Haas School of Business

The Walter A. Haas School of Business is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley.

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The College of Commerce was founded in 1898 and the Department of Business Administration was established in 1942. In 1943, the School of Business Administration was established to replace the College of Commerce. It was renamed in 1989 and is the oldest business school at a public university. As of 2003-2004, it has 160 faculty members and 1680 students in six academic degree programs. Dean Tom Campbell, a former Congressman and California State Senator, has recently been appointed the state's Director of Finance. Prof. Richard Lyons is the current Acting Dean.

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The school runs a range of internationally reputed programs and are consistently ranked among the very best in the country. Its programs include

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• Full-time MBA program
• Evening/Weekend MBA program
• Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program
• Ph.D. program
• Master's in Financial Engineering Program
• Undergraduate program
• Executive development

The school is situated in three connected buildings surrounding a central courtyard on the southeastern corner of the central campus. The final design of architect Charles Moore, the mini-campus was completed in 1995. The school is planning to expand its facilities, with a new commons building shared with the Boalt School of Law.

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