Customize Your MBA Experience

Personalized learning is a core part of the Berkeley Haas Full-time MBA Program. Through electives, interdisciplinary coursework, and independent study, you can shape your MBA around the industries, ideas, and questions that matter most to you.

That flexibility is about more than choice. It’s about developing the perspective to connect disciplines, challenge assumptions, and pursue the kind of impact you want to make. Whether you deepen your expertise in a specific field or explore across functions, you’ll build a path that reflects your goals and helps you move business forward.

Personalized learning at UC Berkeley Haas allows you to shape your MBA through electives, cross-campus coursework, and independent study.

Explore Across Disciplines

At Haas, you can begin personalizing your MBA early through electives that span finance, marketing, strategy, entrepreneurship, and more. Elective offerings make up approximately 60 percent of the curriculum, with courses such as Big Data, Big Decisions; Strategic Brand Management; and Venture Capital and Private Equity.

Explore the full list of Berkeley MBA courses to see options that support your area of focus and desired career path.

Learn Across Berkeley

Your MBA experience extends beyond Haas. You have access to graduate courses across UC Berkeley, the #1 ranked public university by U.S. News & World Report.

That includes top-ranked programs in computer science and economics, engineering, public affairs, and law. These opportunities connect you with high-caliber peers, renowned faculty, and influential thinkers across disciplines—broadening your perspective beyond business alone.

Create What Doesn't Yet Exist

If what you're looking for doesn’t already exist, you can work with faculty independently or alongside classmates to design your own elective or pursue an independent study.

That spirit of curiosity and initiative is central to the Haas experience. You're not just selecting from options—you're shaping your own path and the kind of leader you want to become.

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Training the next generation of AI business leaders

Leveraging Berkeley’s research leadership and its location at the center of the AI revolution, UC Berkeley Haas has launched a new AI for Business graduate certificate for MBA students.

Through coursework spanning technology, management, strategy, and impact, the program prepares future leaders to harness AI to build companies, guide teams, and transform industries.

 

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Personalized Learning in the UC Berkeley Haas MBA Program

Personalized learning in the UC Berkeley Haas Full-Time MBA Program happens through electives, interdisciplinary coursework, and independent study. Students can shape their MBA experience around the industries, functions, and questions that matter most to them.

Students begin personalizing their MBA in the first year through elective coursework. Over time, they can build additional depth through specialized classes, cross-campus study, and independent academic projects.

Yes. Berkeley Haas MBA students can take graduate courses across UC Berkeley, including classes in areas like computer science, engineering, economics, law, and public policy. This expands the academic experience beyond business school alone.

At Haas, personalized learning is not only about having many choices. It’s about using those choices to build perspective across disciplines, explore emerging areas like AI, and create a path that supports the kind of leader you want to become.

Take the Next Step

The Haas Full-time MBA is our flagship offering, designed to give students the tools to become leaders and earn their MBAs. Learn from world-renowned faculty as well as our truly global cohort of students. All this in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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