130+
Alumni who return to campus to share advice with incoming students during annual Booth 20/20 events
Our Collaborative Community
At Booth, ideas compete and people collaborate.
The Booth community has a special combination of collaboration and competition. Our diverse culture celebrates curiosity, encourages you to ask questions and challenge ideas, and fosters critical thinking—all in an atmosphere that’s inspiring, positive, and constructive.
At Booth, you’ll meet students, faculty, staff, and alumni who are passionately invested in each other's success. They will expand your thinking, help you see the world in new ways, and enrich and improve your ideas. No matter which program you choose, you’ll learn alongside high-achieving peers who inspire you to take risks, challenge yourself, and become a more self-aware, self-assured leader.
You’ll develop friends for a lifetime and a lifelong global network committed to helping you rise.
Our Community by the Numbers
120+
Number of student groups across all programs
50%
Percent of alumni who have at least once recommended Chicago Booth students or alumni for a position at their company in the last 12 months
90+
Alumni clubs worldwide
Get Involved
Join a student group. Get involved in a service project. Participate in a national competition or network with alumni at lectures, dinners, and coffee conversations. In everything from day-to-day interactions with classmates to mentoring relationships with faculty, you’ll be surrounded by a community of people who are dedicated to helping you succeed.
Explore the Full-Time MBA Experience
Join a community of peers and faculty who will cheer you on and challenge you to be your best.
Explore the Part-Time MBA Student Experience
In our collaborative community, you’ll expand your network, get involved, learn to lead, and put your best ideas into action.
Explore the EMBA Student Experience
As an Executive MBA student, you’ll build a lifelong network of peers and the confidence to take your career to the next level.
“When people think of Chicago Booth, they’ll often think first about a heavily academic, robust curriculum. While that’s absolutely true, Booth is also just genuinely a fun experience. People there are super outgoing, and it’s such a diverse class. You will meet someone you connect with strongly.”
—Gilad Andorn, ’18
Stories from Our Community
The View from Virtual Communities
As COVID-19 quashed in-person engagement, Boothies bounced back to find creative, interactive ways of bonding online.
Connecting Alumni Worldwide
Planned by passionate volunteers, alumni-led forums around the globe have brought graduates together to learn, recharge, and grow.
Booth Alumni Unite to Fight COVID-19
On both sides of the world, Booth alumni jump to help their global community in response to the crisis.
Choose Your Path to Success
Tell us about yourself, and we will show you the value of a Booth education.
Support for Partners and Families
When you join the Chicago Booth community, your whole family does too. We welcome and embrace partners and families through a variety of initiatives, including Booth Partners, a student group that provides a vital network of community and support for spouses, significant others, and families. Booth Partners hosts more than 75 events a year, from Chicago tours and pop culture meetups to skill-sharing workshops and career events.
Booth Partners also has a subgroup called Parents of Little Ones. This subgroup helps you connect with other parents for playdates or activities without the kids.
Booth Gets Social
Explore the everyday life of Booth around the globe, on our social media channels.
Overcoming Inequity with Empathy
Amid the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement, Shundrawn Thomas, ’99, believes empathetic, compassionate leadership is needed more than ever.
Bonding through the Distance
Fellow Boothies and best friends Mena Poonaki and Spoorthy Papudesi share how they’ve stayed connected through COVID-19.
Helping Small Businesses Pivot
Boothies are helping entrepreneurs on Chicago’s South and West sides engage their customers in new ways amid the pandemic.
Mentoring through Music
An experiential learning studio uses music to help students become dynamic, intentional leaders who venture out of their comfort zones.
Explore Our Programs
Ready to join a collaborative community that challenges you to ask questions, take risks, and see the world in new ways? Earn a business degree from our top-ranked Full-Time, Part-Time, and Executive MBA Programs, or a doctorate in business from the world’s leading PhD Program in business. Or enhance your career by enrolling in one of our Executive Education courses.
MBA Programs
Achieve more with an MBA degree from Chicago Booth. Offered in four formats—including Executive MBA programs based in Chicago, London, and Hong Kong—to suit your personal and professional goals.
PhD Program
Explore your research interests and earn a PhD from one of the best business PhD programs in the world.
Executive Education
Choose from nearly 50 open-enrollment programs worldwide, or create a custom program tailored to meet your organization’s unique challenges.
Engage Further in Why Booth
Explore Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We have an unwavering commitment to creating a more diverse and inclusive world and leading change within our community.
Explore Leadership Education at Booth
As leadership education has transformed, Booth has been at the forefront, driving new ways of thinking about and teaching tomorrow’s leaders.
The Executive MBA Program is registered under the Hong Kong Education Bureau. Registration No.: 262427. It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualification to which this course may lead.