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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Graduate School of Business

The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business is one of the world's premier business schools, For more than a century, our innovations in business education and our pathbreaking research have produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business.

Our unparalleled faculty is famous for producing theories that change business practice We proudly claim six Nobel laureates among our current and former faculty--more than any other business school--including two Nobel laureates who currently teach.

Our approach to business education is timeless, not trend based. We stress discipline-based knowledge: how markets work, organizations function, and customers behave. We demand facts, question assumptions, and attack problems from all angles. These values shape all our programs and transform the way our students think, The "Chicago approach," as it is known, produces leaders with a superior ability to analyze problems, generate key insights, and implement creative solutions.

We offer programs for every stage of life and career--Full-Time (including an International M.B.A. option), Evening, Weekend, and Executive M.B.A. Programs. All of our M.B.A. programs reflect the rigor and challenge the University of Chicago is known for and are taught by the same world-renowned faculty.

The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business's 37,000 alumni span every, industry and discipline and live and work in more than 90 countries around the globe. With four permanent campuses on three continents-Asia (Singapore), Europe (Barcelona) and North America (two campuses in Chicago)-Chicago GSB prepares students for this marketplace like no other institution. With the completion of our new, 415,000-square-feet Hyde Park campus in autumn 2004, Chicago GSB will offer the finest set of business school facilities in the world.

Whether you are seeking a full-time, part-time, or executive M.B.A. program, the path to effective leadership starts with Chicago GSB. To find out more, visit gsb.uchicago.edu.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 

At University of Maryland University College (UMUC), you can pursue a wide range of graduate and undergraduate degree and professional certificate program, including the MBA, Executive MB.4, Executive MS in Information Technology, and Executive MS in Technology Management.

At UMUC, you don't have to put the rest of your life on hold to pursue the degree you need to get ahead. UMUC's 32-mouth MBA program is offered completely online so you can attend class when it fits your schedule. Or, for students living in the Washington, D.C. metro area who want the flexibility of online courses as well as a classroom experience, UMUC offers the combination online and face-to-face MBA program, also designed to be completed in 32 months.

UMUC's accelerated Executive MBA program can be completed in just 21 months through the combination of online and face-to-face classroom formats and is available in the Washington, D.C. metro urea to students with at least five years of management experience.

Both Of UMUC's executive master's degree program in technology are offered in the Washington, D.C metro area for senior executives whose knowledge of information technology and technology management is critical to their leadership success.

UMUC has been providing quality higher education for working adults around the globe since 1947, and was recently named "Best of the Web " in distance education by Forbes Magazine.

UMUC's faculty members have doctoral degrees and are industry leaders from around the world, which means the are experts in their field experienced practitioners, too. They are uniquely credentialed in teaching working adult students who are pursuing their degrees part-time.

To learn more about UMUC, call 800-888 UMUC, or visit www.umuc.edu/be. Classes are starting soon.

METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF NEW YORK 

Strategize in London, Network in Paris or Cut a Deal in Cannes ... Transform yourself at Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY)

MCNY, located in downtown Manhattan, New York, is an exciting institution offering unique, one-year, cutting-edge MBA for your personal and professional success. Our hands-on degrees require the application of knowledge to real world work settings. Each semester, our students relate the professional skills and management techniques taught by our practitioner faculty members to contemporary corporate situations, resulting in professional advancement, workplace improvement, and enhancements to the business world and the community at large. Through this process our students integrate coursework toward planning, producing and promoting a business plan of their own. MBA students earn credit for turning their internships and jobs into laboratory settings. They work full time and attend college fall time.

The 21st century is just beginning to give us a glimpse of the types of opportunities and challenges the new, global, information and service economy is calling us to. The competencies may change, but the need for applied learning has never been greater! The increasingly complex nature of our global society requires individuals with an even greater awareness of multiculturalism, values and ethical, leadership and professionalism. MCNY graduate degree programs build interdisciplinary awareness for students enrolled and employed in contemporary business settings. For whatever area of business you study at MCNY, there is an international proponent built into the curriculum. MCNY MBAs travel to London, Paris or to the Cannes Film Festival in France to network and interact with industry, experts as well as execute their own business plans.

Isn't it time you develop .your own plan? You can join us this fall. Visit our website and learn more. www.metropolitan.edu/be OR call us at 1-800-33-THINK (1-800-33-8445) ext. 5001. MCNY, 75 Varick St., New York, NY 10012.