Action-based learning is an approach to business education that requires us to continuously create relevant, challenging ways to connect our students with the world of practice.

It informs how our faculty teach, the way our students interact with one another, and how we think about leadership. Our Multidisciplinary Action Program (MAP) is the most distinctive of our action-based learning programs.

It’s an approach to education that looks beyond problem solving to opportunity sensing. It asks you to apply both analytical rigor and your imagination. It asks you to take a leadership role in customizing your own Ross experience.

Leadership in business requires the ability to process
information quickly, articulate a compelling vision, make
effective decisions, and mobilize an organization to act in the face of challenges presented by an ever-changing global business landscape. But that’s just the start.

Our goal is to prepare you to lead globally diverse teams, consider the role of business in society, and build organizational cultures that foster innovation.

Throughout the 20-month MBA program, Ross Leadership Initiative supplements classroom learning by providing a set of experiences and explorations that will help you understand your own strengths and develop into an effective leader

The Ross MBA curriculum prepares you to lead by offering a combination of rigorous fundamentals, practical experience, and the freedom to explore. Our goal is to provide an educational experience that is not just first-rate, but transformational. We want you to leave with broader aspirations, the tools to achieve them, and the confidence to pursue them.

Ross MBA students are exposed to cutting-edge thought and its applications, both in and out of the classroom, through a range of focused learning opportunities available through the school’s leading institutes and centers. The very opposite of ivory towers, these centers and institutes are committed to practice, experience, and hands-on learning.

Ross faculty are among the most influential in the world. Ross research impacts the way business is both taught and practiced. It makes headlines. It makes policy. It makes a difference.

The people with whom you learn are as important as what you learn and how you learn it. Ross students come from all over the world, bringing a wealth of personal and professional experience into our learning community. With each incoming MBA class, the school receives a fresh infusion of new insight and perspective. To view a profile of our most recent entering class, click here.

Ann Arbor is high culture and pop culture living happily and naturally together. It has restaurants for every budget and taste, music for lovers of concertos and garage bands, pleasures for lovers of both sports and the arts. It’s a sophisticated yet warm city whose fabric is formed by people, ideas, and cultures from around the world.

Recruiters appreciate how action-based learning prepares you to lead organizations by blending practicality and vision. They give Ross graduates high marks for teamwork, leadership, and analytical ability. The results: Ross graduates accept positions all over the United States and the world and step into their jobs ready to lead.

During your time at Ross, the Office of Career Development stands ready to help you find and secure the career and the job you want.

The ROI of a Ross MBA includes a network of more than 38,000 business school alumni in 82 countries who constitute an invaluable lifelong resource for Ross graduates throughout their careers.

Ross alumni are a significant driving force behind the school’s high standard of excellence and maintain their commitment to one another as they pursue their careers. Ross alumni are a vital conduit between the school and the world of business, helping to ensure that the school fulfills its mission of maintaining an MBA program that is unsurpassed at connecting theory to practice. A testament to the value they place on their Ross education, many alumni hold leadership positions in companies that sponsor action-based learning projects.

To learn more about the Ross MBA Program to determine if it is the right fit for you. We offer events for you to get to know us both on campus in Ann Arbor and in your home city. We encourage you to contact a current student through our Student Ambassador program. If you're interested in applying, register to receive more information.