Berkeley Haas and Hands-on Learning

No Berkeley MBA is complete without experiential learning. It is the best way to demonstrate the real-world impact your classroom learning and freshly honed skills can have. There are more than a dozen experiential electives in our curriculum, and many electives feature hands-on learning as well.

Experiential Learning Courses

Our deep relationships with leading organizations extends from the Bay Area to around the world, opening up unmatched opportunities for MBA students to participate on team projects that run the gamut from consulting work for nonprofits and government agencies to major corporate transformation initiatives. Here are just a few:

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Haas@Work

Haas@Work pairs teams of Berkeley MBA students with top executives at leading firms around the Bay Area such as Cisco, Disney, Clorox, Wells Fargo, Visa, and Panasonic. Your task is to solve a competitive challenge faced by the client company.

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Lean Launchpad

Lean Launchpad delivers an actual entrepreneurial experience. You are exposed to all of the demands and decisions required of an early-stage start-up, from developing a business model to customer development to market evaluation. Based on the feedback you receive, teams rapidly iterate the product to deliver what customers would purchase and use.

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Social Sector Solutions

Social Sector Solutions matches student teams with social enterprises, nonprofits, and public organizations to perform strategic consulting projects that address pressing issues for the client. Teams are coached by consultants from McKinsey. Clients have included the Berkeley Food Network and the Museum of the African Diaspora.

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