The MBA Tour - USA

The MBA Tour In-Person Events

There's a business school for everyone. Meet yours.

Meet face-to-face with leading business schools from around the world. Our intelligent matching algorithm distills decades of experience to recommend the best schools for you. We’ll make the introductions, give you access to exclusive panels and discussions, and help you network with admissions professionals, alumni, and fellow candidates. Join us today!

Connect

Meet the world’s leading business schools, all in one place. Network with admissions professionals and meet other candidates, current students, and business school alumni.

Match

Our smart algorithm will match you with schools that best meet your ambitions for small group meetings. Let us make the introductions so you can be your best.

Learn

Hear specialist advice on applying, getting accepted, and financing your degree. Get exclusive GMAT tips from the exam creators.

Win

Don’t miss the chance to win GMAT exam vouchers, access fee waivers, get admissions advice, and explore exclusive content only available to attendees.

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The MBA Tour™ Meetup

A MeetUp is a small group meeting between a university representative and up to six candidates. Each MeetUp session lasts 20 minutes long, and there are usually five to six sessions per event. Universities will begin sending MeetUp invitations 15 days before the event, so be sure to check your email and student portal. If you do not receive any invitations, there may be a chance to schedule MeetUps onsite during the event.

Additional Event Features

Admissions Panels

Each event will have one or multiple panel presentations, which are sessions on various topics hosted by a small group of university representatives. The topics covered during MBA Tour panels vary based on the event and include preparing your application, financing your degree, discovering programs that fit your career goals, and more. Check your event page to see which topic(s) will be covered during the event you’re attending.

MBA Talks

Explore the unique features of various business programs during these 25-minute presentations. Not only will you get a valuable overview of programs, but you will also hear more about their take on topics like entrepreneurship, leadership, technology, careers, and more. And, get your top questions answered during the Q+A at the end.

Advising Sessions

Take the stress out of your business school application by learning from the specialists! During a 25-minute presentation, you will hear from test prep organizations, admissions consultants, young professional networks, financial institutions, and others to help you better navigate your business school journey.

Networking Fair

Most events will conclude with a Networking Fair, in which you have the opportunity to network with admissions representatives, alumni, event partners, and fellow applicants. The Networking Fair gives you the chance to meet with any schools you were not able to visit earlier in the event and to make connections with other event attendees and MBA graduates.

There's a business school for everyone. Meet yours.

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Who we are

The MBA Tour, Inc., a subsidiary of GMAC.

Since 1993, The MBA Tour has been working to narrow the connectivity gap between candidates and business schools by providing dedicated forums that bring institutions and prospective students together for personal engagement. We create an environment where our partner schools have a chance to connect with talent at a powerful, personal level, and foster bonds with highly qualified candidates. The MBA Tour hosts more than 60 business education events each year across 6 continents and connects candidates with business schools from North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and Africa.

In 2019, The MBA Tour joined the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) and is now part of GMAC Connect, a suite of discovery and engagement solutions that provide interested candidates access to business schools around the world while enabling business schools to reach the largest qualified, global candidate pool interested in an MBA or Business Master’s degree. We’ve married GMAC’s unmatched graduate management education market intelligence, reach, and candidate relationships with The MBA Tour’s proven model for creating face-to-face engagement opportunities for business schools with talented candidates.

About our events

The MBA Tour’s events are unique in that every participating school has been screened and carefully selected by our advisory board. At all events, the business school representatives are full-time staff members, enabling prospective students with maximum interaction with the actual decision-makers in the admissions process.

These educational events aim to provide potential MBA students an opportunity to meet with top business schools around the world. The schools host panel sessions and alumni seminars and are available to engage in discussions with prospective MBA students throughout the MBA conference event.

Event format

Admissions panel

Improve your b-school application with advice from admissions representatives.

Meetups

Meet face-to-face with admissions representatives in small groups.

School presentations

Learn more about and compare various business programs.

Networking

Network with alumni, fellow applicants, and admissions representatives.