Stanford Master’s of Science in Management — A One-Year Master’s Program

The Stanford MSx Program is a full-time, one-year master’s program in business for mid-career experienced professionals at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

In one year, you can advance your career, explore an entrepreneurial venture, or change a career. You can reflect, connect, refine, and transform.

As an accelerated master’s program, the Stanford MSx Program provides you a year of growth and opportunity at the Stanford GSB.

This one-year master’s program includes:

Customizable Curriculum: Accelerated core business fundamentals are paired with electives that align with your interests and objectives.

Career Impact: Build clarity, confidence, and connections. Focus on your goals, reflect on your career, absorb knowledge, and enrich your life. Break out of the day-to-day to achieve your highest potential.

Community: Live and learn with your classmates — accomplished professionals with an average of 12.9 years of work experience and are from a variety of countries, industries, and companies.

Alumni: Join a network with deep connections to Silicon Valley and the global economy.

Degree: Awarded a Master’s of Science in Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Become a leader of the future with an entrepreneurial mindset, a spirit of innovation, and effective personal leadership skills through this one-year master’s program: Stanford MSx.

Stanford Graduate School of Business is a place where anything and everything is possible. It’s where the boundaries of knowledge are pushed beyond what’s imaginable. Where diverse ideas and perspectives aren’t just accepted, they’re encouraged and embraced.

And in this unique environment of innovation and collaboration, principled leaders emerge. Faculty, students, staff, and alumni develop the courage to take risks, the passion to lead, and the motivation to make a positive impact — on themselves and the world.

Our Mission

Our mission is to create ideas that deepen and advance our understanding of management and with those ideas to develop innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change the world.

Our Mindset

At Stanford GSB, we believe in the spirit of endless possibilities. So, together, we take chances. We challenge conventional thinking, invite and embrace diverse ideas, and collaborate to change the world.

This entrepreneurial mindset makes innovation and transformation possible. Growing up with Silicon Valley, this mindset is forever a part of our DNA. It’s our secret sauce; it seems somewhat intangible until you experience it firsthand — when you step on campus, take a class online or across the world, meet with faculty, talk to a student, or pitch an idea.