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Joint Degree Program

As the longest standing business and environment program in the world, Yale offers a 3-year joint master’s degree program that combines an MBA at the School of Management with a master’s degree in environment or forestry from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The Center for Business and the Environment at Yale serves as the administrative home for this joint degree program.

Joint degree students are active in defining the direction of the Center, lending energy, ideas, and contacts to the ever-evolving set of activities pursued by the Center. Students benefit in turn from the centralized resources, established network, and administrative support provided by the Center.

Learn more about the history and need for professional education on business and the environment in the attached article by Yale Professor Garry Brewer called The Sustainability Generation: Preparing Future Leaders.

F&ES and SOM: Two Schools, One Value Proposition

• SOM seeks to “educate leaders for business and society” and FES promises an education that provides training to help graduates to “achieve fair and effective solutions to environmental problems”. These two missions are united in the work oat the Center for Business and the Environment.

• Access to renowned faculty, leading professionals, and world leaders. Professors engage students with their teaching and bring their world-class research into the classroom. In the Yale tradition, learning takes place in small, intimate settings.

• International research, professional connections, and hands-on consulting opportunities combine with a close-knit collegial culture to create the next generation of practitioners and innovative leaders.

• Outstanding students from business, government, and nonprofit backgrounds around the world form a strong network of alumni who share the goal of providing value to society at large.