Professor Karl Ulrich on Innovation
Learning @ Wharton
knowledge into action
Wharton knowledge is about rigor and relevance. You'll not only get the core business fundamentals to meet any challenge that arises in your career – you’ll build a depth of expertise across courses and gain real-time opportunities to put those specialized skills into practice.Relevant Knowledge
You learn from 250+ faculty members who bridge research and practice, generating new, real-world knowledge from their work with businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies around the world. Our new curriculum is responsive to faculty innovation and student needs, continually renewing itself to prepare you for an ever-changing business environment. We believe in knowledge that is integrated across disciplines – a foundation that enables you to address new challenges as they arise.
Scale and Scope
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. Our flexible curriculum allows you to customize your learning, applying fundamental knowledge to your own career path. Choose from 18 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 Learning Teams and Leadership Ventures to student clubs, conferences and volunteer initiatives like the Non-Profit Board Leadership Program and Leadership Fellowships. Through the Feedback and Coaching Network, students receive yearlong coaching mentorship and feedback.
Innovative Curriculum
Wharton learning is more than cases. Our continually innovative learning environment features unique experiential and team-based learning methods such as the required Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership course, interdisciplinary programs, and technology-enhanced learning tools so distinctive that we now license them to dozens of other schools.
