program 

Katz Graduate School of Business Faculty