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The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business
Darden School main UVa.jpg
Established 1954
Type Public
Dean Robert F. Bruner
Location Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
38°03′08″N 78°30′50″W / 38.052096°N 78.513901°W / 38.052096; -78.513901Coordinates: 38°03′08″N 78°30′50″W / 38.052096°N 78.513901°W / 38.052096; -78.513901
Website http://www.darden.edu/

The Darden School of Business, founded in 1954, is the graduate business school associated with the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Darden School is (in the Dean's words) "high touch, high tone, high octane"[1]. It is named after Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr., a former Democratic congressman, governor of Virginia, and president of the University of Virginia.

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Darden MBA

Darden offers a two-year MBA program that relies heavily on case-based teaching methods (see Case Study Analysis), similar to teaching methods used in many law schools and at Harvard Business School. Darden teaches solely through the case method, one of the few prominent schools to do so. The Darden case method relies heavily on strong preparation (done both on an individual basis and group basis) and deep discussions within Sections.

The school is known for its particular strength in General Management, and it is regularly ranked by Business Week, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Forbes, US News and World Report and other sources as a top business school in the world.

In 2002, Darden expanded the class size by 20% from 250 to over 300. Darden's Dean, as of December 1, 2008, is Robert Bruner, who is also the school's Distinguished Professor of Business Administration.

George David, 1967 Darden graduate and current CEO and Chairman of United Technologies Corporation, said of his time at the school, "My two years at Darden were the best ones of my life. The intensity was amazing, and the skills acquired life-long. I learned for the first time that classmates and I could push problems around with the sheer force of trying. I am profoundly grateful for this experience."[2]

Darden's top student award is the Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship, which is awarded by the faculty to the first-year student who has contributed the most to the welfare of the school and shows the greatest career promise. The 2009 recipient of the award is Kurt P. Miceli. Darden also awards the Frederick S. Morton Leadership Award to a second-year student in recognition of exceptional leadership. Vincent Harris is the most recent recipient.

Darden awards the C. Stewart Sheppard Distinguished Service Award to recognize first-year Darden students for exceptional service to the School. Darden faculty awards the William Michael Shermet Award to fifteen (top 5%) first-year students for exceptional academic performance and classroom contribution.

Darden also awards Frank E. Genovese Fellowships each year in recognition of academic performance and General Management.

Darden's Executive Education program continues to be ranked strongly by the The Financial Times including:

  • Number 1 in the World in Open Program Executive Education 2007[3], Number 2 in 2008[4].
  • Number 1 in Open Program Faculty[4] (for the 4th consecutive year[5]).
  • Number 1 in Open Program Course Design[4](for 6th consecutive year[5]).

The program offers both open and custom programs. Executive Education programs include sustainability, service excellence, leading strategic change, and bargaining and negotiating.

The Darden School launched an MBA for Executives program in June 2006. The executive program takes 22 months.

Batten Institute

Main article: Batten Institute

The Batten Institute is a prominent institution at the Darden School of Business. A leading business think-tank, the Batten Institute invests in applied research and knowledge transfer programs on the frontiers of change in organizations, markets, and technologies. The Institute is a nexus of practitioners and scholars who foster new practical knowledge about business innovation and change.[6] The Institute was founded in 1996 and fortified in 2000 by a record $60 million gift from UVa alumnus Frank Batten, Sr., retired Chairman and CEO of Landmark Communications and founder of The Weather Channel.[6]

Rankings

Darden is regularly ranked as being among the Top 15 business schools in the world. Its current rankings (updated September 2008) are as follows:

  • US News and World Report ranked number 15 in 2010 rankings [7]. (14 in 2009, 12 in 2008, 13 in 2007, 14 in 2006)
  • Forbes ranked number 9 in 2009,[8] the fourth year in a row the Darden School has placed in the Forbes Top 10.[9]
  • Wall Street Journal ranked number 10 in 2007[10]; 4th among most improved Business Schools and 5th in General Management[11].
  • Business Week ranked number 16 in 2008[12]. (15 in 2006[13], 12 in 2004[14])
  • Financial Times ranked number 33 globally (16th in the U.S.) in 2008[15](ranked number 3 globally under "Best in general management"[16]).
  • Economist Intelligence Unit ranked number 12 in USA in 2008. [17]
  • Financial Times ranked the Darden Executive Education program number 1 in the World for Open Program Executive Education 2007[3] and number 2 in 2008[4].

Prominent alumni

Darden's list of prominent alumni (in order of graduation) includes:

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ Financial Times: "Dean profile: Robert Bruner of Darden Business School, University of Virginia"
  2. ^ University of Virgini News: George David, UTC Chairman And CEO, Makes $10 Million Individual Gift To Darden School
  3. ^ a b Financial Times: Executive Education - open - 2007
  4. ^ a b c d Financial Times: Executive Education - open - 2008
  5. ^ a b "Entrepreneurship". Darden Graduate School of Business. 2006. http://www.darden.edu/html/standard.aspx?menu_id=72&styleid=2&id=814. Retrieved 2007-10-05. 
  6. ^ US News and World Report: Best Graduate Schools 2009
  7. ^ "The Best Business Schools". 2009-08-05. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/95/best-business-schools-09_Virginia-%28Darden%29_950013.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  8. ^ "Forbes Magazine Ranks U.Va.'s Darden School of Business in Top 10". 2009-08-11. http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=9390. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  9. ^ Wall Street Journal: Where the Schools Rank 2007 (PDF)
  10. ^ Darden 10th in WSJ Rankings 2007
  11. ^ Business Week: Business School Rankings & Profiles
  12. ^ Business Week Ranking of MBA Programs 2006
  13. ^ Business Week Ranking of MBA Programs 2004
  14. ^ Financial Times Global MBA 2008 Rankings
  15. ^ Financial Times: "The top ten schools in selected categories 2008"
  16. ^ Economist Intelligence Unit: 2008 MBA rankings

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