A consulting MBA equips you to provide value to clients in any sector of the business world.
As a student pursuing an MBA for consulting at Booth, you’ll have opportunities to network with other students and alumni who share your interests, as well as get hands-on experience to build your skillset and prepare yourself for a successful consulting career.
Possessing a deep understanding of key areas, such as strategy, marketing, finance, and operations, will help prepare you for a career in consulting, while student groups like the Booth Consulting Club and the Management Consulting Group provide a wealth of career resources.
When you launch your post-MBA consulting career, you’ll be ready to take a creative approach to helping organizations solve their most fundamental problems.
At Booth, You Own Your MBA Experience
A Booth MBA is rooted in The Chicago Approach,™ the educational philosophy that sets Booth apart from every other business school in the world.
What’s more, our MBA curriculum for Full-Time and Part-Time MBA students is the most customizable among top programs globally. You determine your path by sequencing your coursework and choosing the depth of study at Booth. You can customize your education to support your professional interests and goals, because there is no singular roadmap to career success.
MBA Concentrations at Booth You Can Consider
Our flexible curriculum gives you the freedom to focus your MBA experience on a specific area of interest. Earning an MBA concentration gives you deep knowledge in a given field and sets you up for success in your career. Concentrations are available to Full-Time, Evening, and Weekend MBA students.
Behavioral Science
This concentration prepares you to navigate organizational challenges, increase productivity in the workplace, and thrive as a leader.
Behavioral Science
Entrepreneurship
Build the practical tools and experiences you need to start your own business or embark on a career in private equity or venture capital.
Entrepreneurship
Healthcare
Become a transformative leader in healthcare with the insight and skills gained through focused study at Booth.
Healthcare
Marketing Management
Go beyond the bounds of traditional marketing practice. This concentration prepares you to act decisively and solve problems with confidence.
Marketing ManagementMBA Student Groups in Consulting
Participating in student-led groups is a great way to meet fellow students who are interested in consulting careers and make connections across our vibrant startup community.
The Management Consulting Group is committed to giving you a competitive advantage by providing comprehensive student development, extensive resources, and a wide range of networking opportunities.
Visit the Management Consulting Group
The Business Solutions Group (BSG) facilitates consulting engagements for MBA students with business and nonprofit organizations. BSG creates teams of five first-year MBA students who participate in a competition, judged by representatives of top consulting firms, to solve a well-defined business challenge over a 10-week period in the fall.
Visit BSG
The goal of the Booth Consulting Club is to create and maintain a strong and lasting relationship with consulting firms and to help Evening and Weekend MBAs explore and effectively prepare for the recruiting process for these consulting firms.
Visit the Booth Consulting Club
Join a Full-Time MBA Group
Get involved, develop new skills, and meet new people in a wide array of student-led groups.
Join a Full-Time MBA Group
Explore Part-Time MBA Student Groups
Pursue your interests and expand your network by joining a student-led group for Part-Time MBA students.
Explore Part-Time MBA Student GroupsDiscover Student Stories
How I Got Hooked on the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
How many resources does the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation offer? Student Spoorthy Papudesi tells us why this is her favorite of Chicago Booth’s centers.
How I Got Hooked on the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Recruiting Season: Paying-It-Forward Every Year
Students share their experiences and advice for recruiting season at Booth.
Recruiting Season: Paying-It-Forward Every Year
Choose Your Path to Success
Tell us about yourself, and we will show you the value of a Booth education.
Discover Alumni Outcomes
Our alumni thrive in consulting roles worldwide—solving complex business challenges, driving strategic transformation, and delivering impact across industries.
Stewarding Success
Alejandra Garza, ’92, shares what she’s learned from straddling three cultures, founding her own business, and serving her community.
Stewarding Success
Prioritizing a Global Mindset
PwC’s global advisory leader Mohamed Kande, ’96, shares how agility and curiosity are key to leading global teams.
Prioritizing a Global MindsetBooth Research Centers in This Area
Our interdisciplinary research centers give you access to workshops, conferences, leading scholars, and research opportunities.
Chookaszian Accounting Research Center
The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center coordinates accounting research at Booth, hosts research events, and publishes the Journal of Accounting Research.
Chookaszian Accounting Research Center
Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
Bringing together researchers from the entire Chicago economics community, the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics fosters novel insights on the world’s most difficult economic problems.
Becker Friedman Institute for Economics
Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance
With a mission to push the boundaries of research in finance, the Fama-Miller Center provides institutional structure and support for researchers in the field.
Fama-Miller Center for Research in Finance
George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
The Stigler Center confronts conventional thinking and investigates the obstacles preventing markets from being truly competitive.
George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership
The Davis Center for Leadership supports students and alumni in developing leadership identities and skills.
Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Polsky Center bridges the gap between knowledge and practice, idea and action, and research and impact through education, partnerships, and new venture creation.
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and InnovationDig into Our Employment Reports
In addition to coursework and student group participation, Booth MBAs benefit from career support to assist them in securing internships and full-time roles. Career Services at Booth offers a wealth of resources for students exploring roles in consulting, including industry roadmaps, technical interview preparation, educational programs, and exposure to prospective employers.
Explore our Employment Reports to see where alumni are creating impact.
Faculty Research in Consulting
What Blockbuster Can Teach Us about Leadership in a Time of Change
Producer and former McKinsey consultant Mark Mitten discusses how executives can anticipate and react to a changing business environment.
What Blockbuster Can Teach Us about Leadership in a Time of Change
What Does Business Owe Society?
Experts from across the globe consider the Friedman doctrine and the social responsibilities of contemporary companies.
What Does Business Owe Society?
Four Ways to Accelerate Innovation
Learn from this crisis to be better prepared for the next one.
Four Ways to Accelerate InnovationLeverage Resources Across the University
Beyond the Booth campus, the University of Chicago offers a wide range of additional resources to help you build a career in consulting. For example:
- UChicago’s campusCATALYST program connects students with local nonprofits for nine-week consulting projects on operations, marketing, or strategic partnerships.
- The Polsky Center’s Small Business Growth Program pairs small teams of University of Chicago students with local small businesses, helping them address key challenges and determine new strategies for growth.
- UChicagoGRAD provides a number of resources for students who are interested in creating a consulting career, including events, a job board, and career guides.
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Admissions and Student Life Stories
Discover what it’s like to be and become a student at Chicago Booth.
Admissions and Student Life Stories
Admissions
We take a holistic approach to admissions at Chicago Booth. Explore the admissions process for MBA, PhD, and other Booth programs.
Admissions
Full-Time MBA Program
The Full-Time MBA Program provides you with freedom: academic freedom, freedom to take risks, and freedom to define your impact in the world.
Full-Time MBA Program
Part-Time MBA Programs
Our top-ranked Evening MBA and Weekend MBA Programs accommodate the schedules and lifestyles of working, goal-oriented professionals.
Part-Time MBA Programs