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Stanford MBA - What you Need to Know!

Updated: Mar 15

In the first article of our new MBA Spotlight Series, where we provide a bird’s eye view of the top MBA programs in the world, we look at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and its exceptional MBA program.


Stanford GSB is one of the best business schools in the world.

Stanford MBA: The Basics


Spread across 8,180 acres, Stanford University is located in California, in close proximity to the cities of San Francisco and San Jose, and the dynamic Silicon Valley on the west coast. The MBA program at Stanford GSB is a two year program, with an average class size of 420 students.


The MBA program has three application rounds, typically in September, January, and April. Check out the latest deadlines here. The average full-time work experience of the incoming MBA batch is four years, with a median GMAT score of 734.


The program was ranked 1st and 3rd in the FT Global MBA rankings for 2019 and 2020 respectively.