Darden Graduate School of Business Administration

The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, the graduate business school under the University of Virginia in Charlottesville was founded in 1954. The school chooses case method as its main method of teaching. Harvard and Darden are the only two prominent business schools to use this method. The two-year MBA program offered by the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration is imparted through the case-based teaching methods (Case Study Analysis), which resembles the teaching methods used in many law schools as well as at Harvard Business School. The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, which is well known for its strength in General Management, has been ranked by many publications as one of the top business schools in the world.

The school also gives away Samuel Forrest Hyde Memorial Fellowship, top student award which is awarded by the faculty to the first-year student for his best contribution to the welfare of the school. The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration also gives Frederick S. Morton Leadership Award to a second-year student for his exceptional leadership.

The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration possesses a world-class faculty team including Darden's Dean Robert Bruner, as the school's Distinguished Professor of Business Administration. The school in 2002, expanded its class size by 20% from 250 to over 300.