Joint Degree Program
In December 2010, the Law School announced the addition of an accelerated JD/MBA joint degree program, which allows students to obtain both a JD and MBA within three years. The accelerated program will not replace the existing four year JD/MBA joint degree program. Interested students will be able to choose between the two programs. A joint degree can prove to be beneficial to law students' career objectives. To enable interested students to achieve this goal, the Law School may approve a joint degree with any of the following of Columbia’s graduate or professional schools:
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Ph.D. in selected programs)
- School of Business (M.B.A.) (three year or four year program)
- School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) (M.I.A., M.P.A., and special programs through the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and The Harriman Institute)
- Graduate School of Journalism (M.S.)
- School of the Arts (M.F.A.)
- School of Public Health (M.P.H.)
- School of Social Work (M.S.W.)
- School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (M.S. in Urban Planning)
Additionally, in recent years, students have successfully petitioned the Law School’s Rules Committee for permission to create a joint degree program with schools that have agreed to grant advanced standing toward their Master’s degree for work completed in the Columbia J.D. program:
- Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
- Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
- Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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