University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Former name | Graduate School of Business Administration (1955–1974) |
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| Type | Public graduate business school |
| Established | 1955 |
Parent institution | University of Virginia |
| Endowment | $808 million |
| Dean | Scott C. Beardsley |
| Location | , , US 38°03′08″N 78°30′50″W / 38.052096°N 78.513901°W |
| Website | www |
The Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration (branded as the Darden School of Business) is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school offers MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs.
The school was founded in 1955 through the efforts of Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr., the president of the University of Virginia from 1947 to 1959 and a former Democratic congressman and governor of Virginia from 1942 to 1946. It is located on the grounds of the University of Virginia. Its faculty use the case method as their method of teaching courses.