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    Harvard Business School, Boston

    Massachusetts, United States of America | Estd in 1908 | Private University | Harvard University, Cambridge

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    About Harvard Business School

    Harvard Business School (HBS), Boston was founded in 1908 as a part of the Harvard University for offering business education. It was established as the world’s first MBA programme with a capacity of 33 regular students, 47 special students and having a faculty of 15 people. Later, in 1922 the HBS also introduced the doctoral programme. In the year 1924, a separate business school campus was also constructed and the academic departments of business management got shifted there. In 2013, Harvard Business School Online was also formed to offer academic programmes in areas including Financial Accounting, Business Analytics, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Data Science, Big Data, Financial Analytics, Healthcare Economics, Marketing, Negotiation etc.

    Harvard Business School Overview

    • Harvard Business School is considered one of the largest business schools in the world offering MBA programmes, doctoral programmes and executive programmes to students belonging to every community.
    • HBS welcomes students from every community regardless of their caste, sex, colour, religion or culture.
    • Harvard Business School has various global research centres associated with it located in Silicon Valley and other regional research centres functioning in Asia-Pacific (1999), Latin America (2000), Japan (2002), Europe (2003), India (2006), Istanbul (2013), and Johannesburg (2017).
    • HBS has been ranked 1st in the world by the Financial Times and 5th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
    • The Student Association (SA), which works as the primary association for handling all student clubs and organisations and for conducting all the events of the university.

    Harvard Business School Highlights

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    Year of Establishment1908
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    Institute TypeColleges
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    OwnershipPrivate
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    Faculty Count244

    Harvard Business School Courses

    Accreditations
    Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
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    LevelDoctoral
    Duration60 Months
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    Duration60 Months
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    MajorBusiness
    Duration60 Months

    Harvard Business School Admission and Application

    Application deadline May,2026

    Harvard Business School, Boston Admission Procedure-

    • Students looking for admissions have to apply on the official portal of Harvard University.
    • Application forms have to be downloaded from the official website.
    • Submission of application forms must be done after attaching all required documents and by paying the fees.
    • Students also have to submit their GRE or GMAT scores.
    • Candidates will be called for admissions after their application forms get accepted.
    • Before getting admissions, students also have to get their documentation done and pay the admission fee.

    Harvard Business School Eligibility

    • For applying, students must submit documents like proof of previous academic qualifications, letters of recommendation, a personal statement, resume etc.
    • International students must have English as their first language or else they need to submit scores of the English proficiency test such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System Academic (IELTS Academic) or Test of English Academic PTE (Academic).
    • For admissions to undergraduate programmes, applicants need to complete their high school education and for admissions to graduate programmes, candidates need to complete their bachelor’s degree from any recognised institute or university in any relevant discipline.

    Harvard Business School Campus Facilities

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    Library

    The library of Harvard Business School holds a huge collection of books and other informative resources in the areas of business and management. The study materials are available in both printed and electronic form. Other facilities for copying, scanning, borrowing etc are also available. Librarians are also available to assist the students regarding any information related to books. In addition to that, there are also individual and group study spaces available inside the library.

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