The McCombs Advantage

The McCombs School, one of the most distinguished business schools in the country and a perennial favorite with corporate recruiters, is dedicated to providing an exceptional environment for leaders. While it is strong in all major business disciplines, the school has an especially good record of job placements in finance, consulting, and marketing, and is known for innovative programs in technology, management, and accounting.

The Plus Program 
Market-Driven Specializations 
The MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. 
Entrepreneurship and MOOT CORP ® 
Collaboration with industry 
Diversity 
A Culture of teamwork and initiative 
Austin 

 

The Plus Program - an innovative mix of workshops, projects and career events focusing on communication, teamwork, leadership, and connecting MBAs and opportunities.

• The Plus Program Overview
• Plus Program Testimonials
• Plus Business Simulation Tests Ethical Decision-Making
• Plus Program Cultivates Leadership Skills That Corporate Recruiters Seek in MBA Hires
• Two-Week World-Wide Tours Enable MBA Students to Take Hands-On Approach To Global Business
• MBA Students Earn Access, Offer Insight to Corporate Execs During Plus

Market-Driven Specializations

Innovative Finance Specializations in private equity, energy finance, corporate finance and real estate don't just track changes in industry, they anticipate them.

• Venture Fellows Program Broadens Reach
• In the News: UT Launches Program for Real Estate Finance
• Dallas Firm Gives $6 Million to Fund Private Equity Research
• El Paso Energy Joins UT's Energy Finance Program
• Center for Energy Finance Education and Research
• The Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance
• The Center for Real Estate Finance
• Finance Department Concentration in Corporate Finance
• Also on this page: The MBA Investment Fund, LLC

The Information Management Program from the Department of Management Science and Information Systems is consistently ranked in the top five by such publications as ComputerWorld, U.S. News & World Report, and the Wall Street Journal. McCombs has emerged as a leader in this core competency of the information age.

• The Information Management Program Homepage
  

• More than a Virtual Solution: Students and Clients Link Up to Solve Business Problems
  

• "Geek" to Guru: Alina Chircu
• In the News: Who Will Prepare the Tech Leaders of Generation Z?

The MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C., is the first legally constituted private investment company managed entirely by students.

• MBA Investment Fund Overview
• EDS Financial Trading and Technology Center
• Graduates of MBA Investment Fund Reap Top Jobs
• In the News: Business Week Features McCombs Fund Managers in Education Issue
• In the News: USA Today Features the MBA Investment Fund

Entrepreneurship: Students who want to start something won't find deeper, more established or more valuable resources for entrepreneurship, including the MOOT CORP ® competition, at any business school in the country.

• The Management Specialization in Entrepreneurship
• The Entrepreneur Files: X Streamline Products
• The Entrepreneur Files: Colabranet
• In Entrepreneurship Texas Outranks MIT, Harvard, Stanford

MOOT CORP ®, the original and most lucrative student business plan competition in the world, anchors our entrepreneurship program.

• The MOOT CORP ® Homepage
  
• History of the MOOT CORP ® Competition
  
• No Longer MOOT: The MOOT CORP ® Competition
  
• Vocal Smoke Detector Wins Grand Prize at MOOT CORP ®
• 'Green' MOOT CORP ® Winner Cleans Up
• Texas MBA Team wins MOOT CORP ® 2002, $100K Prize

Collaboration with industry abounds through 16 research centers, including the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce, the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Center for Customer Insight.

• Center for Research in Electronic Commerce
• Center for Business, Technology and Law
  
• Center for Customer Insight
  
• Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship
  
• IC2 Institute
• Collaborate with Industry Overview

Diversity is a noted strength of McCombs, which has the highest percentage of tenured minority faculty at any top business school and a #1 ranking for Hispanic business students.

• McCombs School Ranks #1 for Hispanic MBAs
  
• Diversity 101: The Changing Face of Business
  
• Women at McCombs: Changing the Face of Business
• Black Business Matters
  
• Hispanic Business
• World Class MBA: International Web Portal
• McCombs GLBT MBA OutSource

A culture of teamwork and initiative is often cited by recruiters as one of the greatest strengths of the school, which has nearly forty vigorous student organizations.

• Student organizations
  
• Collaborative learning
  
• The 2003 National Net Impact Conference Wrap-Up
  
• Venture Fellows Program Broadens Reach
• The 2003 Real Estate Finance Challenge Wrap-Up

Austin is a thriving center of business that's still a great place to live.

• About Austin
  
• In the News: Forbes: Austin is #1 for Business and Careers
  
• Texas MBAs on Austin
  
• Citysearch Austin
  
• Austin Weather
   

 

 

 

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