The MBA programs at the University of Notre Dame include one-year and two-year tracks. With the course work and electives, the university emphasizes the role of the environment and social issues. The mission of the MBA program at the Mendoza School is to produce young business professionals that are equipped to handle the current trends and problems of the modern age. Each year, the university sends a team to the Aspen Institute's 2010 Business & Society International MBA Case Competition. In 2010, the university's team came in second place. The university also ranks fifth in the Aspen Institute's sustainable MBA rankings as of 2010.
University of Notre Dame
Mendoza College of Business
112 North Notre Dame Avenue
South Bend, IN 46556
574-631-8488
nd.edu
For over 30 years, the Yale School of Management emphasizes teaching strong management skills for all business areas, including the environmental sector. Students focusing on the environmentally sustainable MBA spend much of their time at the Center for Business and the Environment. The Center has been a part of the university for over 25 years and combines the powers of the management school and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. These studies take place as integrated electives in the MBA candidate's second year. The Aspen Institute ranks the school as the third best school in the country for a sustainable MBA.
Yale University
School of Management
135 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06520
203-432-5932
yale.edu
One of the top MBA programs in the country, the Stephen M. Ross School of Susiness, offers both full-time and part-time study. During the second year of the program, students take elective courses emphasizing environmentally sustainable business aspects and methods. Students do the majority of their sustainable business research at the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, which combines the interests of both the business school and the School of Natural Resources and Environment. Students also have the opportunity to take part in the school's annual Crisis Challenge, where teams of students react to a mock crisis as corporate leaders.
University of Michigan
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
701 Tappan Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
umich.edu