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Where business leaders learn to harness AI

Artificial intelligence is changing the fundamentals of business—how organizations analyze information, make decisions, design products and serve customers.

The leaders who succeed in this environment will be those who understand not only what AI can do, but where it creates value, where it introduces risk and how it should be used responsibly.

At the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, we are building that kind of leadership across our programs.

If you are ready to make an impact harnessing AI as a leader, you’ve found the right place.

Our AI-infused curriculum puts emerging technology to work across every discipline. 

Our faculty brings cutting-edge research directly into the classroom, students apply AI tools on real-world client projects, and the broader UC Davis ecosystem opens the door to interdisciplinary AI opportunities across one of the nation’s leading research universities.

Across all our graduate degree programs, students engage deeply with AI concepts, methods, tools and implications that are central to how it is changing industries and how business leaders must think critically about governance, ethics and implementation.

The opportunities abound to go deeper and immerse yourself in AI innovation.

To stay on the cutting edge, we invite executives, data scientists, engineers, product managers and investors—who are at the forefront of the AI industry—to share their expertise.

With our program locations and network connecting Northern California’s innovation Super-Region—the global AI-hotbed corridor from Silicon Valley to Sacramento—UC Davis offers you an unmatched vantage point to forge the future of AI in business.

Northern California is home to the technology companies, startups, venture capital and public policy institutions shaping how AI is developed, deployed and governed. You’ll benefit from proximity to this ecosystem while learning how AI tools are being applied in real time.

I encourage you to learn more by exploring the sections of this site and get in touch if you have any questions. 

Best regards,

Professor Rachel Chen
Chair
GSM Faculty AI Committee