Costello College of Business Graduate Programs

Originally from Germany, Katja Manthei was introduced to Mason when she worked in Arlington as an au pair. Here, she shares her experiences as an international student and Fulbright Scholar in Mason’s Master’s in Management program.

Fabrizzio Ramirez, a current graduate student pursuing a Master’s in Real Estate Development, shares his thoughts about his experiences at George Mason University as an international student.

Every student’s journey is unique. While many use graduate school to expand on their undergraduate education, others use graduate school to start over. With an undergraduate degree in biology, Sean Prendergast realized he had a passion for finance, and found George Mason University’s Master’s in Finance program could provide him with the skills he needed to pivot in a new direction.

Lauren Lundberg, a George Mason University School of Business MBA student on track to graduate in Spring 2022, talks about how her time at Mason helped put her on Northrop Grumman’s radar and prepared her for working in government contracting.

Since starting Mason's MBA program this fall, Guillermo Palencia has been working with the Business for a Better World center on its Honey Bee Initiative (HBI), focusing on a pilot project in rural Colombia and developing a self-sustainable social enterprise model for future funding and expansion in South America and beyond.

George Mason University men’s basketball players D’Shawn Schwartz and Blake Buchanan, both School of Business graduate students, say their friendship helps keep them focused on their studies.

Students pursuing an MS in management through Mason’s School of Business usually spend four months getting work experience through internships at local companies. This year, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic, administrators had to think creatively. So instead, they asked local businesses what they thought of hiring students to do remote “researchships.”