Red McCombs School of Business
Department website: http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu
Programs
Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
Accounting
Master in Professional Accounting
Master of Science in Accounting
Doctor of Philosophy
Business Analytics
Master of Science in Business Analytics
Energy Management
Master of Science in Energy Management
Finance
Master of Science in Finance
Doctor of Philosophy
Information, Risk, and Operations Management
Master of Science in Information, Risk, and Operations Management
Doctor of Philosophy
Information Technology and Management
Master of Science in Information Technology and Management
Management
Master of Science in Management
Doctor of Philosophy
Marketing
Master of Science in Marketing
Doctor of Philosophy
Technology Commercialization
Master of Science in Technology Commercialization
Dual Degree Programs
The following dual degree programs are offered. More information is available from the graduate advisor in each program.
| Major(s) | Degree(s) |
|---|---|
| Asian studies/Business administration | MA/MBA |
| Business administration/Energy and earth resources | MBA/MA, MBA/MSEER |
| Communication studies/Business administration | MA/MBA |
| Global policy studies/Business administration | MGPS/MBA |
| Journalism and media/Business administration | MA/MBA |
| Latin American studies/Business administration | MA/MBA |
| Law/Business administration | JD/MBA |
| Mechanical engineering/Business administration | MSE/MBA |
| Medicine/Business administration | MD/MBA |
| Middle Eastern studies/Business administration | MA/MBA |
| National security/Business administration | MNS/MBA |
| Pharmacy/Business Administration | PharmD/MBA |
| Public affairs/Business administration | MPAff/MBA |
| Radio-television-film/Business administration | MA/MBA |
| Social work/Business administration | MSSW/MBA |
Dual degree programs with other institutions
The dual degree programs listed above lead to two University degrees; in other programs, students pursue degrees from the University and from another school.
| UT Austin Progam | Other Institution | Other Program |
|---|---|---|
| Business administration (MBA) | Tecnológico de Monterrey-Campus Sante Fe | Master of Administration |
| Business administration (MBA) | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Doctor of Medicine |
| Business administration (MBA) | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School | Doctor of Medicine |
Double Degree Programs
Students interested in a Master of Business Administration degree with an international focus may seek admission to the Double Degree Program. This program allows students in the full-time MBA program to take a substantial part of their coursework at a partner school outside the United States. The student must complete at least thirty-seven semester hours of graduate coursework in residence at the McCombs School and must also fulfill the partner school’s requirements for coursework in residence. Students who complete the program earn both the MBA from the University and the equivalent degree from the partner school.
Applicants must be proficient in English and must meet the language requirements of the partner school. The McCombs School offers this program in cooperation with the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados, Lima, Peru; Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil; Guanghua School of Management, Bejing, China; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago; WHU—Koblenz Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany; and various campuses of the Instituto Technológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico. Additional partner schools may be added in the future. Further information on the Double Degree Program is published online.
Bridge Programs
The following bridge programs are offered:
| Major(s) | Degree(s) |
|---|---|
| Accounting | MPA |
| Business analytics | MSBA |
| Finance | MSF |
| Information technology and management | MSITM |
| Marketing | MSM |
Requirements and Policy
Business Administration
For More Information
E-mail: texasmba@mccombs.utexas.edu
Accounting
MPA Program
E-mail: mpa@mccombs.utexas.edu
URL: http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/mpa/
MSACC and PhD Programs
E-mail: accounting.phd@mccombs.utexas.edu
URL: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/graduate/phd/academics/accounting-phd/
Business Analytics
Department website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/msba
Energy Management
Email address: TexasMSEM@mccombs.utexas.edu
Finance
PhD E-mail: finphd@mccombs.utexas.edu
PhD Website: http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Departments/Finance/PhD
MSF E-mail: TexasMSF@mccombs.utexas.edu
MSF Website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/graduate/specialized-masters/ms-finance/
Information, Risk, and Operations Management
PhD E-mail: IROMPhDAdmissions@mccombs.utexas.edu
PhD Website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/graduate/phd/academics/irom-phd/
Information Technology and Management
For More Information
Email: TexasMSITM@mccombs.utexas.edu
Website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/msitm
Management
E-mail: manphdadmissions@mccombs.utexas.edu
Website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/graduate/phd/academics/mgmt-phd/
Marketing
PhD Email: mktphd@mccombs.utexas.edu
PhD Website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/graduate/phd/academics/marketing-phd/
MSM Email: texasmsm@mccombs.utexas.edu
MSM Website: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/msm
Technology Commercialization
For More Information
E-mail: TexasMSTC@mccombs.utexas.edu
Graduate Studies Committees
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) in the spring 2026 semester.
