We are the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Since 1898, we have produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Our rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms our students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges. As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, we share the university’s core values that shape our distinctive intellectual culture. At Chicago Booth, we constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Six of our faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment.

At the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, we value the power of the individual, and are deeply committed to fostering a community of students with unique and diverse experiences. As a founding sponsor of the Forté Foundation, Chicago Booth is pleased to offer access to a top-tier business education for both U.S. and international women. Our diverse student body offers women exposure to students from a variety of backgrounds to increase their personal and professional networks. The relationships that are built here will last a lifetime, from your first contact with an Admissions staff member or current student to connecting with members of CWIBAN, our alumnae network created specifically for women. Through the Office of Diversity Affairs and Chicago Women in Business (CWiB), Chicago Booth provides extensive support, networking, and fellowship opportunities for women.

Chicago Booth students also partner with the Career Services, Student Events and Programs, Admissions and Alumni Affairs Offices to host a variety of activities for our students and alumnae. Chicago Women in Business is one of the largest student groups at Chicago Booth. CWiB hosts many events, including conferences, the spring dinner, and dozens of activities throughout the year featuring speakers, career fairs, mentoring opportunities, community service functions and social/networking events.

Booth Women Connect Week, co-sponsored by the Chicago Women in Business and the Office of Admissions, is a unique event to promote an attitude of inclusivity to inspire current and future business leaders.  Through a series of events and interactions which showcases Booth’s commitment to empower women as leaders with and for each other, as well as engage men in the conversation as allies.

Through a week of events and interactions, prospective students have the unique opportunity to meet many of our esteemed alumni in their city, learn more about the dynamic and supportive community at Booth, and spark dialogue about fostering and creating a more inclusive workplace and campus.

 Scholarships for women are an integral part of recognizing excellence among Chicago Booth applicants and students. Chicago Booth offers several fellowships for women—including the Robert W. Baird, Forté Foundation, and Herman Family Fellowships—that are part of Chicago Booth's commitment, in cooperation with global corporations and private donors, to provide tuition scholarships specifically to women. Our fellowships go beyond the usual scholarship model, which typically begins and ends with tuition support; we also focus on mentoring, individual development and career options, and corporate access.