{"id":23967,"date":"2017-06-09T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=23967"},"modified":"2022-02-07T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:36:52","slug":"explore-innovative-opportunities-at-ucis-merage-school-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/explore-innovative-opportunities-at-ucis-merage-school-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Innovative Opportunities at UCI\u2019s Merage School of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Paul-Merage-School-of-Business-at-the-University-of-California.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20398 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Paul-Merage-School-of-Business-at-the-University-of-California-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Innovative Opportunities at the Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine - mbaMission\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Paul-Merage-School-of-Business-at-the-University-of-California-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Paul-Merage-School-of-Business-at-the-University-of-California-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Paul-Merage-School-of-Business-at-the-University-of-California-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Paul-Merage-School-of-Business-at-the-University-of-California.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Thanks to its proximity to the Tech Coast, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/merage.uci.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine<\/strong><\/a> (UCI), offers significant opportunities for students with an eye toward innovative business. An emphasis on innovation and business pioneering is built directly into what Merage calls its \u201cvisionary curriculum,\u201d supplementing conventional business disciplines with three core, cross-disciplinary areas: strategic innovation, information technology, and analytical decision making.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, several of Merage\u2019s special course offerings and programs showcase the school\u2019s commitment to putting students in contact with the rapidly shifting face of business. For example, students can customize their MBA experience by completing one of the three available certificates: Digital Transformation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Real Estate and Urban Development. Through the school\u2019s \u201cApplied Consulting\u201d course, students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with current business practices by working directly with locally based global companies for a ten-week period. Merage students can also participate each year in the university-wide New Venture Competition (formerly the Business Plan Competition), whose winners collectively claim a total of more than $100K in prizes and funding for their proposed start-up ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to its proximity to the Tech Coast, the\u00a0Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), offers significant opportunities for students with an eye toward innovative business. 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