Business Administration
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Ashish Agarwal Andres Almazan Aydogan Alti Edward G Anderson Jr Uttarayan Bagchi Anantaram Balakrishnan Caroline A Bartel Anitesh Barua Patrick L Brockett Susan M Broniarczyk Keith C Brown Ethan R Burris Deepayan Chakrabarti Eric Chan Shuping Chen Jonathan B Cohn William H Cunningham John A Daly Paul Damien Jason A Duan Janet M Dukerich James S Dyer Cesare Fracassi Kishore Gawande Andrew D Gershoff Stephen M Gilbert Linda L Golden John M Griffin Genaro J Gutierrez Warren J Hahn David A Harrison John William Hatfield Andrew D Henderson Ty Thomas Henderson Wayne D Hoyer Sirkka L Jarvenpaa Travis Lake Johnson Steven J Kachelmeier Urooj Khan Samuel Arthur Kruger Guoming Lai |
Volker Laux James Richard Lowery Jr Vijay Mahajan Luis D l Martins Leigh M McAlister John M McInnis Lillian Fawn Mills Douglas J Morrice Paula C Murray Kumar Muthuraman Robert Parrino Shefali V Patil Francisco Polidoro Jr Robert A Prentice Rajagopal Raghunathan Ramkumar Ranganathan Raghunath S Rao Ramesh K Rao Ehud I Ronn Maytal Saar-Tsechansky Thomas W Sager Jaime Joy Schmidt Thomas S Shively Clemens Sialm Michael Sockin Garrett P Sonnier David B Spence Rajashri Srinivasan Laura T Starks Huseyin Tanriverdi Sheridan Titman Efstathios Tompaidis Adrian F Ward Wen Wen Timothy Daniel Werner Andrew B Whinston Braden Mern Williams Mindy Xiaolan Yong Yu Thaleia Zariphopoulou Mingyuan Zhou |
Accounting
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Andrew Belnap Eric Chan Shuping Chen Michael B Clement Lisa Nicole De Simone Jeffrey Hales Nicholas Jennings Hallman Hyun Hwang Steven J Kachelmeier Urooj Khan Zach Kowaleski |
Matthew R Kubic Volker Laux John M McInnis Lillian Fawn Mills Jaime Joy Schmidt Sara M Toynbee Hristiana Vidinova Braden Mern Williams Yong Yu Ronghuo Zheng |
Business Analytics
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Ashish Agarwal Edward G Anderson Jr Uttarayan Bagchi Anantaram Balakrishnan Indranil R Bardhan Anitesh Barua Patrick L Brockett Junyu Cao Deepayan Chakrabarti Paul Damien James S Dyer Rui Gao Rohan Ghuge Stephen M Gilbert Diwakar Gupta Genaro J Gutierrez Sirkka L Jarvenpaa Caleb Kwon |
Guoming Lai Yan Leng Leqi Liu Douglas J Morrice Jared Scott Murray Kumar Muthuraman Maytal Saar-Tsechansky Thomas W Sager James G Scott Thomas S Shively Ioannis Stamatopoulos Huseyin Tanriverdi Efstathios Tompaidis Wen Wen Andrew B Whinston Yifan Yu Thaleia Zariphopoulou Mingyuan Zhou |
Energy Management
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David E Adelman John C Butler James S Dyer Genaro J Gutierrez D E Hirst |
Francisco Polidoro Jr Raghunath S Rao Ehud I Ronn David B Spence Sheridan Titman |
Finance
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Andres Almazan Aydogan Alti Keith C Brown Susan Cherry Jonathan B Cohn Cesare Fracassi William Fuchs Caitlin Gorback John M Griffin John William Hatfield Travis Lake Johnson Samuel Arthur Kruger James Richard Lowery Jr |
Daniel P Neuhann Andrey Ordin Nathaniel Aaron Pancost Robert Parrino Amiyatosh K Purnanandam Ramesh K Rao Ehud I Ronn Clemens Sialm Shikhar Singla Michael Sockin Laura T Starks Sheridan Titman Mindy Xiaolan |
Information, Risk, and Operations Management
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Ashish Agarwal Edward G Anderson Jr Uttarayan Bagchi Anantaram Balakrishnan Indranil R Bardhan Anitesh Barua Patrick L Brockett Junyu Cao Deepayan Chakrabarti Paul Damien James S Dyer Rui Gao Rohan Ghuge Stephen M Gilbert Diwakar Gupta Genaro J Gutierrez Sirkka L Jarvenpaa Caleb Kwon |
Guoming Lai Yan Leng Leqi Liu Douglas J Morrice Jared Scott Murray Kumar Muthuraman Maytal Saar-Tsechansky Thomas W Sager James G Scott Thomas S Shively Ioannis Stamatopoulos Huseyin Tanriverdi Efstathios Tompaidis Wen Wen Andrew B Whinston Yifan Yu Thaleia Zariphopoulou Mingyuan Zhou |
Information Technology and Management
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Ashish Agarwal Indranil R Bardhan Anitesh Barua Constantine Caramanis Georgios-Alex Dimakis |
Sirkka L Jarvenpaa Christine L Julien Maytal Saar-Tsechansky Huseyin Tanriverdi |
Management
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Shiva Agarwal Caroline A Bartel Andrew Brodsky Ethan R Burris Constantinos Coutifaris Janet M Dukerich Natalie Lynn Gilliam Steven Gray Jr Paul Green |
David A Harrison Andrew D Henderson Harsh Ketkar Cha Li Luis D l Martins Shefali V Patil Francisco Polidoro Jr Ramkumar Ranganathan Metin Sengul |
Marketing
