Balaji Krish, WG'07
“Even in first-year lecture classes, the professors bring in real-world examples. For example, in an accounting class, which is very hard-core quantitative, the professor used balance sheets from companies like Boeing. Other courses, like marketing and strategy and managing people at work, are very real world-example based, and we were doing case studies about companies from recent studies.”
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Joseph Gyourko
“The scale of the school allows students to delve more deeply into more areas than at any other school. Not only can you do detailed work in a specialized subject like real estate or health care, but the depth in finance, management, and marketing is greater too. So it's not just that you can do a niche area, but also that you can go nuts in finance, management, or marketing in a way you can't at most other schools.”
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With more courses and programs than any other business school, Wharton gives you the opportunity to create an individualized program and learn about every area of global business. You'll get the core business fundamentals to meet any challenge that arises in your career – plus the specialized, cutting-edge skills to power whatever you want to achieve in the future.
Innovation: Our continually innovative learning environment features unique experiential and team-based learning methods, pioneering interdisciplinary dual-degree programs, and technology-enhanced learning tools so distinctive that we now license them to dozens of other schools.
Real-World Knowledge: You learn from 250+ faculty members who bridge research and practice, generating new, real-world knowledge from their work with businesses, non-profits, and government agencies around the world.
Depth and Breadth: You can choose from 19 majors, create one of your own, or design your own program with nearly 200 electives and the ability to take classes in Penn's 11 other world-leading schools.
Leadership Learning: Our community offers countless chances to develop your leadership skills in practice, from student clubs and conferences to volunteer initiatives in the local, national, and international communities.