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Thoughtful Leaders 6 academic Programs powerful ideas 16 faculty and Research global influence 22 network and Connections

Advancing business. Advancing SOCIETY.

As the birthplace of business education in 1881, Wharton is the most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world. An international community of faculty, student and alumni leaders, we remain on the forefront of global business.

1 In 1881, American industrialist Joseph Wharton had Facts at a Glance a radical idea – to arm future generations with the knowledge and skills to unleash the transformative • Leading programs at every level of business power of business. education – from undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, This is the story of the Wharton School – the world’s and doctoral students, to senior executives first collegiate school of business – and our promise • 200+ courses and 25 research centers and to deliver continued, unparalleled knowledge and initiatives – more breadth and depth than at any leadership. No other single institution has other business school had as transformational an effect on the • 220+ faculty across 11 departments – one of the way business is conducted in the global market. largest, most published business school faculties Our foundational values continue to inspire our highest • 1,000+ organizations directly engaged with goal as an institution: to create the knowledge and Wharton – high-level businesses, non-profits, educate the leaders who will fuel the growth of and government agencies industries and economies throughout the world.

• 86,000 graduates in 145 countries – largest alumni network of any global business school

• 1.7M+ worldwide subscribers of online journal Knowledge@Wharton – with Indian, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic editions

joseph wharton Founder The Wharton School, 1881

3 Dean’s Message In our research and “teaching, we are educating the next generation of As the world’s first collegiate business school, leaders with the firm Wharton is at once the birthplace of modern conviction that business business education and the foremost custodian of its future. can and must be a force for good in the world. Our broad-ranging expertise reaches more than a half million people every day through our degree programs on two campuses, our services to executives, and our award-winning online publication, Knowledge@Wharton. Our 86,000 alumni hold positions of responsibility in business, government, public service, social and cultural entities, and education in 145 countries. At Wharton, we believe the role of business is to advance society as a whole, creating new wealth and economic opportunity for all people, in developing regions as well as the developed economies. In our research and teaching, we are educating the next generation of leaders with the firm conviction that business can and must be a force for good in the world.

THOMAS S. ROBERTSON Dean and Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise

4 5 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS thought ful leaders The first collegiate business school, driven by a spirit of responsibility.

Inspired by Joseph Wharton’s vision to educate the “pillars of the State, whether in private or in public life,” Wharton prepares leaders for the complex challenges of our interconnected world with leading programs at every level of business education.

6 7 www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad

On the highest summit in Iceland, undergraduate Hvannadalshnúkur, a venture team implements their leadership skills.

undergraduate Snapshot

enrollment 2,500

Women 39%

Multicultural background 43%

Pursuing more than one degree 30%

Studying abroad 21%

The Wharton Undergraduate Program focuses on “business and more,” combining business and liberal arts study within a traditional Ivy League education. Students take 40 percent of their classes at Penn’s other schools, enabling them to explore their unique interests and passions. Students can customize their experience to create a well-rounded education that fits them.

• 20+ business concentrations • Flexibility to pursue dual degrees and minors • Four coordinated dual-degree programs combining business with international studies, life sciences, nursing, or technology • 120+ study abroad programs around the world • 40+ student-led Wharton clubs and 300+ Penn clubs 8 9 www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba

During their first weeks of the program, teams compete in a leadership simulation mba program created by faculty.

The Wharton MBA offers unmatched academic options and a distinctly collaborative experience. With more courses and programs than any other business school, it is a flexible and constantly evolving program that keeps speed with the realities of global business. The Wharton MBA is distinguished by rigorous analytical thinking coupled with social responsibility and active, reflective leadership. Upon graduation, students remain lifelong learners as part of one of the world’s largest, most influential business school alumni networks.

mba Snapshot

enrollment 1,690

Women 40% • 18 specializations, including an individualized major International Students 36% • Nearly 200 electives, plus an intensive core curriculum Average Years Work Experience 4 • 10+ interdisciplinary degrees Countries Represented 68 • Commitment to lifelong learning • 110+ student-led clubs and conferences 10 11 www.wharton.upenn.edu/mbaexecutive

mba for executives

Offered in Philadelphia and San Francisco, the Wharton MBA Program for Executives has the same innovative curriculum and top faculty as Wharton’s globally recognized, full-time MBA program – but in an executive format. Students attend classes At a speed networking event, on alternate weekends for two years, staying on Philadelphia and San Francisco students get to know each other quickly. campus in executive facilities. Attracting mana- gers and entrepreneurs from diverse industries, this 24-month experience puts students on the mba for executives Snapshot* leadership path while at school and transforms enrollment 415 their future in business. Women 22%

Average Age 34

Average Years Work Experience 10

Students Holding Advanced Degrees 45% • Same degree as the full-time MBA • Immersive two-year, weekend residential program • Courses selected across nearly 200 electives, plus an intensive core curriculum • Commitment to lifelong education • Offered in Philadelphia and San Francisco 12 13 * Philadelphia and San Francisco combined. www.wharton.upenn.edu/doctoral www.execed.wharton.upenn.edu

Wharton’s Doctoral Programs are among the most selective in the country. Graduates take positions executive education at leading academic institutions, joining a strong research community of 1,500 alumni world-wide.

