The mission of the Merage School is to prepare students to become the kind of leader tomorrow’s businesses demand. The MBA program at the Merage School is designed to help students have a successful career at a growth-oriented firm.

Highlights of the Merage School's curriculum include:

• Sustainability and Competitive Advantage - a new course which allows students to learn about the challenges of addressing social and environmental sustainability from a strategic perspective


• The EDGE course where students explore the roles of globalization, technology, and innovation in the changing landscape of business


• Leadership Strategies - a course that provides students with insights and perspectives into leadership as well as their individual leadership style

The Merage School's Experiential Learning project allows students to address real-life business challenges by contributing to an organization's bottom line. It's also good networking for future career opportunities. While the companies students work with vary from year to year, recent companies Merage School students have worked with include: Disneyland, Vizio, Hyundai, Wet Seal, Bausch & Lomb, Volcom, Taco Bell, and Marriott. The following companies consistently recruit and hire Merage School graduates:

• The Walt Disney Company
• Toyota
• Mattel
• Experian
• Johnson & Johnson
• Deloitte
• AT&T
• IBM
• Niagara Bottling

14 countries are represented in the Merage School MBA program, with international students making up 35% of the student body. 30% of Merage School students are female. The average Merage student is 28 years old and has 4.77 years of work experience, a GMAT score of 668 and a GPA of 3.35.

UC Irvine is part of the 10-campus University of California system. With over 1,200 faculty members, 7,900 staff and 23,000 students, UC Irvine is the fourth-largest campus in the University of California system and Orange County’s second-largest employer. UC Irvine is ranked as one of the Best Values in Public Colleges by Kiplinger's.