In Boston University, students begin studying business on the very first day, and this rigorous principle continues throughout their freshman year in the unique, year-long Foundational Experience suite of courses offered here. The resources and knowledge offered comprises Business, Ethics and Measuring Financial Value. These courses introduce students to the challenges of creating and capturing value in the global economy, providing a foundation for the critical thinking, logical, and professional team-working skills required in modern management today.

There are many more aspects that strengthen the programs offered in this great institution. One particular aspect is their ability to teach students to think and operate cross-functionally. Because as we know, in a company, departments do not function in isolation or independently, for decisions made in one department inevitably affect other departments and aspects of the organisation. Thus, this is a massively important skill and from the first day onwards itself, our students learn to look at cases through multiple perspectives and a rainbow lens. The university offers courses specially designed to inculcate this skill in the students, such as their team-based cross-functional set of courses. These have won awards for their innovative curriculum design and ability to help students to think critically and laterally. The university’s Cross-Functional Core consists of traditional courses such as analytics, finance, marketing, and operations integrated into an innovative one-semester schedule with a new business venture. Here students work together in teams to invent and design a new product or service. This has been lauded by recruiters who visit Questrom as an ideal mix of comprehensive theory knowledge and real-world experience.

The students learn the dynamics of collaboration and effective team leadership, tapping into their latent potential, the Organizational Behavior Department specially hosts an initiative, the ‘Centre for Team learning’, which strives to assist teams to work productively as a group.

The institute is also expanding their influence with the establishment of new research centers, initiatives, and institutions, including the Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy, which basically provides students and leaders in the field of business with the tools to make informed, holistic, and responsible decisions for their organizations and society.

This prestigious university boasts of a community of 50,000 Questrom and 300,000 Boston University graduates spanning time zones and hemispheres. Their mission remains the same to this day: to prepare leaders who make valuable contributions to the world and shape the business landscape with their talent and skill. They are also the proud recipients of the largest gift in Boston University’s history: $50 million from Allen Questrom and his wife Kelli.