what is harvard business school 
harvard business school is an internationally renowned business school located at harvard university in boston massachusetts founded in 1908 it admits roughly 1 000 students to its mba program per year and regularly ranks among the top business schools in the world 1in addition to its master in business administration mba program the school also offers various other doctoral and executive education programs some of which are provided in collaboration with partnering institutions such as harvard law school and the john f kennedy school of government the school is consistently ranked as one of the best business schools in the world u s news world report ranks harvard business school as the fifth best business school and the financial times rates its mba program as no 4 in the world 23understanding harvard business schoolharvard business school was founded in 1908 and established the world s first mba program in 1922 the doctoral program and the harvard business review were both founded the school regularly ranks in the top five graduate business programs internationally and is undoubtedly one of the best known business schools in the world 124one reason for its substantial brand recognition is the many books and other publications put forward by the harvard business school publishing corporation hbspc in addition to publishing the scholarly works of harvard business school s roughly 270 full time faculty members the hbspc is also responsible for publishing the famous harvard business review 5as is typical of the so called ivy league universities harvard business school is very selective of who it admits into its program the school has an acceptance rate of approximately 10 the doctoral program is typically even more competitive with a 4 admission rate between 2012 and 2018 67for those students whose applications are accepted the financial cost of attendance can pose a substantial barrier with the mba program costing approximately 115 000 per year for the 2023 2024 school year of this roughly 75 000 is attributable to direct tuition fees while the remainder is due to ancillary costs such as health insurance course and program materials rental accommodation and other living expenses 8academic programsharvard business school offers a variety of programs including an mba executive mba online certificate courses joint mba degrees and doctoral programs the ph d concentrations are in accounting and management business economics includes finance health policy management management marketing organizational behavior strategy and technology and operations management 9the online certificates are available in the concentrations of business essentials strategy leadership and management finance and accounting entrepreneurship and innovation and business in society the joint mba degrees are available with the harvard kennedy school the harvard graduate school of arts and sciences the law school the medical school the school of dental medicine and the school of engineering and applied sciences 1011costthe total cost for the mba program for the 2023 2024 academic year is 115 638 for a single individual this includes tuition a student health fee health insurance course and program materials fee and nine months of housing food transportation and other living expenses tuition alone is 74 910 note that the mba program is two years 12alumni of harvard business schoolthe harvard business school s stated mission is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world some notable alumni include salman khan founder of the self education website khan academy meg whitman former president and ceo of ebay james d wolfensohn former president of the world bank henry paulson former u s secretary of the treasury and ceo of goldman sachs sheryl sandberg coo of meta facebook michael bloomberg founder and ceo of bloomberg mitt romney former bain company ceo and current senator and george w bush former president of the u s alumni and friends of the school have provided a high level of support for the school throughout its history 1314151617as of 2023 harvard business school had 89 000 living alumni collectively representing 173 countries the most prominent industries in which they work are finance venture capital investment banking and investment management consulting marketing and general management 1819