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This, in turn, helps graduates of qualifying programs to be more attractive to US employers and gain additional work experience in the States before having to go through a visa lottery or be sponsored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison began offering its Operation and Technology Management certificate in 2016. In 2018, the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester was the first to have its entire MBA program receive STEM designation. More recently, all top schools have built STEM-qualifying components into their program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 19 leading business schools offer a STEM designation for their MBA programs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/tepper\/index.html\"><strong>Carnegie Mellon Tepper:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobooth.edu\/mba\"><strong>Chicago Booth:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA, Evening MBA, Weekend MBA, and Executive MBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academics.gsb.columbia.edu\/mba\"><strong>Columbia:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time and Executive MBA, MS in Financial Economics, MS in Accounting and Fundamental Analysis, and MS in Marketing Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnson.cornell.edu\/\"><strong>Cornell Johnson:<\/strong><\/a> One- and two-year MBAs, Cornell Tech MBA, MPS in Management, and MPS in Management with Accounting specialization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fuqua.duke.edu\/\"><strong>Duke Fuqua:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goizueta.emory.edu\/\"><strong>Emory Goizueta:<\/strong><\/a> One- and two-year MBAs, Evening MBA, Master of Finance, and MS in Business Analytics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/mba\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><strong>Harvard:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/\"><strong>MIT Sloan:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA, Sloan Fellows MBA, and Executive MBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kellogg.northwestern.edu\/\"><strong>Northwestern Kellogg:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA, part-time MBA, Executive MBA, Master in Management, and MMM (MBA + Master of Engineering Management) degree, which includes an MBA from Kellogg and an MS in Design Innovation from Northwestern University\u2019s Segal Design Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stern.nyu.edu\/\"><strong>NYU Stern:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA and one-year Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.rice.edu\/\"><strong>Rice Jones:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA, part-time MBA, online MBA, Professional MBA, Executive MBA, and all master\u2019s programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsb.stanford.edu\/\"><strong>Stanford GSB:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA and MSx degrees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/haas.berkeley.edu\/\"><strong>UC Berkeley Haas:<\/strong><\/a> Full-time MBA, Evening &amp; 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