The Intelligent Future℠ at the Tepper School of Business
How We Believe Intelligence Will Evolve
Future-forward or future-proof? Learn how we think about the future — and your role in it.
Building The Intelligent Future: Strategic Plan 2024-2030
Discover our bold vision to lead business education into the next era. Our strategic plan maps how Tepper will stay at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence with human-centered leadership, ensuring you graduate ready to shape industries rather than simply join them.
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Tepper is home to one of the nation's most innovative entrepreneurship centers, where students have started over 200 new companies, including Duolingo, Wigle Whiskey and Fifth Season. The Swartz Center is where ideas become the companies that will help create tomorrow's economy.
Thought Leaders Who Shape the Future
Tepper faculty have a clear vision of what it means to lead organizations in an AI-driven world. They stretch strategic thinking to take on the world’s toughest challenges. Even as they shape global discourse on topics from AI ethics to health innovation and supply chain management, they also invest in mentoring our students with remarkable care and dedication — in the human-centered way that will define The Intelligent Future.
Committed to Community
We actively resource and foster a culture that affords all students, staff, faculty, alumni and business partners a true sense of belonging. Our core engagement values ensure that everyone at Tepper supports and values each other to actively create The Intelligent Future.
Tepper School Degree Programs
The Tepper School MBA
Students master the intersection of business, technology and analytics through our top-ranked, STEM-designated Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. This renowned program, offered in full-time, hybrid and accelerated formats, hones the skills needed to lead where human intelligence unleashes the power of data and interdisciplinary teamwork drives innovation.
Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA)
Ranked #1 in the world by U.S. News and World Report, the MSBA positions students to extract powerful insights from complex data and translate them into strategic business advantage. Students supercharge their careers by diving into next-generation data science, where analytics, business and creativity converge.
Master of Science in Management (MSM)
This nine-month, STEM-designated program equips students with next-generation business fundamentals in just two semesters. Specializations in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Operations and Strategy offer customization, and completion of the MSM program makes students eligible for the Accelerated MBA.
Master of Science in Product Management (MSPM)
The MSPM is a one-year interdisciplinary program offered jointly by the Tepper School of Business and CMU’s School of Computer Science. Students prepare to lead product management teams at top tech companies, mastering business growth strategies, cross-functional team leadership and empathy-driven customer initiatives.
Master of Integrated Innovation for Products & Services (MIIPS)
The MIIPS degree program trains the next generation of innovators, disruptors and world changers. In a 9- or 16-month format, students work alongside top engineers, business professionals and designers seeking to create breakthrough products and services by integrating design thinking, technology innovation and business strategy.
Master of Science in Computational Finance (MSCF)
For 30 years, our top-ranked MSCF has been a global leader in preparing students for highly successful careers in quantitative finance. With locations in New York City and Pittsburgh, the program offers deep industry connections, excellent job placement rates and expertise on the cutting edge of risk management and economic forecasting.
Ph.D. Program
Tepper doctoral students conduct groundbreaking research that shapes the future of business education and practice. The program prepares students to become thought leaders in academia or industry, contributing original knowledge to fields at the forefront of business innovation.
Undergraduate Business Programs
Tepper graduates are distinguished by their analytical and leadership skills, as well as their drive to tackle the toughest challenges with imagination and a collaborative spirit. Our undergraduate business administration and economics majors offer students the opportunity to grow and explore within a rigorous but supportive environment ripe for producing leaders.
"While the Tepper School's strong focus on cutting-edge problem-solving and data-driven decision-making initially attracted me, what truly set it apart was its culture of collaboration and humanity — something that deeply resonated with me."
Vinicius Santos Avelar, MBA 2025
Are You Ready?
Data-driven decisions, human-centered innovation and the audacity to tackle impossible challenges converge here daily. Your breakthrough idea is waiting. Your game-changing solution is forming. This is your place. Get started at the Tepper School of Business and join The Intelligent Future.