Our Year
Full-Time MBA students returned to Grounds in January for the start of Quarter 3! First Years solidified summer internships with help from the Career Center and Second Years prepared for graduation and their next steps.
UVA Darden faculty and staff prepared all summer for the arrival of the new academic year, which culminated with Launch Week in August. Our new First Years experienced class sections, learning teams, student clubs and more for the first time, and Second Years returned to Grounds with a renewed sense of urgency.
As we reflect on 2024, we hope you enjoy our version of “Discover Darden Wrapped” for the Full-Time MBA program.
Meet the Newest Hoos
Darden’s Newest MBA Students: 2024 Class Profiles
Women at Darden
March is International Women’s Month. Celebrating the amazing things our students achieve, we gathered some stories about the incredible women at Darden.
🧡 Celebrating International Women’s Day at Darden
💙 Meet Gender Equity Representative Katie Hermann (Class of 2025)
All About the Application
App Tips! With the Round 2 application deadlines approaching on 7 January, we recommend turning to these articles when you have a question.
🧡 Your Guide to a Strong Full-Time MBA Application: Preparing for Round 2 Deadline
💙 Essays and Deadlines Announced for the 2024–25 Full-Time MBA Application
🧡 3 Tips for a Strong Full-Time MBA Application
💙 All About the Application: Tips for Reapplicants
Darden Rankings
It has been a year of milestone momentum for the Darden MBA when it comes to rankings.
🧡 Darden Ranked No. 1 Public Business School in the World by the Financial Times
💙 Princeton Review Ranking: Darden Leads With No. 1 Best Professors & Best Campus Environment
🧡 Darden Ranked in Top 5 by Bloomberg Businessweek
💙 Top Public MBA: UVA Darden Climbs to No. 5 in Poets and Quants Ranking
Full-Time MBA Community
Student profile highlights and a closer look at the On-Grounds community!
🧡 Dive into Darden: An MBA’s Ultimate Guide for Student Clubs
💙 Thriving as His True Self: Renato Mejia’s Darden MBA Story
🧡 Get to Know Darden’s Dean Scott Beardsley
💙 Explore Dual Degrees at UVA: Paul Clancy’s MD/MBA Journey
🧡 8 Great Things to Know About Charlottesville, Virginia
Entrepreneurship at Darden
The Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology is an incredible resource for students interested in entrepreneurship.
🧡 Entrepreneurship Thrives at Darden: 2024 University of Virginia Venture Capital Conference
💙 Filling a Need: Darden’s Entrepreneurial Flavor Catapults Beza Bisrat’s Venture
🧡 Darden’s Rise in Entrepreneurship Rankings: What Makes it Stand Out?
School News
🧡 Introducing Darden’s New Artificial Intelligence Institute: A Hub for Ethical AI Innovation
💙 Darden First Among Top MBA Program to Publish Class of 2024 Employment Data
Top 5 Experience Darden Podcast Episodes
- #81 Admissions Committee members Catie Yielding and Whitney Kestner on “Your Darden Interview”
- #278 Meet Megan McGee (MBA ’21), Director of Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA)
- #210 Learning Through the Case Method with the Full-Time MBA Class of 2023
- #244 Student Spotlight | Seiver Jorgensen, MBA/ME
- #245 Student Spotlight | Ibukunoluwa Aiyemo
See you next year!
Beza Bisrat, founder of Ethiopian Delights
Darden Student Association
Darden's Global Food Festival on Flagler Court
Dean Scott Beardsley at the Opening Session of Launch Week