In the 9 distinct programs offered, candidates engage in rigorous, multi-disciplinary research on a broad range of problems affecting business. They work collaboratively with Wharton’s 220+ expert faculty across 11 academic departments, 25 research centers, and Penn’s 11 graduate schools. Wharton’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education provides one of the largest executive programming of its kind – from innovative senior doctoral programs management and open-enrollment programs to customized programs tailored for individual companies and organizations. Designed to offer both immediate results and continuous benefits, these programs reach over 8,000 participants annually.

doctoral programs Snapshot With its global reach, Wharton has educated over enrollment 191 200,000 professionals, and today delivers programs Women 39% in 20+ countries worldwide including Australia, Brazil, International 41%

Average Age 26 China, Germany, India, and United Arab Emirates.

Receive Funding 100%

executive education Snapshot

Annual Number of Participants 8,000+ Doctoral Programs of Study Companies 1,500

• Accounting • Management International Participants 35% • Applied Economics • Marketing Open-Enrollment Programs 55 • Ethics & Legal Studies • Operations, Custom Programs 130+

• Finance Information Management Countries, Programs Conducted 20+ • Health Care Management & Decision Processes & Economics • Statistics 14 15 FACULTY AND RESEARCH powerful World-class research and teaching, unmatched in its depth and breadth. ideas Wharton’s faculty is one of the largest, most influential business school faculties. With 200+ courses and 25 research centers and initiatives, Wharton is a place of great intellectual strength and diversity that generates the ideas to power new innovations.

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Business And Public Policy Wharton’s 220+ world-leading faculty members Finance create a living network of ideas – one that challenges you to think rigorously and encourages you to put your thinking into action.

Wharton faculty research regularly appears in leading academic journals and periodicals and is frequently cited by the press. Their broad exper- tise creates a range and depth of 200+ courses Health Care ManagemenT across 11 academic departments, unsurpassed at any other business school. Through a variety of insurance teaching methods, including simulations and case And Risk Management studies, Wharton professors prepare students to advance the business practices of the future while helping to customize their intellectual experiences across a range of business disciplines.

legal Studies and Business Ethics Management Marketing

Academic Departments

• Accounting • Management oPerations • Business & Public Policy • Marketing And Information MANAGEMENT • Finance • Operations & • Health Care Management Information Management real Estate • Insurance & Risk Management • Real Estate • Legal Studies & Business Ethics • Statistics statistics 18 Research Centers www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty and Initiatives

Research Centers and Initiatives include: Wharton’s 25 research centers and initiatives are Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research Insurance and Pensions an intellectual hub for Wharton and Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research Ethics Penn faculty, students, and members Center for Health Management and Economics Health of the business community who Center for Human Resources Human Resources come together to study and debate key business challenges. Reflecting the multidisciplinary character Center for Leadership and Change Management Management and Leadership of research activity at the School, the centers Financial Institutions Center Finance

generate courses, academic programs, community Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management Operations

outreach, published research, and partnerships Jay H. Baker Retailing Center Retailing among academics, government, and industry. Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership Environment

Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Health

Risk Management and Decision Processes Center Risk Management

Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Finance

S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education Insurance

Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center Real Estate

SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management Management

Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center Entrepreneurship

Weiss Center for International Financial Research Finance

Wharton-INSEAD Center for Global Research & Education Global Initiative

Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative Marketing

Wharton e-Business Initiative Technology

Wharton Faculty Research Initiatives in China Global Initiative

Wharton Global Family Alliance Family Business

Wharton Small Business Development Center Entrepreneurship

Wharton Sports Business Initiative Sports Business

William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation Technology and Innovation

20 21 NETWORK AND CONNECTION

An incomparable network engaged with business challenges worldwide. GLOBALINFLUENCE From our students to our research and teaching, Wharton is a truly international institution, with 86,000 alumni generating opportunity and creating value everywhere in the world.

22 23 Wharton Alumni Knowledge@Wharton network

Wharton’s powerful global network reaches Wharton’s biweekly online research and analysis everywhere our alumni go. journal Knowledge@Wharton delivers the latest Their strong network, built on lifelong professional business knowledge and and personal connections, is a key driver of insights to 1.7 million subscribers Wharton’s impact around the world. in 200 countries worldwide. The first business school journal of its kind, More than 12,000 participants have attended Knowledge@Wharton is now available in English, the 40 Global Alumni Forums held across the Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish. globe, where business, academic, and political leaders exchange ideas about the most pressing business issues of the day. In recent years, Knowledge@Wharton Subscribers (in millions) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Wharton has further strengthened the network with an alumni portal called WhartonConnect, 2010 2009

an Alumni Class Ambassador program, and a 2007 career networking resource. 2005 2003

2001 alumni.wharton.upenn.edu 1999

alumni Snapshot

Total Alumni 86,000

Alumni Clubs 78

Countries 145

Continents 6 total global forums 40

• Podcasts and videos, plus special editions across 14 business categories • A searchable database of articles and research abstracts • A global network of partner schools, including the U.S., Singapore and Australia • A new high school student edition

24 knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu 25 Wharton and Penn

Wharton is a global hub for innovative learning and research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Ivy League campus in Philadelphia. Today, that campus extends to our state-of-the-art facilities at Wharton | San Francisco and to Fontainebleau, France, and Singapore through our alliance with INSEAD. Both Wharton locations feature learning centers that support our emphasis on collaboration and innovation – from high-tech classrooms and team study rooms to robust tools for research and collaboration.

Both campuses are positioned to enable close in-person interaction with leaders in business and government – in Philadelphia, poised between New York and Washington, DC; in San Francisco, near benjamin franklin the heart of Silicon Valley. And both attract top-level Founder University of Pennsylvania, 1740 students, faculty, guests, and recruiters from around the world.

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tudents and A lumni The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania – founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school – is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community. The School has more than 4,900 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; over 8,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and an alumni network of 86,000 graduates.

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