Overview
Clark University is an urban, independent university that was founded in 1887 as a graduate institution. By design, the University has remained small in order to offer its students the educational experience of close personal relationships among the faculty members and students.

The University has approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 900 graduate students. There are about 180 full-time and 150 part-time students enrolled at the Graduate School of Management.

Graduates find employment in the following functional areas: advertising, marketing, and sales; finance and accounting; human resources; and other areas, including technology and operations. Employers of program graduates include EMC Corporation, Brown Brothers Harriman and Company, Deutsche Bank, G.E. Capital, Bloomberg L.P., the Vanguard Group, Fidelity Investments, ExxonMobil, KPMG, Analog Devices, adidas, and Bose Corporation.

The Location and Community
Worcester is one of the largest cities in New England. It is located in central Massachusetts, New England's high-technology area, within an hour's drive of Boston and near the region's numerous recreational attractions. The city has diversified industry and is distinguished as an educational center. The ten institutions of higher education in the Worcester area, which have more than 15,000 students enrolled, have formed the Worcester Consortium for Higher Education. Clark students have many opportunities to meet with area chief executive officers and senior executives through a variety of special programs.

Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
Clark University offers high-quality education to those interested in deepening their understanding of the corporate world and sharpening their expertise to become highly effective managers of people and resources.

To prepare leaders to meet the demands of the twenty-first century, Clark's Graduate School of Management encourages a global perspective. Both curriculum and faculty develop students to be insightful managers who understand the economic, technological, and political changes that are shaping the world's business communities. The program prepares managers not only to balance the complex and often conflicting demands of a changing work force but also to respond to a new mix of national and international competitors.

The Graduate School of Management offers an environment that features small classes, easy access to faculty members, and the stimulation that comes from exposure to a wide range of students from many different professional settings and levels of management experience.

The Graduate School of Management offers a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree program with a variety of concentrations and a Master of Science in Finance (M.S.F.). Clark University's management programs are internationally accredited by AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the premier accrediting agency for business schools.

To accommodate students' schedules, classes and seminars are held during the morning, afternoon, and evening. Evening classes are held in two locations: Worcester and Framingham, Massachusetts.

Facilities & Resources
Personal computers, available exclusively for use by management students, are located in the MIS Laboratory in the Graduate School of Management. The Robert Hutchings Goddard Library houses 600,000 volumes as well as the Morton and Vivien Sigel Machine Readable Management Database in CD-ROM format. Extensive research facilities are also available through ten other local colleges and universities that compose the Worcester Consortium.

Expenses and Aid
For the academic year, graduate tuition is $3,695 per course. Other charges include a $50 application fee and an annual $80 student activities fee.

Financial Aid:
Graduate assistantships and/or scholarships are awarded to more than 40 percent of the entering full-time class. Graduate assistantships require research, teaching, or administrative duties in exchange for tuition remission. Both scholarship and assistantship awards are based on merit..

Housing/Living Expenses:
A limited number of University-owned apartments are available to graduate students through the Office of Housing and Residential Programs. Off-campus apartments are available in the immediate area at a cost of approximately $500 per person per month.

How to Apply / Application
All undergraduate majors are given equal weight in the admission decision. The application deadline for students who wish to enroll full-time is June 1 for the fall semester and December 1 for the spring semester. After those dates, students are accepted on a space-available basis. The priority scholarship deadline is April 1 for fall and October 1 for spring. The deadline for students who wish to enroll part-time is August 1 for the fall semester, December 15 for the spring semester, and May 1 for the summer semester. Admission to the M.B.A. program is based on prior academic performance (transcripts are required), GMAT scores, extracurricular work and/or work experience, and letters of recommendation. Students interested in the program should request an application packet. Those who wish to apply should complete the application form and return it with the $50 application fee. When all supporting documents have been received, the application is reviewed by the Admissions Committee, which meets throughout the year.

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