Santa Clara University's Online MBA program is designed to help you become deeply integrated into the Silicon Valley, whether you're located in the Bay Area or work full time on the opposite coast. Online resources keep you connected to faculty leaders, current students, and Leavey School of Business alumni, while on-ground networking and skill-building events bring you face to face with innovative business owners, executives, and corporate consultants.

SCU Networking and Development Opportunities

• Leavey News & Notes: Keep track of planned networking events, specialty courses, company visits, student development organizations, and more with this monthly newsletter, available as a downloadable resource here

• Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE): Working in partnership with Bay Area business leaders, the CIE offers a variety of on-site career development and networking events, including:

  • Entrepreneur Forum Speaker Series, an intimate session in which students hear from those living the "startup story" and follow up with real-time Q&A
  • Office Hours for Entrepreneurs, a quarterly opportunity for students to meet with Silicon Valley experts in 20-minute, one-on-one consulting sessions
  • Business Pitch Competition, invites students to conceptualize and pitch a new business venture, with winners earning cash prizes up to $10,000

• Case Study Competition: This event presents students with a specific corporate challenge and gives them three hours to propose an original, targeted solution

• Quarterly Company Tours: Exclusive to Online MBA students, company tours are hosted by current Online MBA students and take you to technology, healthcare, finance, and media firms for an inside look at how Silicon Valley businesses operate

• Graduate Business Student Clubs: Leavey School of Business graduate students manage a number of student clubs that demonstrate their diversity, motivation, and commitment to personal and professional development. Among the membership opportunities available to our Online MBA students are:

  • Women in Business
  • Entrepreneur Connection
  • Information Systems Connexion
  • Graduate Finance Club
  • JD/MBA Connection
  • Business Analytics & Data Science (BAnDS)
  • SCU Healthcare Forum
  • FashionTech Club
  • Ambassador Club