MBA Experiential Learning
Real-world Learning on the Frontlines
The Notre Dame MBA is centered around the belief that learning is most impactful when you’re actively engaged in applying your skills and knowledge. Not only will you leave with a robust portfolio of real-world projects and experiences, but you’ll also develop critical skills like teamwork, communication, and problem-solving.
Application-based Projects
Take the concepts you learn in the classroom and turn them into actions – whether managing a $26 million portfolio or creating sustainable solutions in emerging markets. From day one, you’ll step into the role of a decision-maker and be challenged to put your skills and knowledge to work.
Off Campus Experiences
Immerse yourself in different landscapes, cultures, and communities. Through domestic and international study programs and consulting engagements, you’ll gain fresh perspectives and acquire a global mindset that sets you apart in today’s interconnected world. Experience different markets, meet industry leaders, and broaden your cultural horizons.
Collaboration with Partners and Clients
Through partnerships with industry sponsors, local businesses, and alumni groups, you’ll dive into real-time industry challenges, empowering you to innovate, solve problems, and build connections that go beyond the classroom.
Service-oriented Opportunities
Extend your impact through service-based initiatives aligned with Mendoza College of Business’s mission to “Grow the Good in Business.” You’ll be using your knowledge to devise solutions that truly make a difference in communities.
Through skill building courses, leadership workshops, and domestic and international consulting projects, this focused learning opportunity allows you to engage with a corporate client to address real time problems and build core skills for your future career.
Grow Irish
The Meyer Business on the Frontlines Program offers a suite of service learning courses. Mendoza students have partnered with organizations across 35 countries, utilizing the dynamic skills of business to develop local solutions to address issues including post-conflict rehabilitation, poverty, illicit economies, isolation, and prejudice.
Consulting Pathway
Aligned with the Finance Pathway, this course immerses you in real-world portfolio management. Conduct equity research, present stock analyses, and engage with industry experts during trips to financial centers like New York and Chicago.
Finance Pathway
Aligned with the Marketing Pathway, this course empowers you to execute data-driven campaigns for Mendoza College of Business. By working on specific channels, programs, or audiences, you’ll learn the art and science of digital marketing, enriched by interactions with industry experts and field visits to digital hubs.
Marketing Pathway
Aligned with the Technology Pathway, this experience connects you with Silicon Valley’s tech landscape through an immersive Mod Away. Collaborate with industry leaders like Google, Facebook, and Amazon.
Technology Pathway
Practicum courses offer deeper exploration of complex business topics through intensive classroom discussions, case studies, and collaborative partner experiences in a variety of formats. As an MBA student you may participate in a Seed Investor Practicum, Private Equity Practicum, or Mergers & Acquisitions Practicum.
Full MBA Curriculum
The annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Grow the Good in Business™ Case Competition unites Mendoza students, local business leaders, and DEI advocates. Teams compete through three rounds, proposing solutions to DEI-related business challenges, demonstrating leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. Through collaboration with local governments and sponsors, students create community-based research and innovative business strategies, showcasing how business can foster diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments in workplaces and communities.
MBA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Mendoza MBA students compete in external case competitions hosted by corporate sponsors and peer business schools, showcasing their analytical, strategic, and presentation skills on a broader stage while collaborating with industry leaders to address real-world business challenges.
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