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University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

UC Davis Graduate School of Management

Dedicated to preparing the next generation of inspired, results-driven and collaborative leaders, UC Davis Graduate School of Management is internationally recognized as a leading business school renowned for its high-quality faculty.

Learn online with UC Davis Graduate School of Management

Collaborate with a global cohort as you get a holistic, online education from a nationally ranked management school faculty.

At the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, we don’t settle for the status quo—we outgrow it.

With strategic campuses in Davis, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, we’re the only business school spanning and connecting Northern California’s Super-Region: the most powerful intersection of innovation, policy and purpose in the world.

We don’t just educate future leaders. We connect them.

Our students and alumni are a high-performing talent pipeline for companies across this critical economic corridor and well beyond. Whether launching mission-driven ventures or accelerating UC Davis research from the lab to the market, our collaborative approach builds something bigger: opportunity, equity and meaningful impact.

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management—We Outgrow the Expected.


The UC Davis Graduate School of Management online portfolio is designed to help you become a leader that has a positive impact on the world. Each course ensures that in-demand interpersonal and soft skills, such as leadership and negotiation, are delivered through a practical and highly interactive curriculum.

As well as a host of world-leading industry experts to learn from, the conveners who designed the courses on offer were handpicked by the school and are some of the most popular lecturers on campus. Convener of the leadership program, Kimberly Elsbach is an internationally recognized expert in organizational behavior and was named the first recipient of the prestigious Stephen G. Newberry Endowed Chair in Leadership at UC Davis. Jim Olson, who spearheads the Strategic Negotiations online short course, was voted the UC Davis Graduate School of Management Teacher of the Year in 2016. He is an accomplished motivational speaker and author, and has had a highly successful career both as a corporate consultant and business leader.


Through its partnership with GetSmarter, a brand of 2U, LLC, UC Davis Graduate School of Management has committed to making learning more accessible to the global audience. This partnership combines UC Davis’s 100-plus years of educational excellence with GetSmarter’s human-centered online education platform. As a student, you have the opportunity to learn from the school’s top academics, with flexible, weekly modules that fit your schedule. There is also 24-hour support, expert feedback from the head tutor, and forums that give you the opportunity to engage and network with like-minded business professionals.


Learn online with UC Davis Graduate School of Management

Collaborate with a global cohort as you get a holistic, online education from a nationally ranked management school faculty.

About UC Davis Graduate School of Management

At the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, we don’t settle for the status quo—we outgrow it.

With strategic campuses in Davis, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, we’re the only business school spanning and connecting Northern California’s Super-Region: the most powerful intersection of innovation, policy and purpose in the world.

We don’t just educate future leaders. We connect them.

Our students and alumni are a high-performing talent pipeline for companies across this critical economic corridor and well beyond. Whether launching mission-driven ventures or accelerating UC Davis research from the lab to the market, our collaborative approach builds something bigger: opportunity, equity and meaningful impact.

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management—We Outgrow the Expected.

UC Davis Graduate School of Management online courses

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management online portfolio is designed to help you become a leader that has a positive impact on the world. Each course ensures that in-demand interpersonal and soft skills, such as leadership and negotiation, are delivered through a practical and highly interactive curriculum.

As well as a host of world-leading industry experts to learn from, the conveners who designed the courses on offer were handpicked by the school and are some of the most popular lecturers on campus. Convener of the leadership program, Kimberly Elsbach is an internationally recognized expert in organizational behavior and was named the first recipient of the prestigious Stephen G. Newberry Endowed Chair in Leadership at UC Davis. Jim Olson, who spearheads the Strategic Negotiations online short course, was voted the UC Davis Graduate School of Management Teacher of the Year in 2016. He is an accomplished motivational speaker and author, and has had a highly successful career both as a corporate consultant and business leader.

Why learn online with UC Davis Graduate School of Management

Through its partnership with GetSmarter, a brand of 2U, LLC, UC Davis Graduate School of Management has committed to making learning more accessible to the global audience. This partnership combines UC Davis’s 100-plus years of educational excellence with GetSmarter’s human-centered online education platform. As a student, you have the opportunity to learn from the school’s top academics, with flexible, weekly modules that fit your schedule. There is also 24-hour support, expert feedback from the head tutor, and forums that give you the opportunity to engage and network with like-minded business professionals.

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