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Susan M Broniarczyk Doug Chung Rowena Crabbe William H Cunningham Rex Du Jason A Duan Andrew D Gershoff Linda L Golden Ty Thomas Henderson Wayne D Hoyer Alain Lemaire |
Kathleen T Li Vijay Mahajan Leigh M McAlister Rajagopal Raghunathan Raghunath S Rao Annabelle R Roberts Garrett P Sonnier Rajashri Srinivasan Adrian F Ward Gizem Yalcin Williams |
Technology Commercialization
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Shiva Agarwal Caroline A Bartel Andrew Brodsky Ethan R Burris Johnny S Butler Janet M Dukerich Steven Gray Jr |
Paul Green David A Harrison Andrew D Henderson Luis D l Martins Shefali V Patil Francisco Polidoro Jr Ramkumar Ranganathan |
Facilities
Facilities for graduate study in business include state-of-the-art classrooms and seminar rooms, which are equipped with multimedia and computer terminal facilities. Computer classrooms, computer laboratories, a Financial Trading and Technology Center, and a behavioral science laboratory are also available. A variety of special collections and databases are available for research and study. In addition, there are extensive study and research facilities for individual and group projects.
Library holdings in business, economics, and related areas are unusually comprehensive; the University has several noteworthy collections, such as those on Latin America and Texas, that are of special interest to business students. Also available are personalized reference services, including library instruction classes, web-based subject and course guides, and an extensive array of online business and statistical databases; a tax collection; and a large selection of materials to aid in productive problem solving. These holdings are located in the Perry-Castañeda Library and are available through the University Libraries website.
Other facilities of interest, especially to students of international business, include the Center for International Business Education and Research, the Benson Latin American Collection, the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the South Asia Institute, and the Population Research Center. Additional opportunities for research are provided by the AIM Investment Center; the Center for Business, Technology, and Law; the Center for Customer Insight and Marketing Solutions; the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center; the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce; the EDS Financial Trading and Technology Center; the Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance; the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship; the IC2 Institute; the Supply Chain Management Center of Excellence; the Center for Energy Finance Education and Research; the Center for Risk Management and Insurance; the Energy Management and Innovation Center; and the Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs.
The McCombs School of Business has its own computer network that links the school’s laboratories and other computing resources. The network is also connected to the University’s computing infrastructure. All Master of Business Administration (MBA) students are required to own a laptop computer.
The MBA Program Office provides information, academic advising, and student services to MBA students; contact information is given on the top of this page.
Additional Facilities
Business Analytics
Faculty members and graduate students in business analytics are involved in the work of the Center for Business, Technology, and Law, the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce, the risk management and insurance program, and the Supply Chain Center of Excellence.
Finance
Faculty members and graduate students in finance are involved in the work of several research centers: the AIM Investment Center; the Center for Energy Finance Education and Research (CEFER); the Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance; and the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center.
Information, Risk, and Operations Management
Faculty members and graduate students in information, risk, and operations management are involved in the work of the Center for Business, Technology, and Law, the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce, the risk management and insurance program, and the Supply Chain Center of Excellence.
Marketing
Of particular relevance to marketing students are the McCombs School Behavioral Research Laboratory and the Center for Customer Insight and Marketing Solutions, which works to develop pragmatic, market-relevant management knowledge, skills, and experience.