The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration is UVa's MBA program. The program is two years long and relies heavily on case based teaching methods, much like law school. This was modeled after Harvard Business School when Darden was founded in 1954. In 2002, Darden expanded the class size by 20% from 250 to over 300.

The MBA Program

• Ranked #2 Teaching Faculty by Business Week (2002).
  
• Ranked #1 for percent of students employed at graduation by U.S. News & World Report (2003).
  
• Ranked #1 by the Economist Intelligence Unit (2002) for alumni network.
  
• Ranked #9 internationally by the Economist Intelligence Unit (2002).
  

The Darden curriculum is known for being particularly rigorous. It is also known for being strong in general management; however, graduates of the school have gone on to lead companies in numerous functions and industries.

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